Schooling the System : A History of Black Women Teachers.

Cover -- SCHOOLING THE SYSTEM -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow -- INTRODUCTION "The school was born out of sweat and tears" Locating Black Women Educators in Twentieth-Century Canada -- 1 "There weren't that many of us to begin with" Black Women Teachers and Ontario's Education System, 1940s-60s -- 2 "To bridge the gap and be a mentor for the black students" Black Women Teachers as Cultural Mediators, 1965-1980s -- 3 "I'm not here to crack, I'm here to do the job" Black Women's Engagement with Workplace Practices and Educational Pedagogies -- 4 "We were like renegades. We were like radicals" Exploring the Continuum of Black Activism and Educational Initiatives in Toronto, 1960s-70s -- 5 "I personally wasted a lot of time with feminism" Examining the Limitations of the Canadian Women's Movement, 1970s-80s -- CONCLUSION "Things generally being made more difficult than they should be" Exploring the Changing Same -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

As schools continue to grapple with creating diverse educational programs for all Canadians, Schooling the System is a timely excavation of the meaningful contributions of black women educators who helped create equitable policies and practices in schools and communities.

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