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“Yes, I remember it well.” Collective memory, comfortable narratives and Canadian whiteness.
Canadian education must be actively anti-racist.
Not Immune: The neoliberal trajectory of public education reform in Nova Scotia
Attacking public education isn’t just an American phenomenon—it’s happening in Nova Scotia right now.
Our Schools/Our Selves – Winter/Spring 2023
Education, disinformation, liberation: Classrooms as contested terrain This winter 2023 edition of Our Schools, Our Selves looks at the role of the school in the midst of the…
Fighting Mis/Disinformation through the Public School System
Information environments as a social determinant of health.
Class(room) Consciousness
I’ve often said that the work we do at CCPA fills me with both gratitude and pride. I still refer to this job as work I “get” to do, because I fundamentally believe that it is a privilege.
Anti-trans groups are targeting schools
Anti-trans groups are trying to ignite a culture war in schools. Here’s what’s at stake – and what we can do.
Putting an end to the student debt sentence
Student debt forgiveness has sparked hope in the U.S. Canada should pay attention.
Unearth this buried treasure: adult education in Manitoba
When she was 34 years old and a single mother of four living on social assistance in a large public housing complex in Winnipeg’s North End, Aja Oliver saw a sign at a community centre for an Adult Learning Centre. She had not finished high school, had struggled, as did everyone in her family, with the many complexities of life in poverty, and was fed up with being on social assistance. She ventured in. Her life has not been the same since.
How public funding for private options reinforces school segregation in Quebec
Erika Shaker, in conversation with Anne Plourde, researcher at l’Institut de Recherche et d’Informations Socioéconomiques (IRIS)
Citizenship education: It’s about more than the curriculum
It’s been a few months since I defended my dissertation on provincial public education policies in Canada (particularly in relation to students and citizenship) and I’ve had some time to both (not) think about, and reflect on my research with a little bit of distance.
Our Schools/Our Selves – Summer/Fall 2022
Imbalance Sheet: What we lose when we privatize public education This summer issue of Our Schools/Our Selves focuses on how the privatization of our public schools has…
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