Students involved in social justice activist groups and activities encounter several potentially negative consequences in advocating for issues that are important to them. Through duo ethnographic interviews with scholar-activists, former youth activists describe the barriers they experienced as socially engaged young people, including dealing…

In this article, the authors present their duo-ethnographic conversation on social justice activism which explores issues of identity, racism, and activism with young people. The authors initiated their writing of this article as a sporadic and candid e-mail conversation between colleagues over the course of five months from in 2006. Both of them…

This article addresses Alberta's conservative political and social milieu with attention to teachers engaged with their students in school activism on social justice issues. Its purpose is to shed light on the experiences of teachers who address extremism through school-based activism with young people. A brief historical overview of Canada's…

Describes a Canadian group formed by high school students, Students and Teachers Opposing Prejudice (STOP), focusing on how it counters: the lack of attention to student activism, teacher conservatism, hate in the community, Canadian denial of a racist past and present, and extremism. Discusses the benefits of engaging students and teachers in…

Young activists share their experiences with the current climate of hostility toward school diversity initiatives, and toward young people in general. This paper outlines a problematic lack of engagement of student activists in informing teacher education for social justice, particularly related to their undervalued role as active participants in…

The present study seeks insights from current school activists on the tendency of educators and others to engage in denial and avoidance when discussing issues surrounding racism, and how that affects the daily work on social justice projects in schools. The author outlines contemporary and historical aspects of the denial of racism in Canada, and…

This study examined the shared experiences of student and teacher activists in light of current theoretical and political contexts of interest to social justice activists. The study involved collaborative in-depth interviews with and observations of seven student and four teacher activists in Alberta, Canada. The participants came from six…