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
NEW! 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 …	ed. 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
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
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 Comission 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
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
Language Testing Reconsidered University of Ottawa Press	Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching …	Carolyn E. Turner; Doreen Bayliss; Janna Fox; Liying Cheng; Mari Wesche	180	2007	View
NEW! Let’s Talk Race A Guide for White People New Society Publishers	Let’s Talk Race confronts why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to own this problem, and how we can learn to do the work ourselves and stop expecting Black people to do …	Fern L. Johnson; Marlene G. Fine	192	2021	View
Race & Well-Being The Lives, Hopes, and Activism of African Canadians Fernwood Publishing	Through in-depth qualitative and quantitative research with African Canadians in three Canadian cities – Calgary, Toronto and Halifax – this book explores how experiences of racism, …	Akua Benjamin; Carl James; David Este; Tana Turner; Wanda Thomas Bernard	215	2010	View
Research is Ceremony Indigenous Research Methods Fernwood Publishing	Indigenous researchers are knowledge seekers who work to progress Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing in a modern and constantly evolving context. This book describes a research paradigm …	Shawn Wilson	144	2008	View
NEW! The University and Social Justice Struggles Across the Globe Between The Lines	Higher education has long been contested terrain. From student movements to staff unions, the fight for accessible, critical, and quality public education has turned university campuses globally …	Aziz Choudry; Vally Salim	272	2020	View