Education
Early Years Education and Care in Canada, Second Edition
Timely and thoroughly updated, the second edition of Early Years Education and Care in Canada explores the histories, philosophies, theories, and approaches that have shaped the ways that we teach and care for children in Canada. Featuring multiple voices and first-hand experiences in the field, contributions from Canadian academics and practitioners engage in theoretical and practical discussions on early childhood education and care.
The new edition of this volume continues to provide readers with a map of the theoretical landscape of early years practice and research and explores newly added topics including common worlds pedagogies, reclaiming Indigenous family systems, supporting Black flourishing in early childhood education and care, critical feminist examination of play, and lived experiences of registered early childhood educators and the Early Childhood Education and Care system.
Readers will explore where we have been, where we are, and where we might go in practice and research related to children and families, making this a fundamental resource for all students, practitioners, and policymakers in early childhood education and care.
FEATURES
- Expands on the first edition’s extensive and balanced examination of the historical and philosophical influences of early childhood education and care
- Includes new chapters on timely topics such as Black childhoods, gender and sexuality, and the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan
- Pedagogically rich, this text features chapter overviews, lists of key terms, and start-of-chapter guiding questions
Health Promotion in Canada, Fifth Edition
Health Promotion in Canada offers a comprehensive profile of the history, current landscape, and future directions of health promotion in Canada. Emphasizing the links between theory, research, policy, and practice, this engaging series draws on concrete Canadian examples that bring the concepts and content to life and introduces new perspectives on critical issues such as 2S/LGBTQIA+ health, planetary health, climate justice, and community-centered approaches to resilience.
This new edition continues the critical approach of the previous four editions while offering an in-depth analysis of recent developments and innovative approaches in health promotion along with explorations of topical issues. With 20 new chapters, this edited collection contains contributions by prominent Canadian academics, researchers, and practitioners, reflecting a commitment to advancing well-being in a rapidly changing world while addressing the pressing challenges and opportunities shaping the field today. The fifth edition also offers fresh insights on topics such as the post-COVID health landscape, Indigenous health promotion, and mental health as well as updated discussions on health equity, digital health.
Featuring learning objectives, case studies, thought-provoking discussion questions, resources for further study, and accompanying supplementary resources, this is an ideal textbook for courses in public health, health promotion and education, health sciences, nursing, and related disciplines.
FEATURES
- Thoroughly updated edition with 20 new chapters, including chapters on the role of Indigenous epistemology and methodology in health promotion, and ways in which health promotion can acknowledge the Report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health promotion landscape
- Robust pedagogical features include thought-provoking discussion questions, resources for further study, and supplemental resources
Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care
Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care explores the meaning of anti-oppressive practice within the field of child and youth care. The contributing authors analyze the effectiveness of current systems in Canada through an anti-oppressive lens, examine the meaning of social justice within a child and youth care context, critically evaluate how child and youth care systems and policies perpetuate oppression, and offer strategies for redefining what best practices could be within the profession. The chapters discuss topics including systemic anti-Black racism and oppression, Indigenous relational ethics, intervention approaches, anti-oppressive practice in post-secondary classrooms, anti-fat bias in child and youth care practice, youth engagement, and toxic positivity. Equipped with critical reflective activities at the end of each chapter, the text aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice by creating learning opportunities that support critical analysis and integration of anti-oppressive theory into child and youth care practice.
This fundamental resource is well-suited for colleges and universities within Canada whose child and youth care, social work, or education programs offer courses with a focus on anti-oppressive practice.
FEATURES
- A groundbreaking text and the first to examine anti-oppressive practice within the context of child and youth care
- Contains contributions from a diverse range of authors with the aim of integrating and exploring the relationship of anti-oppressive frameworks with decolonization
- Examines current social justice movements and their impacts on the child and youth care field and working with young people
- Chapters offer pedagogical features including learning objectives and activities for critical reflection and integration into practice
Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools
Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools explores courageous methods for educational leadership and principalship in Canada to move beyond additive discourses of diversity to dismantling systems of oppression for thriving schools and communities. It is a timely collection rooted in diverse approaches to activism that names, disrupts, and challenges dominant leadership discourses and practices that perpetuate harm to underserved communities.
Throughout Canada, educational policies and mandates are often implemented without meaningful collaboration with the students, families, and communities they are intended to serve, thereby exacerbating systemic, structural, and institutional barriers. The collection’s social justice approach to activism and leadership bridges gaps between policies, institutions, and communities. It calls for a more just education system that carves out spaces of belonging by honouring the lived experiences, identities, and intersectionalities of all students.
This book is an invaluable resource for Canadian university education programs with courses focusing on educational leadership, diversity, social justice, or inclusive education. It also serves educational administration, existing teachers, principals, higher education instructors and researchers, policy makers, and activists.
FEATURES
- Centres non-dominant perspectives and frameworks of leadership such as critical race theory, critical disability studies, Indigenizing leadership, and queering leadership
- Includes contributions from across Canada, highlighting minoritized voices and identities
- Pedagogical features include learning objectives, end-of-chapter glossaries, and critical thinking questions that accompany each chapter
New Titles
Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care
Critical Conversations
By Andrea Christensen
Anti-Oppressive Practice / Child and Youth / Education / Social Work
A Critical Mental Health Primer
Towards Informed Choice in Social Services, Education, and Healthcare
By Jan N. DeFehr
Addictions, Health, and Mental Health / Education / Health Studies / Mental Health and Addictions / Nursing / Social Work
Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools
Canadian Insights
By Zuhra Abawi, Ardavan Eizadirad, Stephanie Tuters, Andrew B. Campbell
Education / Gender, Equity, Diversity / Theory, Policy, Practice
Diversity and Equity in Canadian Schools
Fostering Human Flourishing
By Cathlene Hillier, Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng
Education / Gender, Equity, Diversity
Arts-Based Pedagogies
Integrating Culturally Relevant Creative Processes in K–12 Education
By Tanya Berg
Education
Autism in the Ontario Context, Second Edition
An Introduction
By Kimberly Maich, Brianna M. Anderson, Carmen Hall
Autism / Child and Youth / Education / Social Work
Understanding Mental Health Across Educational Contexts
Promoting Wellness in Classrooms
By Lindsey Jaber
Addictions, Health, and Mental Health / Child and Youth / Counselling / Early Childhood Education / Education / Psychology / Social Work
Transformative Change through Educational Leadership
Stories, Models, and Wonderings
By Kenneth H. MacKinnon
Education
Indigenous Education
Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style
By Angelina Weenie, Willie Ermine, Kevin Lewis, Ida Swan, Mary Sasakamoose, Jeffery Cappo, Deanna Pelletier
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Unsettling Education
Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Land
By Anna-Leah King, Kathleen O’Reilly, Patrick J. Lewis
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Land as Relation
Teaching and Learning through Place, People, and Practices
By Margaret Kress, Kahente Horn-Miller
406 PagesEducation / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Inclusive Education
Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools
Canadian Insights
By Zuhra Abawi, Ardavan Eizadirad, Stephanie Tuters, Andrew B. Campbell
Education / Gender, Equity, Diversity / Theory, Policy, Practice
Diversity and Equity in Canadian Schools
Fostering Human Flourishing
By Cathlene Hillier, Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng
Education / Gender, Equity, Diversity
Transformative Change through Educational Leadership
Stories, Models, and Wonderings
By Kenneth H. MacKinnon
Education
Enacting Anti-Racist and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education
Canadian Perspectives
By Ardavan Eizadirad, Zuhra Abawi, Andrew B. Campbell
300 PagesEducation
Social Justice Education in Canada
Select Perspectives
By Ali A. Abdi
234 PagesEducation / Gender, Equity, Diversity
DisAppearing
Encounters in Disability Studies
By Tanya Titchkosky, Elaine Cagulada, Madeleine DeWelles, Efrat Gold
318 PagesDisability Studies / Education
Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care
By Zuhra Abawi, Ardavan Eizadirad, Rachel Berman
214 PagesEarly Childhood Education / Education
Educational Leadership
Leadership for Flourishing in Educational Contexts
By Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Sabre Cherkowski, Keith D. Walker
358 PagesEducation / Theory, Policy, Practice
Teaching in the Anthropocene
Education in the Face of the Environmental Crisis
By Alysha J. Farrell, Candy Jones, Michelle Lam
338 PagesEducation / Environmental Studies
Leadership in Education
The Power of Generative Dialogue
By Pamela Adams, Carmen Mombourquette, David Townsend
258 PagesEducation
The Compassionate Educator
Understanding Social Issues and the Ethics of Care in Canadian Schools
By Allyson Jule
316 PagesEducation / Gender, Equity, Diversity
The Role of an Education Assistant, Second Edition
Supporting Inclusion
By Mary Harber, Asha Rao
348 PagesEducation
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