Canada is marked by multiple forms of diversity, including ethnoracial diversity and has chosen to embrace diversity rather than consider it a problem. But diversity is not neutral let alone equitable. Rather, we need to work towards social justice and equity between various races and ethnicities.

In his presentation, Dr. Wright will speak to the options we have and ultimately the best way to address diversity issues such that they work for the making of equity, inclusion and social justice in local community and national society in general and in education and personal pedagogy in particular. In Canada and in British Columbia multiculturalism has long been the dominant discourse we use to address diversity and in education this has meant liberal multicultural education. However, there are a number of related and alternative frameworks to multiculturalism and multicultural education (e.g. anti-racism, decoloniality, human rights, etc.). Anti-racism in particular has been argued by some to hold much better promise to make for more effective social justice education. Dr. Wright will lay out the characteristics and pros and cons of multiculturalism and multicultural education on the one hand and anti-racism and anti-racist education on the other. He will discuss what social justice education, especially one based on anti-racism, might look like and what its manifestation means- at the level of institutions such as schools and museums and at the individual level of curators’ and teachers’ politics and pedagogy.

Register today : Tickets $40.00

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/multiculturalism-and-anti-racism-education-in-bc-tickets-799055274837

Please note there are stairs to the train.