{"id":2060,"date":"2021-06-22T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2021-06-23T01:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:36:23","slug":"congratulations-to-mr-zohar-for-winning-the-journalism-educator-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/congratulations-to-mr-zohar-for-winning-the-journalism-educator-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Mr Zohar for winning the Journalism Educator of the Year Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNorth Toronto Collegiate Institute\u2019s staff, students, and teachers extend their sincerest congratulations to Mr. Zohar for receiving the Youth Journalism International\u2019s Journalism Educator of the Year award. Each year, this award is issued \u201cto honor a teacher who inspires students and brings out the very best in them.\u201d Judges from the Youth Journalism International association stated: \u201cRarely have we seen anyone rave about a journalism teacher with the enthusiasm shown by Baruch Zohar\u2019s students and former students.\u201d Their comment captured what NT staff and students know; teachers like Mr. Zohar don\u2019t come along often.\n

\nHaving been a teacher in the Toronto District School Board for over 30 years, Mr. Zohar has led his career with a focus on the community. At North Toronto, Mr. Zohar is not only regarded for his role as a teacher and coach, but for the vital role he has played in enriching the school community through journalism.\n

\nMr. Zohar\u2019s continued commitment to journalism and the NT school community had already produced notable achievements, including making Graffiti, the school newspaper, an award-winning publication for many years. Among those awards is the prestigious Toronto Star Award for best high school newspaper.\n

\nHis contributions to the Graffiti newspaper has fostered a positive community of students who think globally and have been able to enhance their written communication skills through the program. Students that have participated on Graffiti\u2019s editorial board are incredibly grateful for the opportunities and guidance that Mr. Zohar has provided. Former Editor-in-Chief Sara Chiarotto O’Brien stated that, \u201cMr. Zohar never failed to encourage our ideas and inspire us with his own. He was deeply encouraging of whatever students were interested in, allowing me to report on a local organic butchery, a venture capital fund, and school politics.\u201d\n

\nBy combining his humour which some students call \u201cZoharisms\u201d, journalism, and encouragement, Mr. Zohar has left a profound impact on NT. Sean Lee, a departing grade 12 student, believes that Mr. Zohar is a source of inspiration, stating that, \u201cAs an aspiring teacher, Mr. Zohar serves as an amazing role model for the type of educator that I would dream to be.\u201d Emma Frasheri, Graffiti\u2019s Humour Section Editor perhaps put Mr. Zohar\u2019s connection to NT\u2019s student body best, explaining that \u201c[t]his is a man with over 100 students day in, day out, all while managing a newspaper on the side. He probably knows half the school. Yet, he knows everyone\u2019s name, personalities, hopes, and issues. He knows his students not as students, but as individuals.\u201d\n

\nAs Sara said, ”He knew that through journalism, we could experience the world, and that writing was the best way for students to inspire each other.\u201d NT\u2019s staff and students look forward to seeing how he continues being a source of inspiration and encouragement to all of us. Thank you, Mr. Zohar.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Congratulations to Mr Zohar for winning the Journalism Educator of the Year Award! He knew that through journalism, we could experience the world, and that writing was the best way for students to inspire each other. Internal June 22, 2021 Elena Vlitas Editor North Toronto Collegiate Institute\u2019s staff, students, and teachers extend their sincerest congratulations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graffiti.ntci.on.ca\/2020-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}