Access and Equity in the University

Acknowledgements
Preface – Jack Wayne

Part One: Opening and Introduction
Opening Prayer – Elder Lillian McGregor
Acknowledging Our Ancestors: TYP’s Thirtieth Anniversary – Carol Couchie (TYP 1989-90)
Chapter 1: Access and Equity in the University: An Introduction – Keren S. Brathwaite
TYP Alumni Voices
Reflections – Alexander Francis (1973-1974)
From Amusement Park to University – Marilli Martyn (1985-1986)

Part Two: The Meaning of Access and Equity
Chapter 2: Is It Possible to Have Access and Equity in University Education in the Twenty-First Century? Lessons from the Transitional Year Programme of the University of Toronto – Horace Campbell
Chapter 3: Reflections on My Years in TYP: Lessons in Education Equity – Keren S. Brathwaite
Chapter 4: University Access and Educational Opportunity: A Canadian Perspective – Ketih A. Allen
Chapter 5: Implications of Providing Access in a Context of Inequality – Rona Abramovitch
Chapter 6: Dimensions of Access to Transition – Frederick Ivor Case
Chapter 7: TYP and University Boundaries – Frank Cunningham
TYP Alumni Voices
TYP Has Opened Doors for Me – Thomas Howe (TYP 1988-1989)
The TYP Route to a Ph.D. – Paul Bakary Gibba (TYP 1993-1994)

Part Three: Critical Considerations and Strategies for Increasing Access and Equity
Chapter 8: Becoming “Insiders”: Racialized Students in the Academy – Carl E. James
Chapter 9: Aboriginal Students in the Transitional Year Programme at the University of Toronto – Eileen M. Antone
Chapter 10: From Outsider to Insider: Toward a Model of Transition for Non-traditional University Students – Carolyn Stallberg-White
Chapter 11: Minority Graduate Students and Funding: What Do We Know? – Roslyn Thomas-Long
Chapter 12: Teaching and Learning Strategies that Promote Access, Equity, and Excellence in University Education – Selina L.P. Mushi
TYP Alumni Voices
TYP Prepared Me for Graduate School – Claude Davis (TYP 1994-1995)
Building My Self-Esteem Through Success in TYP – Simone Amelia Louis (TYP 1996-1997)
The Lost Playground! – Mohamed Abdulle “Dudishe” (TYP 1997-1998)

Part Four: Implications of Naming and Perception for Access and Equity
Chapter 13: Breaking the Testing Mould: Or What Opponents of Affirmative Action Can Learn from TYP-ing – Olufemi Taiwo
Chapter 14: Stop Calling Us “Slaves” – Althea Prince
Chapter 15: The Sociological Imagination, Critique of the Model Minority Argument, and Empowerment – Horace Henriques
Chapter 16: Diversity and Representation in Canadian Universities: What Do University Web Sites Say? – Andrew M.A. Allen
TYP Alumni Voices
From TYP Student to Winner of National Scholarship – Tyler Burgess (TYP 1998-1999)
TYP Took My Dreams and Made Them Real! – Jennifer Cowan (TYP 1999-2000)

Part Five: University Access Through Partnerships with Schools
Chapter 17: Extending Access into the Secondary Schools: The Case of Steps to University in Toronto – Thomas Mathien
Chapter 18: Teaching in the Steps to University Program: A Personal Reflection – Patricia Albanese
Chapter 19: Enhancing Access to University for “At-Risk” Students: The Steps to University Program in the Eyes of Two Participants – Watson E.J. Morris and Andrew C. Okolie
TYP Alumni Voices
Thirtieth Anniversary Class – Rosamund Dorrington (TYP 2000-2001)
My Life – Clint Otto (TYP 2000-2001)

Part Six: Access and Equity in Science and Math Education
Chapter 20: Science Literacy: Schooled Science in the Service of Equity and Social Justice – Wanja Gitari
Chapter 21: “Heteroglossia with Science”: A Tool for Conceptualizing Curriculum for Science Students – Theresa Caolvini
Chapter 22: Mathematics and African Canadians – Francis Ahia
TYP Alumni Voices
I Want to Be the Main Role Model for My Child – Raquel Madahbee (TYP 2000-2001)
What TYP Meants to Me – John David Herron (TYP 2000-2001)
TYP: There Is a Light – Debbie Innes (TYP 2000-2001)

Notes on Contributors
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