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Today in The Conversation Canada, Jane E. Sanders of King’s University College, Western University, Andrea Joseph-McCatty of University of Tennessee and Michael Massey of Catholic University of America write about how schools’ disproportionate application of school discipline for Black and Indigenous students remains a significant concern.
So does the fact that due to systemic inequities, trauma and adversity also disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous students.
Their research has found that scant research exists about the relationship between adversity or trauma and school discipline – including research that acknowledges racism and poverty as forms of adversity.
“Context matters when studying school discipline,” they write. “It is important that researchers collaborating with educators and communities generate Canadian-based knowledge to guide policy and practice.”
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All the best.
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Students’ lockers are seen an elementary school in Toronto on Jan. 9, 2024.
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Jane E. Sanders, Western University; Andrea Joseph-McCatty, University of Tennessee; Michael Massey, Catholic University of America
Additional research and attention is needed — particularly in Canada — to provide schools with evidence-based, trauma-informed and culturally attuned approaches to school discipline.
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Schools of jackfish pictured in the ocean off Losin, Thailand. Overfishing is a contributing factor in global climate change.
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Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
Recent research shows how reducing overfishing is both an ecological imperative and a critical means to addressing climate change.
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Raymond A. Patterson, University of Calgary; Hooman Hidaji, University of Calgary; Niam Yaraghi, University of Miami; Ram Gopal, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Sule Nur Kutlu, University of Calgary
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In this photo released by Sputnik news agency on Feb. 9, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow.
(Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
David Roger Marples, University of Alberta
Why is there such a Russian focus on the Second World War? Because it’s used to justify authoritarian states, the rule of dictators like Putin and Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko.
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Burnt-out cars after a Russian attack on a residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 10, 2024.
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James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University
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The birth of children results in large earnings losses that are not equally distributed within heterosexual couples.
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Marie Connolly, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Catherine Haeck, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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