Critical Schooling

Francisco J. Villegas is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kalamazoo College, USA.Janelle Brady is a PhD candidate in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Foreword, George Dei.- Chapter 1. Continuing Important Conversations: An Introduction to this Volume, Francisco J. Villegas and Janelle Brady.- Chapter 2. “I’m Just a Friend Now”: Community Policing in Toronto Schools, Gita Rao Madan.- Chapter 3. Restorative Justice: Moving From Punitive Sanctions to Proactive Interactions, Michelle H.A. Bailey.- Chapter 4. Canada’s Legacy of Colonialism: Implications in Education, Jaqueline Benn-John.- Chapter 5. Resistance is Our Ancestral Knowledge: Incorporating Roots of Resistance into the Education of Adolescent Afro-Caribbean Girls in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Kimberley Moore and Celine D. Gibbons-Taylor.- Chapter 6. Disrupting Princesses: A Pedagogical Moment in Dismantling Colonial Norms and Representations of Beauty Through An Anti-Colonial Framework, Janelle Brady, and Zuhra Abawi.- Chapter 7. The First Three Years of Laen: From Unity-Seeking to Equity-Seeking, Catalina Calero, and Derik Chica.- Chapter 8. Active Communities and Practices of Resistance: Brief History of the Use of Schools as Border Zones in Toronto, Francisco J. Villegas.- Chapter 9. Be a Good Citizen or Else! Neoliberal Citizenship and the Grade Six 2013 Revised Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, Ardavan Eizadirad.- Chapter 10. “What Else Can I Do?”: A Guide for Academics Who (Want To) Support Palestine, Sabrine Azraq.- Chapter 11. Bridging Borders: Teaching a Bridging Course with Precarious Status Students Transitioning to the University, Paloma E. Villegas.- Chapter 12. Self-Study of an Indigenous Settler in Ontario Schooling: An Exploration of Living Theory, Umar Umangay.- Chapter 13. Living Biocultures: A Framework for Building Sustainable Community Wellbeing, Resilience, and Innovation, Yessica D. Rostan.- Postscript, Carl E. James