Negotiating Settler Colonialism, Activism, and Emerging Scholarly Identities

Authors

  • Casey Burkholder McGill University

Keywords:

Education, Identity, Settler Colonialism

Abstract

Inspired by Indigenous water and land protectors in Standing Rock (ND) and Muskrat Falls (NL), as well as her new identity as soon-to-be ‘parent’, the editor suggests that issues of activism and identity are intertwined in the ways in which the political and academic lives of new scholars are developed during their training in Canadian post-secondary institutions. The editor also presents an overview of the five articles in this Fall issue related to issues of identity and rethinking educational theories in a variety of Canadian educational spaces, including: post-secondary vocational education (Gustafson), physical education programs and models-based practices (Baker), exploring feminisms in educational contexts (Syme Anderson), exploring academic discourse socialization in post-secondary institutions (Vasilopoulos), and a reflection on theories surrounding adolescent motivation in Quebec’s educational context (Gaudreau).

Author Biography

Casey Burkholder, McGill University

Casey Burkholder is a PhD Candidate from McGill University who grew up in Canada’s North. As a secondary school teacher in Hong Kong (2008-2010), she taught ‘non-Chinese’ ethnic minority youth. During this time, she wondered about the difference between the Hong Kong government’s policy to include ethnic minority youth in schools, and the lived experiences of her students. This question served as the foundation for Casey’s Master of Arts work at Concordia University. In her doctoral work at McGill University’s Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Casey is embarking on a study that includes an action-oriented project of creating ethnic minority youth-led cellphone videos (cellphilms) to articulate their sense of selves, belonging and citizenship in Hong Kong. Casey has been working with the CJNSE as a review mentor and copy-editor since 2013, was the Assistant Editor (2014-2015), and has been continuing with the journal as Managing Editor (2016).

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Published

2016-12-16

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Editorial/Éditorial

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