Education News Autumn 2022 | Page 20

Page 20 | Autumn 2022
education and to role-model . Ensure there is a balance of representation of queer authors . Create a forum for queer preservice educators and their allies to talk about navigating and thriving in Saskatchewan schools .
j wallace skelton : Most schools replicate the ableism , classism , colonization , homophobia , racism , sexism , transphobia , and other forms of systemic oppression that are part of mainstream society . Education needs to be a place of justice , and that means challenging ourselves and our students to create equitable places where all students can thrive . Anti-oppression work needs to be explicit and intersectional . It needs to be central in teacher education because it is central to schools being just places . We can not teach as we were taught . We know that inflicted significant harm . We must do better .
" Education needs to be a place of justice , and that means challenging ourselves and our students to create equitable places where all students can thrive . Antioppression work needs to be explicit and intersectional . It needs to be central in teacher education because it is central to schools being just places . We can not teach as we were taught . We know that inflicted significant harm . We must do better ." j wallace skelton
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