La démocratie en salle de classe : Lutte pour l’équilibre mental, la confiance et les connaissances
Blogue invité par Constance Morley, Ph. D., Études de conflits, Université Saint-Paul
Les événements survenus récemment aux États-Unis nous rappellent brutalement que des courants de haine et de pensée racistes peuvent se cacher dans les pensées intimes des gens jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient interpellés ou provoqués. Certains ont peut-être malheureusement été élevés par des parents qui ont raté les cours d’histoire des années 1960, lesquels ont sensibilisé les Nord-Américains aux graves inégalités, à la ségrégation en Amérique et à la nécessité d’apprendre la vérité sur le colonialisme. Les gouvernements ont lentement commencé à s’attaquer aux injustices raciales, en Amérique et ailleurs, offrant un soutien politique à une plus grande diversité culturelle. Néanmoins, des sous-courants de racisme persistent dans la société ou réapparaissent sous de nouvelles formes. En Amérique, divers groupes militant pour le « pouvoir blanc »...
Recent events in the United States are a stark reminder of how currents of racist hatred and thinking can lurk, concealed in the privacy of people’s thoughts until called-upon or provoked. There are folks who maybe had the misfortune of being raised by parents who missed the history lessons of the 1960s that awakened North Americans to grave inequalities, segregation in America and the need to learn the truths about colonialism. Governments slowly started to address racial injustices in America and elsewhere, offering political support for greater cultural diversity. Still, undercurrents of racism in society persisted or reappeared in new forms. In America, a whole range of “white power” groups slowly formed since the Vietnam War,...
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Post-secondary institutions have responded with alacrity to the needs of undergraduate students, whose lives and studies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduate students whose research relies upon lab work, ethnography or archival study have found themselves more severely disadvantaged by the novel coronavirus’ impacts on access to these vital resources (Zahneis 2020). Faculty and staff have experienced significant disruptions of their own, as entry to campus offices is prohibited and the distinction between home and work further erodes. Some of us have the extra charge of home-schooling children while teaching, administering and—as time and energy permit—engaging in research activities. Add to that the veritable...
Here in Montreal, the pandemic coincided with an unusually cold spring, so my family has been spending our days indoors, connected to the outside world through the Internet. As someone who studies how we measure the Internet, I have been thinking about the value of my connection. On World Telecommunications Day, I would like to share my reflections on the relationship between how we measure the Internet and how we judge its effectiveness during a pandemic.
In what ways can we adapt our teaching in times of crisis to exhibit resilience such that the arts we teach inspire and empower students to act, especially in times of stress and crisis, and nurture their right to imagination? I was part of the