Contradictory tensions in the experiences of African Canadians in a faculty of education with an access program

ID:	HARP-180
Title:	Contradictory tensions in the experiences of African Canadians in a faculty of education with an access program
Source:	Canadian Journal of Education, v.22(2) Spr’97 pg 158-174
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Year:	1997
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Keywords:	Canada, discrimination, economic, social, and cultural rights, employment, human rights, non-discrimination, civil and political rights, educational rights, education, minority rights
Abstract:	In this article, I examine the experiences of a sample of African Canadian teacher candidates in a Faculty of Education with an “access program,” noting how their educational experiences are affected by the existence of the program; how they negotiate the learning environment, which does not welcome their presence; and what narratives they construct to explain the contradictions inherent in their presence in the institution. The experiences of these students indicate that the culture of the Faculty does not provide a productive learning environment. The narratives the students construct reveal that although they were disenchanted with being identified as “access students,” they remained determined to become teachers because they saw themselves as involved in a critical process to become role models, and advocates for educational change.
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