Gary Bunch Collection

GARY OWEN BUNCH

Gary Bunch, 86,  died December 11, 2024, comfortable, at home

He was born on a kitchen table in New Toronto to Adam Bunch and Margaret Butcher in 1938. After initially dropping out of high school and working as everything from a pin boy to a truck driver, he went on to earn his doctorate and dedicate his life to education. He spent his career as a teacher, author, administrator at the Ontario Schools for the Deaf, and a York University professor. As a leading champion of inclusive education, he fought for the rights of children with disabilities to be educated in regular classrooms – both in Ontario and around the world. He was heavily involved with the Marsha Forest Centre and Inclusion Press, and was an advocate for literacy working with Frontier College and the Beat the Street Literacy Program.

In his free time, he especially enjoyed reading a good book, Christmas Eve with his loved ones, sharing family history with his children, steak and kidney pie, golf and squash with friends, and was an avid baseball fan since the days when he’d sneak over the fence at old Maple Leaf Stadium.

Gary is survived by his wife, Diana Massey; his first wife, Noelle Walsh; his children, Martin, Mary, Matthew, Becky, Adam and Megan and their partners;          and his grandchildren, Emily, Lauren, Nicholas, Salem, Kade, Rosemary, and Mackenzie.

His family would like to thank the team at Dorothy Ley Hospice, the expert nursing from SE Health, and the social workers from Baycrest who led a wonderful caregivers’ support group.

Donations may be made to Dorothy Ley Hospice or the Marsha Forest Centre.

A commemoration of Gary’s life will be held in the spring, in the backyard he loved.

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Five Decades of partnership

After nearly five decades as friends and colleagues, we are sorry to announce that Gary Bunch has passed peacefully at home on Dec. 11, 2024.

Gary worked his way into and through university – eventually becoming a full professor. He was captured by the complexity of hearing impairments – and was the principal of the Milton School for the Deaf. At York University he met Marsha Forest and a relentless partnership of advocacy of inclusion began. Gary taught, crafted materials and books. Always looking for ‘another way, he created PlayFair Teams – to create education and supports for all students in regular classrooms. His leadership has been international. He has been a resource in many countries, including major contributions in India and Russia where his books are the first Inclusion books translated into Russian for their universities. He was also the founding Chair of the Marsha Forest Centre and later the Chair Emeritus.

Remembering My Dad on Christmas Eve

a beautiful memory collection by Gary’s son – Adam Bunch – well worth a read…

Education & Inclusion – A Collection of Writings by Gary Bunch

Creative Works by Gary Bunch

• Gary Bunch Books
• PlayFair Team Resources
• Inclusive Education Research Articles
• Inclusion Articles
• Gary Bunch Videos (for Russian Universities)
• Gary Bunch Blogs – English & Arabic
• Gary Bunch – Deaf Education Articles

Gary Bunch – Inclusion Press BOOKs

Gary Bunch Books…

• Inclusion: How to
• Inclusion:How To – in Russian
• Emerging Research: Students with Disabilities, Families, Teachers
• Playfair Teams: A Manual for Teacher Advisors
• Inclusive Education: Emergent Solutions
• Each Belongs: The Remarkable Story of the First School System to Move to Inclusion
• Inclusion: Recent Research 1997
• The Basics:  Supporting Learners
• The Bssics: Supporting Learners – in RUSSIAN
• Don’t Pass Me By: Writings from the Street
• Equity Social Justice, Disability and Secondary Schools
• Planning for Real Life After School – Plain Language
• Planning for Real Life After School
• Bunch Research Articles LIST Summary
• Two Poets, Two Lives, Two Styles, Yet the Same

PLAYFAIR Teams Resources

• 2006 Playfair Teams Evidence Based Research Secondary Schools_Manuscript_OCRd
• 2006 Playfair Teams Evidence Based Research Elementary manuscript OCRd.pdf
• 2006 Playfair Manual Junior (OCR’d)
• 2004 Student attitudes towards peers with disabilities…
• 2008 Keys to successful Inclusive Education FINAL
• 2012 Evidence Based Research on Playfair Teams
• PlayFair Teams: An Equity Based Activity for Students with Disabilities and their Typical Peers
• Do Students with Disabilities Belong?

Inclusive Education Research – Bunch

• 2015 An Analysis of the Move to Inclusive Education in Canada – What Works FINAL
• 2015 Inclusive Education, Person-Centered Planning & Systems Change Challenging Permutations and Opportunities. Final
• Finding A Way Through The Maze…
• Bunch.Student Attitudes.Peers.Research
• Bunch.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY AND THEIR EDUCATION
• Inclusion- How To
• MEAN WHAT YOU SAY
• Student Attitudes toward Peers with Disabilities in Inclusive & Special Education Schools
• 10 KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL INCLUSION
• Keys to Successful Inclusive Education_ A Perspective from.2004.     English & Portuguese    Gary Bunch.
• CRUCIAL TERMS: Finding a Way Through the Maze 2008 Gary Bunch
• CRUCIAL TERMS REPORT (Français) 
• CRUCIAL TERMS REPORT  (English) 
• MFC Inclusion Policy Paper for G8
• Keys to successful inclusive education — Gary Bunch

Inclusion Articles – Gary Bunch

• 1994 An Interpretation of Full Inclusion
• 1994 Canadian Perspectives on Inclusive Education From There to Here_The Passage to Inclusive Education
• 1996 Students with Disabilities and Global Education
• 1997 Recent Research Complete book OCRd_FINAL
• 1997 But Emily Would Set Doors Ajar
• 1998 Teachers, Attitudes, Inclusion and the Curriculum
• 2001 Educational Inclusion of Children With Disabilities FINAL
• 2003 Not Enough_Canadian Research into Inclusive Education Final Report
• 2004 Disability & Society Final
• 2004 Keys to Successful Inclusive Education_ A Perspective from
• Claves para una educación inclusiva exitosa Spanish Gary Bunch
• Revista de educación inclusiva Spanish    Spanish      Gary Bunch
• Inclusive Education: the Basics –  ИНКЛЮЗИВНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ – ОСНОВЫ  Bunch – Russian Translation

Selected Articles by Gary Bunch:

Attitudes to Inclusion
• Attitudes of Elementary and Secondary Students toward Peers.bunch
• Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education.Bunch.India

Barriers to Inclusion
• Barriers.Approaches to Barriers in Inclusion.Bunch
• Barriers.the Accessible Curriculum.Bunch

Basic Teaching Pedagogy
• Basic Pedagogical Strategies of Including Learners with Disabilities. Bunch
• Basic Pedagogical Strategies of Inclusive Education.Bunch.5
• Basic Pedagogical Strategies.Teaching Strategies for Inclusion.Bunch
• Basic Pedagogy of Including Learners.Bunch

Crutial Terms for Inclusion
• Crutial Terms Final Report.definitions.Bunch.Finnegan.2005
• Crutial Terms for Inclusive and Special Education & Confusion.Bunch.Finnegan
• Crutial Terms Used in Education.Bunch.Finnegan.Background 1
• Crutial Terms. FINAL REPORT.Aug.2005.Bunch.Finnegan
• Crutial Terms in Educational Provision People with Disabilities.Bunch.Finnegan.Background2
• Crutial Terms.Finding a Way through the Maze.EDUCATIONAL PROVISION.Bunch.2005

Disability Education for Inclusion
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.Bunch.a Collection
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.Disability & Student Health & Well Being Impact.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.ENABLING LEARNING.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.GOVERNMENT, INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, &CONFUSION.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.LESSON PLAN FOR BELONGING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.Bunc
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.SALAMANCA STATEMENT Adopted.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.Student Attitudes — Making Friends, or Making Fun?.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.TRANSITIONING TO LIFE AFTER SECONDARY SCHOOL.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.WHAT WORKS FOR STUDENTS.Bunch
• Disability-Education -Inclusion.WORLD-WIDE CHANGE TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.Bunch

Inclusive Education
• Inclusion Education Journey.Bunch.pdf
• Inclusive Education – The Basics – the Writers Perspective.Bunch
• Inclusive Education: Effects on peer attitudes.bunch
• Inclusive Education.Benefits of Inclusive Education.Bunch
• Inclusive Education.Building a Path to Inclusion in Education.Bunch
• Inclusive Education.Bunch.An Analysis of the Move to Inclusive Education.Canada.2013
• Inclusive Education.Canadian Perspectives on Inclusive Education.Exceptionality.1994.Bunch
• Inclusive Education.Each Belongs; 32 Years of Full Inclusion – Bunch.Impact
• Inclusive Education.INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.resistance.bunch
• Inclusive Education.VALUES TEACHERS FIND IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.Bunch.Finnegan
• Inclusive Education.What do you mean by INCLUSIVE EDUCATION”? Bunch
•Inclusive Education.WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY Inclusive Education.Bunch.Germany
• Inclusive Education.Fundamental reform.Global Education.Bunch.2008
• Keys to Successful Inclusive Education in Spain.Bunch.2010

India & Arabian Gulf Reviews

• Leadership in Inclusive Education from India.2012.Bunch
• Arab States evalutation of Mental Retardation.2004.Bunch
• India.THOUGHTS ON PLANNING for INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.INDIA.Bunch
* Attitudes toward Inclusive Education in India. Bunch
• Proposal for Diploma in Inclusive Education in Qatar.2001

Mean What You Say – the Meaning of Terms
• MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.Bunch
• MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.DISABILITY &INCLUSION IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE.Bunch
• BUILDING a NATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK ON INCLUSIVE Education.Bunch

Moscow Papers
• Moscow.Administering an Inclusive School.Moscow.2008.Bunch
• Moscow.Disability & Student Health & Well Being.Bunch.IMPACT
• Moscow.Keys to Inclusive Education.Moscow.Bunch.2008
• Basic Pedagogy of Including Learners.Bunch

Principals in Education
• Principals.Education Issues for Principals.Bunch
• Principals.EducationLEADERSHIP AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.bunch
• Principals.Education Perspectives & Principales.Bunch
• Principals.Education.THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AS INCLUSIVE MANAGER.bunch

The Social Argument for Inclusion – Making the Mark
• MAKING THE MARK. PROJECT Disability &Inclusive Education.bunch
• Making the Mark.Effective teaching Practices for Students.Bunch.blog
• Making the Mark.Inclusive Education – The Basics.Bunch.Blog
• Making the Mark.Keys to Successful Inclusive Education;Perspective.Bunch
• Making the Mark.SOCIAL INCLUSION, DISABILITY &SCHOOL.Bunch
• Atkinson Foundation Proposal
• Empowerment Proposal

Social Benefits – Social Justice
• Social Justice.Belonging.Bunch.collection
• Social Justice.Benefits for Students with Disabilities & without.Bunch
• Social Justice.DISABILITY, EQUITY,social Justice.Bunch.Rima
• Social Justice.MOBILIZATION OF THE YOUTH OF THE NATION FOR Inclusion.Bunch
• Social Justice.What Social Benefits Come from Inclusion.Bunch
• Social Justice.The Most BULLIED of ALL.Bunch

Teacher Supports
• Teacher Support.A LESSON PLAN FOR BELONGING Bunch
• Teacher Support.Bunch.Teaching Overheads
• Teacher Support.Curriculum as a continuous process.Bunch
• Teacher Support.CURRICULUM MODIFICATION for Teachers.Bunch
• Teacher Support.educational practice
• Teacher Support.EFFECT OF INCLUSION ON THE REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHER.Bunch.1995
• Teacher Support.ISSUES FOR PRINCIPALS IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION.Bunch
• Teacher Support.STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE EQUITY AMONG STUDENTS WITH AND WI
• Teacher Support.What Works for Teachers in Setting aPositive Tone.Bunch

United Nations – Canada
• United Nations.Canada & UN.UNESCO Policies on Inclusion.Bunch
• United Nations.Special Ed vs Inclusive Ed. UN &CANADIAN RESPONSES.Bunch.2016
• Inclusion.SALAMANCA STATEMENT Adopted.Bunch

Gary Bunch Videos

These videos were prepared for presentations to Russian Universities as they introduce Inclusive Education

• Gary Bunch: The History of Inclusion in Canada  – This video is part of the EACH BELONGS DVD – and in 11 minutes, Gary gives a brief history of the inclusion story in Canada.
• Gary Bunch & Gerv Leyden – Rose Quartz Warrior Award from the Marsha Forest Centre – TSI 2013 – a mini clip celebrating the life time achievements of Gary Bunch and Gerv Leyden in promoting inclusion world wide.
• Gary Bunch Blog on PLAYFAIR TEAMS – March 2017 – always looking for ‘another way’, Gary invented PlayFair Teams – as a way to create inclusion and friendships for all students in regular schools – even when they were unable or unwilling to invest in building their own inclusive programs.
  Gary Bunch was appointed the first Inclusion Professor in the Russian University system. He lectured, they translated some of his books into Russian, and then asked him to tape brief clips for their university classes. These are the English versions. They were translated into Russian.
• NOVOSIBIRSK University Talk – Russia – Sept 2017
• Gary Bunch – Effective Teaching Practices – March  2017
• Gary Bunch – So Students Belong? – March 2017
• Gary Bunch: Inclusive Education – the Basics – March 2017
• Gary Bunch.NSPU.Russian Presentation.2016

Gary Bunch Blogs – English & Arabic

These short punch essays in support of inclusion were requested for use in the middle east – so we had them translated into Arabic.

• Inclusive Education Important for All – Arabic
• Inclusive Education – Important for All – Bunch

• Wide Change to Inclusive Education for Learners Experiencing Disabilities – Arabic
• World Wide Change to Inclusive Education for Learners Experiencing Disabilities – Bunch

• THOUGHTS AS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR APPROACHES-Arabic
• Thoughts as a New School Year Approaches – Bunch

• THE RIGHTS (AND WRONGS) OF PASSAGE-Arabic
• The Rights and Wrongs of Passage – Bunch

• The Continuing Struggle to Social Justice in Education -Arabic
• The Continuing Struggle to Social Justice in Education -Bunch

• Blog 7 Disability & Student health-Arabic
• Blog 7 Disability & Student health – Bunch

• Blog 6 INS AND OUTS OF DISABILITY AND EDUCATION-Arabic
• Blog 6 INS AND OUTS OF DISABILITY AND EDUCATION-Bunch

• Blog 5 Transitioning to Life After Secondary School- Arabic
• Transitioning to Life After Secondary School- Bunch

• Belonging and school A lesson plan for belonging-Arabic
• Belonging and school A lesson plan for belonging-Bunch

• ASPECTS OF INCLUSION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES-Arabic
• ASPECTS OF INCLUSION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES-Bunch

Deaf Education Articles – Bunch

• 1970 A Present Programme for teh Multiply Handicapped Deaf Child in Ontario
• 1970 Emotionally Disturbed Children in the Regular Classroom
• 1971 An Academic-Vocational Program for Multiply Handicapped Deaf Students
• 1972 Concept Development Studies & Classroom Reading Performance of Deaf Children
• 1973 Canadian Services for Multiply Handicaped Deaf Children
• 1973 Educating the Mentally Retarted Deaf Child
• The Deaf Child With Learning Disabilities.1975.Gary Bunch
• 1977 Mainstreaming and the Hearing Impaired Child- DecisionMaking
• 1978 Language Without Thinking
• 1978 Testing Receptive and Expressive Language Ability in Hearing Impaired Children
• 1978 The Deaf Child’s Learning of English Morphology
• 1979 Assessment of the Language of the Hearing Impaired – Developments in Canada
• 1979 Degree and Manner of Aquisition of Written English Language Rules by the Deaf
• 1979 An Overview of Special Education Programs in Canadian Universities FINAL
• Test of Expressive Language Ability.1981.Gary Bunch
• Test of Receptive Language Ability.1981.Gary Bunch
• 1983 Classroom Evaluation of Exceptional Children FINAL
• 1984 Language and mental handicap_points and programs
• 1986 Curricula and the Mainstreamed Hearing Impaired Student
• 1986 Pilot Standardization of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised on Hearing Impaired Subjects
• 1987 Designing an Integration Rating Guide
• 1987 Teacher Preparation in Hearing Impairment- A Proposed Model
• 1987 Government Publications Often so Dense They’re Unintelligible
• 1991 Teacher Perception of Preparation Needs in Deafness