Globalization is affecting nearly every aspect of life, from communications to work, but its effects on diasporic communities are ones that will pose challenges both for immigrant students and their schools in the coming years, as students try to navigate schools and the ways of Western schooling. By drawing on his previous scholarship on diaspora…

On the basis of a cultural coping framework, the present study examined coping responses to racial discrimination among 190 Black Canadians. The study assessed the respondents' coping with both general (i.e., problem- and emotion-focused coping) and Africultural coping strategies (i.e., spiritual-centered, collective, and ritual-centered coping)…

The book is entitled History Wars in the Classroom: Global Perspectives and examines how ten separate countries have experienced debates and disputes over the contested nature of the subject, for example the "Black Armband" and "Whitewash" factions in Australia who adopt opposingly celebratory or denigratory views of Australian…

Draws on narratives of African-Canadian high school students about the relevancy of the social studies curriculum. Reports that students indicated that the curriculum distorts and excludes their histories, contributions, and lived experiences. Indicates the nuanced insights into curriculum, power, and knowledge to be gained from critical analysis…