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24-0129 - Diversity Leadership in Education: Embedding Practices of Social Justice
By Catherine McGregor (Editor), Shailoo Bedi (Editor)
Published on January 2, 2024 by McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada
Price in USD: Paperback ($36.41)
ISBN: 9780228019251
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| ESG Topic: | Social |
| ESG Sub-topic: | DE&I and Gender Diversity |
| ESG Book Ranking Category: | Best of Best |
| ESG Content-Level Category: | Intermediate Level |
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| About the book: |
| Overview: | Widely understood to be the best tool of social change, education offers a space to interrogate persistent and damaging oppressions, calling into question the cultural and political antecedents, as well as the current politics and practices, that have facilitated inequity. Educational leaders themselves, however, have much to learn about dismantling systems that maintain these barriers.
Diversity Leadership in Education offers a deep look into the complexities and opportunities afforded by new models of diversity leadership. Authors from across North America explore how diverse leaders are key to improving the school experience for marginalized students. Indigenous, Black, racialized, and collaborative forms of leadership contribute to decolonizing educational settings by unsettling hegemonic ideas; these include the dominance of equity myths in educational administration and pedagogical whitewashing around issues germane to social justice.
Unpacking privilege in education systems, the volume speaks to incorporating social justice in everyday leadership practices through advocacy, solidarity, spirituality, relationality, and reconciliation. It profiles diversity leadership as a rudder, steering a more inclusive and equitable society. |
| Table of Contents: |
Tables and Figures.......ix
Acknowledgments.......xi
Introduction - Navigating Educational Spaces: Challenging Foundations of Diversity Leadership.......3
Catherine McGregor and Shailoo Bedi
Opening Provocation
1. Unpacking the Equity Myth: Diversity and Leadership Deficit.......15
Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Grace Wong Sneddon
1. Theme One Relationality.......33
Catherine McGregor and Shailoo Bedi
2. Touchstones and Relationality: Trajectories of Indigenous Leadership.......36
Catherine McGregor and Shailoo Bedi
3. Anishinaabeg Views of Socially Just Leadership, Inclusion, and Diversity: Eliminating Violence Towards Indigenous Peoples in the Education System.......51
Paul N. Cormier and Karyn Vanden Boomen
4. Leadership in Transgression: Teaching to Transgress, the Social Change Model of Leadership, and the Student Affairs Practices of White Heterosexual Men.......67
Conor McLaughlin
5. Walk with Me: Engaging in Participatory Theatre to Walk the Path to Reconciliation in a Canadian University Context.......81
Asma-na-hi Antoine, Will Weigler, Krystal Cook, Lisa Corak, Shirley Alphonse, Catherine Etmanski, Niels Agger-Gupta, and Cheryl Heykoop
5. Theme Two Intersectionality.......97
Catherine McGregor and Shailoo Bedi
6. Race and Gender: Chinese Canadian Women and Leadership.......101
Grace Wong Sneddon, LokpriyShrma, and Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay
7. Diversity Leadership in Our Own Words.......119
Adrienne S. Chan and Awneet Sivia
8. �Fitting in� and Identity Creation: The Lived Experiences of Racialized Minority Administrators in bc.......137
Shailoo Bedi
9. (Re)Creating Equitable Spaces: Racialized and Indigenous Leaders in Canadian Universities.......159
Victoria Handford and Leena Yahia
10. Betwixt, Between, and Amongst: Intersectionalities.......178
Steve Sider, Jacqueline Specht, Donna McGhie-Richmond, Kimberly Maich, and Jhonel Morvan
11. Creating Space to Promote Social Change: The Lived Experiences of Black Women Educators as Diverse Leaders in Classrooms.......195
Christina Wright Fields, Sherry Early, and Gloria Howell
11. Theme Three Reimagined Realities.......209
Catherine McGregor and Shailoo Bedi
12. Principals and Reconciliation Education in Saskatchewan Schools: Challenges, Opportunities, and Supports.......212
Pamela Osmond-Johnson, Michael Cappello, and Peter Turner
13. In a Paradigm of Belonging: Leadership Practices in a Context of Systemic Inequality.......230
Rebecca Cory, Terri-Lynne Beaton, Andrew Clarke, Beverley Dobell, Craig Ellerman, Hannah Jones, Cheri Kibzey, Susan Koski, and Meredith Lemon
14. Standing as Accomplices: Becoming Diversity Leaders.......246
Catherine McGregor
15. Black School Leaders in Low-Income Urban Ontario Schools: Striving for Social Justice.......263
Alana Butler and Andrew Campbell
16. Black Leadership and Role of Spirituality and Community.......277
Ann Lopez
77. n�k�nastam�k�win: Leading Indigenous Initiatives in (Colonial) Universities.......293
Shauneen Pete
z1. Conclusion: Embedding Practices of Social Justice.......309
Shailoo Bedi and Catherine McGregor
z2. Contributors.......319
z3. Index.......325
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| Author Biography: |
Catherine McGregor
is associate professor of leadership studies at the University of Victoria.
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Shailoo Bedi
is adjunct assistant professor of leadership studies and executive director of the Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation Division at the University of Victoria.
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| Book Reviews: |
Our world is changing in transformative ways and so must the way we lead. This book offers critical reflections and pathways for educators committed to reimagining and deepening their leadership practice. The (un)learning process is ongoing and this book will inspire leaders on their journey.
Shanice Yarde
McGill University
Diversity Leadership in Education makes a major contribution, disrupting Western notions of how leadership is typically conceived. Chapters move from the historical to the contemporary, charting what is needed to move into a future of more socially just leadership.
Sheila Cote-Meek
Brock University; and author of Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education
Diversity Leadership in Education: Embedding Practices of Social Justice proves to be an approachable text with authentic narratives. The volume has the potential to interrupt the educational status quo and embolden diverse focused leaders to bring their colleagues and institutions closer to the systemic change required for a truly authentic, socially-just, and equitable society.
The British Columbia Review
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