Education

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Academic Freedom in Conflict The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University James Lorimer and Company	For more than a century academics have had unique rights — to speak, teach, and write freely. Central to the case for academic freedom is that scholars must be able to voice their views …	James L Turk	368	2014	View
Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students Fernwood Publishing	Canadian universities have an ongoing history of colonialism and racism in this white-settler society. Racialized students (Indigenous, Black and students of colour), who would once have been …	Benita Bunjun	250	2021	View
Anti-Racism Education Theory & Practice Fernwood Publishing	Dei argues that analyzing the intersections of race, class, gender and sexual oppression is essential if we are to fully address educational equity, social justice and change. He examines how we …	George J. Sefa Dei	158	1996	View
Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division New Society Publishers	Unfounded beliefs and hateful political and social divisions that can cascade into violence are threatening to pull the world apart. Responding to fear and aggression strategically and with …	Matthew Legge	352	2019	View
Breaking the Word Barrier Stories of Adults Learning to Read Goose Lane Editions	In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are …	Angela Ranson; Marilyn Lerch	128	2009	View
Campus Confidential 100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities (Second Edition) James Lorimer and Company	In 2011, the first edition of Campus Confidential sparked a lively debate about what is really going on inside our colleges and universities. The media and readers alike welcomed this readable, …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	256	2013	View
Colonized Classrooms Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education Fernwood Publishing	In Colonized Classrooms, Sheila Cote-Meek discusses how Aboriginal students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom, while they are, at the same time, living and …	Sheila Cote-Meek	175	2014	View
Counting Out The Scholars The Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education James Lorimer and Company	Canada’s universities have lost their autonomy. Under the guise of accountability, reformers from government and large corporations have undermined the original purposes of these …	Donald C. Savage; William Bruneau	274	2002	View
Decolonizing Academia Poverty, Oppression, and Pain Fernwood Publishing	Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the …	Clelia O. Rodríguez	148	2019	View
NEW! Decolonizing Equity Fernwood Publishing	Institutions everywhere seem to be increasingly aware of their roles in settler colonialism and anti-Black racism. As such, many racialized workers find themselves tasked with developing equity …	Billie Allan; OmiSoore Dryden; V.C. Rhonda Hackett	225	2022	View
Degrees of Failure University Education in Decline Between The Lines	In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show …	Randle W. Nelsen	152	2017	View
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future James Lorimer and Company	This is the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these …	Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada	544	2015	View
NEW! Frequently Asked White Questions Fernwood Publishing	Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy, or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who …	Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish	128	2022	View
In Defiance Between The Lines	On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will …	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	186	2015	View
Islamophobia and the Question of Muslim Identity The Politics of Difference and Solidarity Fernwood Publishing	This book is a critical analysis of a Muslim group in Canada that has been working to challenge Islamophobia in their community. An important part of their anti-racist work involves dealing with …	Evelyn Leslie Hamdon	110	2010	View
NEW! Kaandossiwin, 2nd Edition How We Come to Know Indigenous re-Search Methodologies Fernwood Publishing	Indigenous methodologies have been silenced and obscured by the Western scientific means of knowledge production. In a challenge to this colonialist rejection of Indigenous knowledge, Anishinaabe …	Kathleen Absolon (Minogiizhigokwe)	369	2022	View