This article focuses upon the milieu of single-sex schooling within an elite independent school in a Canadian urban centre. This research served as an exploratory and critical examination of single-sex schooling in a specific context, and considered its relevance, pedagogical effectiveness, and ability to meet its purported goals. Using an…

This paper reflects my journey, as a racialized settler and K-12 practitioner in British Columbia, Canada, towards developing a pedagogical understanding of how to transform the experience of inherited colonial shame among settler children in my classroom. Canada has a shameful history of colonialism, the progressive revelations of which provoke…

This study raises the question of how the Canadian educational system can avoid promoting cultural or ideological racism in a student population that is increasingly Indigenous and immigrant. It responds to this question by pointing to the need to expand knowledge systems in teacher education programs, presenting a multi-thematic discussion that…

Speeches and small group working sessions were the major components of this sex equity seminar. Speeches given by Annika Thelin (Sweden) and Gaby Weiner (United Kingdom) presented an historical and analytical approach to equal opportunities, focusing on the often slow progress towards sex equality in the education of children in Sweden and the…

This report presents the findings of a survey of all school boards in Ontario (Canada) concerning the status of policies to ensure racial and ethnic equality. Of the 124 boards surveyed, 100 responded. The following major findings are presented: (1) 39 boards have policies in place, three other boards have completed draft policies, and 22 boards…

A legal opinion about how the Canadian Charter affects education is developed from texts and existing cases under the charter and from foreign experience that may be parallel. Speculations on the probable limits of the courts as providers of remedies are balanced against the possible new opportunities for equality. (Author/JAZ)

The purpose of this paper was to discuss education and accreditation issues with respect to diversity in sexual orientation. The different levels of analyses are approached from the more general to the more specific, ending with a discussion of accreditation issues in psychology. Information pertains to the United States, and includes some…

Intended as a reference for preventing harassment and discrimination in Ontario colleges and universities, this resource guide describes a project to develop models of alternative instructional delivery and presents the models. Part 1 provides an introduction to the guide, reviews the goals of the project, and describes a related training video…

This report investigates the educational philosophy programs related to the multicultural population of Toronto. Two fundamental goals for the Toronto Board of Education are to provide equal educational opportunities to all children, and to do so without loss of the child's personal identity and cultural integrity. The work force provides…

Analysis of Canadian provincial educational legislation and case law relevant to the rights of students with disabilities yielded 15 key rights encompassing such areas as free nondiscriminatory public education, barrier-free access, identification and placement, appeal, appropriate education and special education services, and parent…

Why radical feminism, which until so recently appeared to be firmly identified with movements toward a common curriculum, will now exert pressure toward greater curricular differentiation is discussed. Multiculturalism and its implications for curricula in Canada, Australia, Africa, and Great Britain are also examined. (RM)

The report on multiculturalism in the educational system of the Borough of York (Toronto), is an updated version of a 1975 Draft Report of the Work Group on Multicultural Programs (ED 111 726). This document discusses community, educational, and governmental reaction to and recommendations concerning the issues identified in the 1975 report. The…