In February 2019, a counselor, a project manager, and a teacher from the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center were chosen as inclusive excellence ambassadors to the Gallaudet University Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. As inclusive excellence ambassadors, Lisa Montalvo, Taiyabah Naeem, and Lia Bengtson believe the division's…

Authoritative knowledge produced by white acacemics has forged much of the cannon in educational research. Recently, scholars of color, have been asserting their unique positionalities to conduct research and teach among their own communities. As a result they have provided a challenge to normative privilege whiteness in education. Claims of…

"In Search of April Raintree" by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier is a text that continues, over twenty-five years after its initial publication, to call its readers to reflect on racism in Canada and beyond. It is precisely this call that must incite readers also to exercise a vigilant critical consciousness and to seek out spaces in the…

In a world in which social media, visual images, and instant messaging are the everyday realities of today's young people, films and videos play a crucial role in developing a critical understanding of how social, economic, political, and cultural structures mediate the lives of youth. As teaching tools and cultural media, videos, and films offer…

James Scheurich argues that practices of policy--normalized over time through repetition--serve three purposes. They structure social problems for which policy is designed to address; construct certain people, implicitly or explicitly, as problem individuals; and shape policy solutions. Following Foucault, he offers what he calls Policy…

Language and culture programs for children speaking a minority language are discussed and outlined in terms of psycho-educational rationales, program options, and empirical and theoretical considerations of the appropriateness of such programs. (JMF)

Discusses forces which have helped shape lives of minority groups across Canada. Describes education for a multicultural society and what educational institutions can do in conjunction with community to make education a positive force such as pre- and in-service training of those who work with parents and children and creation of a positive…

Examines recent changes in teacher special education certification requirements in Manitoba (Canada), the short- and long-term impact of these changes, and Brandon University's (Manitoba) attempt to support northern residents through a distance education program. Discusses the needs of northern residents and proposals to accommodate them. (GEA)

The field of Postcolonial Studies is one of the academic fashions that has arisen in an attempt to amend or replace radical theories of social power since the alleged discrediting of Marxism. The Canadian case is more ambiguous. Postcolonialism, already an essentially contested concept, is especially conflicted where Canada is concerned. Canada…

Asserts that feminist assumptions about nature, process, and goals of therapy make feminist counseling particularly effective approach for women from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds. Considers feminist interpretation of women's problems from social, political, and economic perspectives to be particularly relevant to experiences and…

Newly passed legislation and greater assertion of rights of minority groups have made the provision of special services to meet the needs of all students, specifically the advantaged and disadvantaged, a societal expectation in Canada. Although those needing special attention for any kind and number of exceptionalities has greatly increased, the…

Observes that while elites and minorities in Canada are clearly defined, the category of "dominant group" has unclear limits and varies from one geographical region to another. Traces the evolution of the dominant group in Canada since 1931 by examining criteria for dominance that have evolved over time. (Author/MJL)

Summarizes a background paper presented and discussion held at a 1978 conference for human rights professionals. Paper reviews (1) basic protections of the right to political participation, (2) methods used to deny full participation, and (3) proposed remedies. Discussion focuses primarily on minority group participation. (GC)

The origins and purpose of Canada's federal multicultural policy are described. The problematic relationship between such policy and public education is discussed. (Author/AL)

Notes that increasing pluralism of Canadian society offers opportunities for research into cultural identity, components of value systems, interactions between people of different values, and effects of these on career development. Cautions career development investigators and/or practitioners to attend to needs of less visible, minority cultures,…