"The COVID-19 pandemic provides parents with an opportunity to select books that address issues confronting children around the world and to engage children in discussions about children鈥檚 lives," writes Associate Professor Aparna Mishra Tarc in her recent op-ed for the Conversation Canada. In our efforts to protect children from political strife in the world, adults […]
Congratulations to Mohamed Duale, a PhD candidate at Faculty of Education, on being awarded the African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Dissertation Fellowship at Boston College for 2020-21. As one of the most competitive fellowships in the social sciences and humanities in the United States, the fellowship with a $30,000 stipend recognizes students who pursue innovative and interdisciplinary projects within the field of African and African Diaspora Studies.
This month鈥檚 graduate student profile features Diana Karolia Grimaldos, a part-time graduate student in the Master of Leadership and Community Engagement Program (MLCE). Grimaldos鈥 research interest lies in the intersection of community engagement and equity in education. 鈥淚 pursue this area of research because of my direct experience with the non-for-profit sector, which led me to work with racialized parents who have experienced racism and discrimination within the education system,鈥 she says.
Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora, Carl James, recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Conversation Canada about the Ontario Government's recent announcement to end streaming in Grade 9. "Last week, the Ontario government announced its plan to end streaming in Grade 9, something Education Minister Stephen Lecce acknowledged is a […]
This week, the Government of Ontario announced that it would end streaming in Grade 9. Research by Carl James, 91亚色 Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora, is not alone in showing that Black Canadians and especially historic Black Canadians (compared with those from the families of recent immigrants) are far more […]
Ontario will stop suspending children from junior kindergarten to Grade 3, a practice that has been shown to disproportionately impact Black students. A 2017 study by Carl James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community, and Diaspora at 91亚色's Faculty of Education, reported Black students were more than twice as likely as other racialized […]
Faculty of Education Professor Carl James led research on streaming back in 2017 and found it disproportionately affected Black students. 鈥淭he ways in which teachers perceive Black students鈥 abilities in the context of systemic racism means that we have assumptions about the potential of Black students.鈥
The Ontario government has announced academic streaming in Grade 9 will be ending. A 2017 study led by Carl James, Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora, found that Black students were being streamed into the applied stream at significantly higher rates than other students. "Black students were not seen as having the capacity […]
Associate Professor and Graduate Program in Education Director Aparna Mishra-Tarc was recently interviewed by Black Agenda Report (BAR) about her book "Literacy of the Other: Renarrating Humanity".
After years of calls from some educators and advocacy groups to end the practice, the Ontario government says it will do away with academic streaming in Grade 9. A 2017 report led by Carl James, Professor and Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora at 91亚色's Faculty of Education found that Black teens […]