Today, although the mainstream understanding of ‘race’ among scientists and science educators is a social construct, studies in major research journals continue to claim race as a valid biological category of human difference. By some measures, the use of…
Book Talk: Blackface in Canadian Educational Institutions by Prof Philip S.S. Howard (Oct 17 ’23)
A lecture discussion on blackface in Canadian Institutions based on Professor Howard`’s book Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada…
Marvel did it…now it’s Science Education’s turn!
My whole life, I’ve either been too white for some people, or tooethnic for others. And it’s been this very uncomfortable, sucky inbetween. - Nakia, Ms. Marvel Now, if you...
Conversations on Racism, Colonialism and Indigenization
Join the third of the Conversations on Racism, Colonialism and Indigenization, organized by the uOttawa’s Teaching Chair on Decolonization and Indigenization of the Curricula, in collaboration with the Institute for...
Equity Podcast Series Episode 6: Streaming and Educational Pathways
Episode Description This podcast featuring Alison Gaymes-San Vicente, Gillian Parekh, Diana Grimaldos and Annie Kidder, explores the many ways that students are streamed and sorted in elementary and secondary schooling...
Equity Podcast Series EP. 5: Indigenous Sovereignty and Right to Self-Determination in Education
Episode Description This podcast featuring Diane Longboat, Pamala Agawa and Tanya Senk explores how colonization and anti-Indigenous racism operates in schooling. The speakers explore concepts such as decolonizing and Indigenizing...