Full Description
Educational institutions, and in particular educational leaders, play critical roles in identifying and rectifying the many inequities that oppress, marginalize, and exclude individual students, educational actors, and some minoritized groups in Canadian education.
Leading for Equity and Social Justice provides a deep look at some of these inequities and injustices and offers transformative leadership as one way for leaders to stimulate, support, and foster equitable and socially just practices in educational institutions. This collection emphasizes the systemic nature of inequality and supports the necessity of systemic change to target not only individuals but also structures, policies, and far-reaching practices. Focusing on various marginalized groups - including the Indigenous community, LGBTQ2S+ peoples, refugees, newcomers, and specific groups of teachers - chapters explore transformative leadership in practice and how to achieve inclusion, respect, and excellence in schools.
Arguing that leadership involves much more than simply putting policy into practice, Leading for Equity and Social Justice promotes the need for leaders to recognize their role as advocates and activists.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction: Leading for Systemic Educational Transformation in Canada
Part I. Transformative Leadership in Practice
1. Transformative Leadership Theory: A Comprehensive Approach to Equity, Inclusion, Excellence, and Social Justice
2. Transformative Leadership: Leading French-Language Schools in Canadian Anglo-Dominant Contexts
3. Transformative Educational Leadership: Leading for Equity and Social Justice in the 21st Century
Part II. Equitable and Socially Just Approaches to Leadership
4. Challenges and Choices: Sustaining Social Justice Leadership in Ontario Schools
5. Disrupting and Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Schools through Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy
6. Perspectives of Social Justice Leadership: A Duo-ethnographic Study
7. Social Justice Teaching and Leadership in Higher Education: Decentring Whiteness and Addressing Alt-Right Resistance
Part III. Decentring Discrimination
8. Canadian Indigenous Leadership for Social Justice in the Face of Social Group Apraxia: Renovating the State Colonization Built
9. Washroom Dramas and Transgender Politics: A Transformative Approach to Gendered Spaces in Canadian Public Schools
10. Supporting Newcomer Refugee Students' Adaptation in Schools: Challenges, Practices and Recommendations through the Lens of a Compassion-Based Framework
11. New Canadian Student Leadership: "It's More than Just a Tour"
12. School Leadership in the Era of Bill 21: A Call for Commitment and Courage
Conclusion: The Future of Leading for Systemic Educational Transformation in Canada
Contributors
Index
