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Ghosh, Ratna – Comparative Education Review, 2012
In her teaching, research, and community activities in Canada, the author has repeatedly confronted questions regarding equality, diversity, and power. In this article, the author discusses diversity and equal opportunity to achieve excellence in education. Reflecting on these issues should help everyone to understand the complexities involved in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnic Diversity, Excellence in Education, Equal Education
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Schmidt, Clea; Block, Lee Anne – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
Analyzing school division employment policies from six Winnipeg school divisions and the Manitoba K-12 Action Plan for Ethnocultural Equity (MECY, 2006), we discuss implications for the integration of internationally educated teachers in K-12 schools. Findings suggest that the policies exhibit several major limitations in advancing IET…
Descriptors: Employment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Childs, Ruth A.; Broad, Kathryn; Gallagher-Mackay, Kelly; Sher, Yael; Escayg, Kerry-Ann; McGrath, Christopher – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
This case study investigated equity in teacher education admissions. Through document analysis and structured interviews with ten past or current members of the admissions committee in a large initial teacher education program in Ontario, we developed an understanding of equity in teacher education admissions as encompassing two foci: equity in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Access to Education
Rees, Ruth – 1989
The research, based on a March 1988 survey of all Ontario school boards (board and separate), was an attempt to identify and synthesize boards' employment equity/affirmative action policies and practices--in order to ensure that, ultimately, women are more equitably represented within the management positions in education. The findings of 52…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Boards of Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Joshee, Reva; Johnson, Lauri – University of British Columbia Press, 2007
"Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States" uses a dialogical approach to examine responses to increasing cultural and racial diversity in both countries. It compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Comparative Education, Citizenship
Berve, Nancy M., Ed. – Higher Education in the States, 1980
This issue contains the annual reports from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five of the seven Canadian province-wide agencies (Alberta, Manitoba, Maritime Provinces, Ontario, and Saskatchewan) focusing on problems, activities, achievements, and other areas of interest to the postsecondary education community. For each state or area,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Annual Reports, Budgets, College Desegregation