Laurier EdTalk: The Community School Initi ative: Mitigating Opportunity Gaps through Extra-Curricular Community Prog rams for Racialized Low Income Communities.
\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted delivery of education. Many extracurricular pro grams were shut down or offered remotely. This research project partnered with Youth Ass ociation for Academics\, Athletics\, and Character Education a non-pro fit community organization in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood in Toronto to explore &ldquo\;How can community-based programming be mobilized during COVID-19 and post-pandemic to close opportunity gaps for Black\, Indigeno us\, people of colour\, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds?&r dquo\;. YAAACE partnered with Spirit of Math to deliver a structured curricul um to students in grades 2 to 8. 33 parents and students were surveyed alo ng with a focus group with 7 teachers. A blog for the resear ch project has been created for knowledge mobilization and dissemination.& nbsp\; \;
\nGuest Speakers:
\nDr. Ardavan Eizadirad is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier Univ ersity. He is an educator with the Toronto District School Board\, author of Decolonizing Educational Assessment: Ontario Elementary Students and th e EQAO (2019)\, and co-editor of Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Educa tion and Care (2021). Dr. Eizadirad is co-editing two books forthcoming in 2022 titled Counternarratives of Pain and Suffering as Critical Pedagogy: Disrupting Oppression in Educational Contexts and the International Handb ook of Anti-Discriminatory Education. He is also the founder and director of EDIcation Consulting (www.edication.org) offering equity\, diversity\, and inclusion training to organizations.
\nSally Abudiab is a Palest inian Canadian who recently completed her Master of Science at the Rehabil itation Sciences Institute (2019) and a Bachelor of Science in Mental Heal th Studies at the University of Toronto (2016). Currently\, she is doing h er Master of Social Work at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. S he has experience working with organizations at various levels including n on-profits such as the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and Daughters for Li fe\, and governmental agencies such as the Department of National Defence. Her research interests include disability studies\, equity and social jus tice\, health and wellbeing\, and the experiences of athletes.
\nBri ce Baartman is a Canadian/South African student in his 2nd year in the Mas ter of Teaching program at the University of Toronto. His BA in Sociology is from Ryerson University\, and he has a College Certificate in Pre-Healt h Sciences from George Brown College. He has been working and volunteering with children and youth in under-resourced communities for over 10 years through the Community Healing Project\, People's Elite Basketball\, Stella 's Place\, the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club\, Green Thumbs Growing Kids\, t he Toronto District School Board\, and other organizations in the Greater Toronto Area. His research interests include financial literacy education\ , mental health\, anti-discriminatory practices\, asset-based community de velopment (ABCD)\, and social justice education.
\nThis program is p art of the Laurier EdTalks series and is presented in partnership with the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Education.
\nRegistrants will receive an e-mail 24 hours befo re the start of the program with an invitation to join. \;
\nPro grammer: Mariah
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