Reconceptualizing Diversity

Conference:

Reconceptualizing Diversity: Engaging with Histories, Theories, Practices, and Discursive Strategies in Global Contexts

29th October to 2nd November 2014
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Website: http://www.iaie.org/toronto2014/1_call.html
Contact person: Michele Kahn

The main aim of the conference is to bring together educational professionals working on issues pertaining to diversity and equity in various contexts.

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15th June 2014

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AESA/IAIE Conference in Toronto

Joint AESA/IAIE conference in Toronto, Canada
English, Español, Francais 
October 29 – November 2, 2014
Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2014

The American Educational Studies Association (AESA) and the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) are presently accepting proposals for their joint tri-lingual conference, to take place in Toronto, Canada.

The main aim of the conference is to bring together educational professionals working on issues pertaining to diversity and equity in various contexts.  Though all quality proposals fitting the general theme of the conference will be considered, we would like to invite proposals relating to any of the following, especially if they have an educational dimension:

• Migration and Refugee issues
• Transnational identities
• Social Justice
• Inclusion and exclusion
• Empowerment
• Language and identity
• (Post) – colonialism
• Gender identity and sexual orientation
• Indigenous education
• Majority – minority relations
• Lingua franca issues
• Human rights and activism
• Transformative pedagogies
• Confronting majority privilege and nationalist
tendencies in education

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World Education Research Association

Intersectionality, Methodologies and Knowledge Mobilization in Research for Social Justice
New WERA International Research Network
The International Research Network on Intersectionality, Methodologies, and Knowledge Mobilization in Research for Social Justice in Education will have its inaugural meeting at the Celebrating Linguistic Diversity conference.  We invite all interested researchers and graduate students who would be interested in joining the network to meet with us on Tuesday April 29 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss plans for the network and opportunities for participation. The meeting will be held in room 11-164, OISE, University of Toronto, 52 Bloor Street West, Toronto.
Date: 2014-04-29
Start time: 14:00:00
End time: 16:00:00
contact: antoinette.gagne@utoronto.ca

 

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