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Critical Exchange: Religion and Schooling: What Should Their Relationship Be?
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Rasmussen, Mary Lou – Research in Education, 2017
This essay focuses on tensions within Canada and Australia between religious freedoms and sexual freedoms. Both countries have sought to develop religious accommodations for publicly funded religious schools. The essay is also informed by contemporary research related to the experiences of LGBT identified teachers and students. I briefly consider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Freedom, Civil Rights, Sexual Orientation
Cultural Worldviews of Foster Parents
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Brown, Jason D.; George, Natalie; St. Arnault, David; Sintzel, Jennifer – Journal of Family Social Work, 2011
A random sample of Canadian foster parents were asked about the importance of culture in fostering. In response to the question "What values, beliefs and traditions were you raised with and feel are important?," a total of 74 different responses were received. These responses were grouped together by foster parents and the groupings…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Multivariate Analysis, Foster Care, Cultural Influences
Sex in the Lesbian Teacher's Closet: The Hybrid Proliferation of Queers in School
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Cavanagh, Sheila L. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2008
Using feminist, queer and postcolonial theories, this paper analyzes the public commentary and anxious concern about child-welfare in a recent lesbian teacher sex scandal in Vancouver, Canada, involving Jean Robertson. Arguing that the public and professional uproar is not really about child-protectionism so much as it is about the place of white…
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Females
Counterproductive Effects of Parental Consent in Research Involving LGBTTIQ Youth: International Research Ethics and a Study of a Transgender and Two-Spirit Community in Canada
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Taylor, Catherine G. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2008
This article offers an evidence-based argument for exempting the majority of LGBTTIQ youth from parental consent requirements in research studies. The argument is grounded in international research ethics principles and social science research studies of risks to the well-being of LGBTTIQ youth. A schema derived from consent concepts used in…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries, Youth
The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education
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Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Grace, Andre P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Social Class
Colliding Rights in the Schools: Trinity Western University v. The British Columbia College of Teachers.
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Van Brummelen, Harro; Sawatsky, Kevin – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 2002
Discusses British Columbia College of Teachers' (BCCT) denial of Trinity Western University's (TWU) teacher education programs and teacher certification due to TWU's prohibition of homosexuality. Reports that TWU filed suit, and the Supreme Court of Canada determined that BCCT's action interfered with TWU's right to religious freedom. (Contains 32…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Community Colleges, Ethics, Religious Education