Forum Rules

We’re a community of Canadian educators discussing AI in classrooms, curriculum, student work, and our shifting profession. These rules exist to keep this space useful — honest, professional, and free of the noise that ruins so many online forums.

1. Be respectful, even when you disagree.

Vigorous debate is welcome. Personal attacks, condescension, and dismissive remarks are not. Explain why a colleague is wrong; don’t belittle them.

2. Protect student privacy.

Never share information that could identify a specific student — names, schools, photos, or details specific enough to make someone recognizable. Anonymize your examples. This protects both you (under your provincial privacy legislation) and the students you serve.

3. Stay in the right section.

Post in the forum section that fits your topic. Off-topic threads will be moved or closed.

4. No promotional spam.

This isn’t a marketplace. Don’t post affiliate links, paid courses, or sales pitches for your own products or services. Sharing a free resource you made is fine if it’s genuinely relevant.

5. Disclose AI-generated content.

We talk about AI here, but we don’t fake authorship. If a post or comment is largely AI-written, say so. Quoting AI output is fine when labelled.

6. Source your claims.

When you state facts about policy, research, or product capabilities, link to a source where you can. “I read somewhere” doesn’t help anyone.

7. No discrimination or harassment.

No content that demeans people based on race, religion, gender, sexuality, ability, language, immigration status, or any other identity. Non-negotiable.

8. Keep it professional.

Many of us participate here under our real names. If you wouldn’t say it in a staff meeting, it probably doesn’t belong here.

9. No illegal content.

This includes pirated materials, copyrighted resources posted without permission, and anything else that violates Canadian law.

10. Moderators have discretion.

Moderators may remove posts, close threads, or restrict accounts when the situation calls for it, even in cases these rules don’t perfectly anticipate.

See something off? Flag it — reports go to the moderation team, not the original poster.