Nadia Hohn
Teacher, Currently in Music and French @Toronto District School Board
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WORK HISTORY
Teacher, Currently in Music and French @Toronto District School Board
Interpreted the Ontario Curriculum to develop an Africentric classroom program in various ways, including lesson plans, opening and closing exercises, assignments, guest speakers, excursions, and units. Planning assemblies and performances around Days of Significance.• As JK/SK Teacher, collaborated with team to develop an inquiry-based program that incorporates Africentric themes• As Grade 1 Teacher, organized 11 trips that extended classroom learning, met curriculum expectations, and engaged students• Developed Africentric Teachers’ study group, conducted children’s choirs, steel pan, member of social committee, ETT/ETFO steward, organized a parent/community film screening with guest panel
EDUCATION
Royal Conservatory of Music
Diploma, Early Childhood Music Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Master of Education (MEd), Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
University of Waterloo
BA (Hon.), Psychology
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Bachelor of Education (BEd), Education
University of Guelph
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing
SKILLS
ABOUT NADIA HOHN
Toronto-born of Jamaican parents, Nadia L. Hohn is an award-winning author, educator, and \"artivist\" who advocates for diversity in children\'s literature. Nadia L. Hohn is the author of Malaika’s Costume (2016) which was the 2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway, a program which distributes over 550, copies to Canadian first graders. Her other books in the series are Malaika’s Winter Carnival (2017), Blue Spruce Award-nominated Malaika’s Surprise (2021), and Malaika, Carnival Queen (2023), published by Groundwood Books. Nadia has also written Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighter (Harper Collins, 2018), Music (Grade 5) and Media (Grade 6) in the Sankofa Black Heritage Collection series (Rubicon Publishing Inc, 2015), and A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Owlkids Books, 2019). Nadia is the editor and contributor of The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)(Orca). Nadia’s newest books are Getting Us to Grandma’s (Groundwood Books, Oct. 2024) and Patty Dreams (Owlkids, Jan. She continues to write plays and songs, as well as picture books and novels for young people. Her writing has been featured in anthologies and publications, like Psychology Today, Quill & Quire, Owl, Chickadee, Book News, ByBlacks, Arc Poetry, and Write. Nadia L. Hohn completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Honours Psychology (B.A. Hon.) at the University of Waterloo. She completed her Bachelor (BEd) and Master of Education in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (MEd) degrees at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). She completed a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. Nadia L. Hohn has delivered hundreds of presentations at schools, libraries, book stores, and literary festivals in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, Trinidad, Jamaica, and United Arab Emirates. Nadia lives in Toronto where she teaches at an elementary school and post-secondary institutions.Nadia peut lire, écrire et parler en français. She has intermediate levels of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
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