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An Intersectional Feminist Analysis Towards Student Body Image Dis/satisfaction in Alberta Schools
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Scholars have argued that anti-obesity health discourses currently pervade Canadian schools and detrimentally impact students’ mental and physical health (Robertson & Scheidler-Benns, 2016). Although schools across the country ubiquitously deploy these discourses, it is important to understand...
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Localization of Global Discourse and the Breakdown of the Washington Consensus (WC): A Case Study of Korean Higher Education Reform (1993-2012)
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In my dissertation paper, I sought the political implications of neo-liberal education reform with the case of recent Korean higher education reforms. I first explored the macro-causal relationship of neo-liberal higher education reform in transnational social relations, and then the political...
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Fall 2015
School based gay straight alliances (GSAs) are primarily North American extra- curricular clubs that foster support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and allied middle and secondary students. Founded and led by youth, they can also take on activist or educational roles,...
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Is There a Glass Ceiling for Internationally Educated Teachers in Alberta? A Critical Interpretive Analysis
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Internationally Educated Teachers (IETs) seek active participation in the labor market as they come to Canada with a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience, which are significant human capital resources. Canada has been a lead in developing bridging programs for immigrant professionals that...
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The dominance of neoliberal ideology in public schooling and possibilities for reconstructing the common good in education
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Neoliberal ideology has transformed education into a market model as competition, deregulation, stratification and the spread of market discourse and market ideology seep into public educational institutions, causing potentially negative social consequences and threatening their democratic...