Education
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Academic Freedom in ConflictThe Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University |
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 |
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 EducationTheory & Practice |
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 |
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 BarrierStories of Adults Learning to Read |
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 Confidential100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities (Second Edition) |
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 ClassroomsRacism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education |
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 ScholarsThe Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education |
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 AcademiaPoverty, Oppression, and Pain |
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 |
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 FailureUniversity Education in Decline |
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: SummaryHonouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future |
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 |
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 |
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 IdentityThe Politics of Difference and Solidarity |
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 EditionHow We Come to Know Indigenous re-Search Methodologies |
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 |