Following the Northern Star : Caribbean Identities and Education in North American Schools.

Intro -- FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN STAR -- FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN STAR -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE CARIBBEAN -- THE CARIBBEAN: LOCATION, CLIMATE, AND ECONOMIES -- HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN -- FLAT WORLD VERSUS THE ROUND WORLD -- EUROPE'S ADVANTAGE -- SLAVERY AND RELIGION -- RELIGIOUS AUTONOMY AND SLAVERY -- WIGGAN'S FAMILY TREE1 -- WALROND'S FAMILY TREE -- COLONIALISM, EDUCATION AND CARIBBEAN MIGRATION -- RIVALING COLONIAL POWERS: DIVIDE AND RULE STRATEGIES -- REVOLTS AND DISCONTENT IN THE CARIBBEAN -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND -- Narratives of Political Independence: Holding on or Moving on -- Education and the Caribbean -- A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CARIBBEAN MIGRATION PATTERNS -- The Impact of Joel Augustus Rogers in World History -- Twentieth Century Immigration -- EDUCATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY -- APPROACHING AN APPROPRIATE DEFINITION OF CULTURE -- Anthropological Perspective -- Sociological Perspective -- Cultural Studies Perspective -- Popular Culture Perspective -- THE CULTURAL IDENTITY MODEL -- THE 'POLITICS OF DENIAL' -- EDUCATION AND IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT -- CULTURAL STUDIES AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGY -- Critical Pedagogy Theorized -- Public Pedagogy for Decolonization (Decolonization Pedagogy) -- Canadian Multiculturalism -- Multiculturalism and Education in Canada -- MULTICULTURALISM IN SCHOOLS -- Black Experiences -- RESEARCH STUDY -- Doing Insider Research in the Caribbean Immigrant Community -- THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND MULTICULTURALISM IN NORTH AMERICA'S SCHOOLS -- THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE -- BLACK MIGRATORY PATTERNS -- Alberta, Canada in the 1900s -- FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN STAR -- Experiences of Caribbean Immigration to Canada -- IMMIGRATING TO CANADA FOR POLITICAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS -- DOUBLE-LAP MIGRATION -- OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA.

CARIBBEAN STUDENTS 'CAUGHT UP' IN THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE -- JAMAICAN BLACK TEACHERS IN ALBERTA -- BEING A CULTURAL MINORITY IN CANADA -- CULTURAL CONTEXT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF CARIBBEAN FAMILIES -- CARIBBEAN IDENTITY FORMATION AND SCHOOL CULTURE: RELIVING OUR EDUCATION -- SCHOOLS' GOALS VS. PARENTS' GOALS: COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT -- EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER OPTIONS -- PUNISHMENT AND REWARD -- Education at the Dawn of Independence: "Massa Day Done" -- Emancipatory Education: "That Was When They Were Planning the Revolution" -- CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE FOCUS GROUPS -- PUBLIC PEDAGOGY FOR DECOLONIZATION (DECOLONIZATION PEDAGOGY) -- REVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES -- CARIBBEAN SCHOOL CULTURE AND THE NORTH AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE: "DO I HEAR THE R WORD?" THE ADD CASE AND TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS -- PARENTAL ADVOCATES -- CARIBBEAN-CANADIAN YOUTH DEALING WITH BULLYING: AN ISSUE OF RACISM -- Self-Actualization and Caribbean Canadian Youth -- "HE IS ALWAYS IN SPORTS: HE IS A SPORTS BOY" -- Caribbean Canadian Youth and School Participation -- WATCHING OVER OUR CHILDREN -- CARIBBEAN IDENTITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTH AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- STUDENT OUTCOMES -- MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE -- Global Citizenship -- INCLUSIVE EDUCATION -- THE BLACK EXPERIENCE: SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS -- THE CONTEXT OF CARIBBEAN EDUCATION -- HARNESSING THE CULTURAL MODEL OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY -- MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES -- POEM: BROTHER ERROL AND THE EXAMINED LIFE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, OCTOBER 8, 1971 -- APPENDIX B -- CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM ACT -- PREAMBLE -- SHORT TITLE -- Short title -- INTERPRETATION -- Definitions -- APPENDIX C -- MULTICULTURALISM POLICY OF CANADA -- Multiculturalism Policy -- Federal Institutions -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MULTICULTURALISM POLICY OF CANADA.

General Responsibility for Coordination -- Specific Mandate -- Provincial Agreements -- International Agreements -- Responsibilities of Other Ministers -- Provincial Agreements -- Canadian Multiculturalism Advisory Committee -- Remuneration and Expenses -- Annual Report -- GENERAL -- Annual Report -- Permanent Review by a Parliamentary Committee -- APPENDIX D -- A NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXODUS TO CANADA -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.

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