Multicultural education policies in Canada and the United States

Joshee, Reva, 1960- (Added Author). Johnson, Lauri. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780774813259
ISBN: 0774813253
Physical Description: print
xiv, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Cross-border dialogue and multicultural policy webs / Lauri Johnson, Reva Joshee -- Past crossings : US influences on the development of Canadian multicultural education policy / Reva Joshee, Susan Winton -- Diversity policies in American schools : a legacy of progressive school leadership and community activism / Lauri Johnson -- We are already multicultural : why policy and leadership matter / Yoon K. Pak -- First nations education policy in Canada : building capacity for change and control / Jan Hare -- Policy issues in the education of American Indians and Alaska natives / John W. Tippeconnic III, Sabrina Redwing Saunders -- What we know about native participation in higher education / Augustine McCaffery -- Canadian policies on immigrant language education / Tracey M. Derwing, Murray J. Munro -- Language education in the conflicted United States / Carlos J. Ovando, Terrence G. Wiley -- A critical examination of language policies and practices in Canada and the United States / Karen M. Gourd -- Race-based policies in Canada : education and social context / Adrienne S. Chan -- Education, American style : race-based school policies and practices in the United States / Christopher M. Span, Rashid V. Robinson, Trinidad Molina Villegas -- Canadian and American race-based education policies / Njoki Nathani Wane -- Canada's Employment Equity Act : perspectives on policy and implementation / Carol Agocs -- Critical race theory and interest convergence in the backlash against affirmative action : Washington State and Initiative 200 / Edward Taylor -- Dialogue across borders on employment equity/affirmative action / Michelle Goldberg -- Institutional racism in education policy and practice : a view from England / David Gillborn -- Multicultural policies and practices in North America : a dialogue with the view from England / Catherine Cornbleth ... [et al.].