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Gay-Straight Alliances And Student Activism In Ontario Public Secular And Catholic High Schools, Alicia A. Lapointe
Gay-Straight Alliances And Student Activism In Ontario Public Secular And Catholic High Schools, Alicia A. Lapointe
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This study provides an in-depth examination of the educative and activist function of GSAs in two public secular and two public Catholic Ontario secondary schools. Queer theory, as elaborated by Foucault (1978), Sedgwick (1990/2008), Butler (1990, 1993a/b/c), Warner (1991), and Britzman (1995), provides a foundation for critiquing the heteronormative underpinnings of schooling, and the trans-informed insights of Namaste (2000), Stryker (2006), Serano (2007/2016, 2013), Malatino (2015), and Connell (2009) offers a lens to scrutinize cisnormative infrastructure, pedagogy, and practice as they pertain to the role and educative function of GSAs in selected Ontario schools. To generate knowledge on the particularities …
Exploring Teachers’ Experiences Of Parental Leave Policies In One School Board In Ontario, Rachelle Martin
Exploring Teachers’ Experiences Of Parental Leave Policies In One School Board In Ontario, Rachelle Martin
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This study sought to examine the experiences of secondary school teachers with parental leave in one school board in Ontario. The purpose of the research was to understand the policies that govern parental leave and teachers’ perceptions about the power dynamics in how these policies are enacted. This qualitative study was conducted with semi-structured interviews with six teachers who had taken parental leave in the last five years. The research explored the supports and challenges for teachers and the ways in which teachers’ experiences with parental leave policies contributed towards gendered organization of schools. The experiences of the participants in …