Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Journal)
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Hercule Poirot Investigates: The Pyrrhic Victory of Technology and 21st Century Reading Practices or the Death of the Literary Mind
No full textEmploying a synthesis of recent neuroscience research, cultural criticism, and the creative symbolism of Agatha Christie’s famous detective, Hercule Poirot, “Hercule Poirot Investigates: The Pyrrhic Victory of Technology and 21st Century Reading Practices or The Death of the Literary Mind,” theorizes that technology use and value conflict within English departments has resulted in a generation of reading professionals who are ill equipped to continue the work of the discipline
Getting Past \u27The Pimp\u27: Management in the Sex Industry
No full textBook Review of "Getting Past ‘The Pimp’: Management in the Sex Industry", edited by C. Bruckert and C. Parent (2018), a study of third-party sex trade workers
Dancing into Ubuntu:: : Inquiring into Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences of the Kpanlogo Dance
No full textThis inquiry describes the lived experiences of five Bachelor of Education students learning and teaching Kpanlogo, a West African dance. Each experience was conceptually analyzed with the Sankofa bird, depicted with its beak reaching back to retrieve a golden egg on its back. This symbol embodies the Ghanaian proverb, to go back, physically or spiritually, to retrieve what was once lost or forgotten. Such a framework orients us to the philosophy of Ubuntu, which posits that humanness is found and cultivated within community. What this inquiry reveals is that while it was awkward for some, it was possible for others to dance toward Ubuntu. In sharing these experiences, an example is provided for how we might introduce culturally relevant curriculum in teacher education programs. This inquiry thus describes what it was like to connect a learning experience, in this case the Kpanlogo dance, to the community in which it is situated.  
I Know Where Oysters Lie
No full textThis research honours the Baludarri (Sydney Rock Oyster). It is interdisciplinary in its approach and showcases the work of Australian born artist, Sarah Jane Moore. It presents key findings from an artistic residency at UNSW in Sydney, Australia, through the modalities of image, song and text. It highlights the importance of the humble oyster and maps an art-meets-science approach where Moore’s creative thinking seeks inspiration from her relationship with the work of an Indigenous scientist, Laura Parker. The oyster is Moore’s living data and the work maps the deep listenings necessary to foster communities that value reefs, hold oceans as sacred and regard the oyster as a precious entity to be celebrated, protected and nourished
Reclaiming Language! Reclaiming Life! Critical Reflections of an Anti-racist Educator’s Lived Experiences
No full textThis essay is part of a larger legacy project entitled “Retracing My Steps”. The legacy project is my response to a recent challenge from a professor from my undergraduate years at the University of Western Ontario, who observed that it was important that I consider what he referred to as launching my legacy in Anti-Racist education. These reflections capture key elements of my practice and in particular, the conscious use of language from a sociolinguistic perspective
When Chen Meets Chan
No full textA poem featuring an imaginary dialog between Chan, a well-known Chinese-Canadian athlete and Chen, a Chinese academic living in Canada. The piece speaks from these two different cultural perspectives
Engagement Strategy for a Racism-Free Workplace
No full textExecutive summary of a Canadian qualitative study conducted by John Samuel and Nand Tandon, John Samuel and Associates, Ottawa (2015). Despite being conducted several years ago, the study has remained unpublished until its inclusion in this CPI issue. The research examines systemic issues and barriers encountered by members of the First Nations and visible minorities in the high education segment of the Canadian workplace, barriers that remain in Canada today.
The Engagement Plan for a Racism-Free Workplace forms part of the Labour Program of [the federal government’s] HRSDC’s drive to end race-based discrimination in the workplace faced by Aboriginal peoples and members of visible minority groups. As well, the federal government has made a commitment to removing race-related barriers in the workplace and to consulting racial and ethnic groups in developing public policy to achieve this objective
Double Indemnity: Integral Analysis of the Culture of Fear Inside Academia and How It Fails Its Members and Its Greater Community
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on two growing trends in academia, particularly in the humanities, which separately contribute to self-censorship, doublespeak, obsessive crafting of personal brands, egocentrism, and sanitized discourse and publication output. Using Wilber’s Integral metatheory, these trends are linked to two developmental levels within academic populations that exist alongside each other in the contexts that support and perpetuate them. One is the corporate university context, which is competitive and brand driven, supporting the formal operational “Orange” developmental level. The other is the pluralistic “Green” level, which is characterized by relativism and political correctness. Both developmental levels are currently gravitating toward their pathological expressions, resulting in extreme self-censorship within both populations. This self-censorship in turn often results in publication output that is neutered: trivial in content, extremely politically correct, not leading, not risking, not asking significant questions, and thus not making meaningful contributions to the wider community
Identity Issues in Syrian Diasporic Realities: An Autoethnographic Interpretation
No full textArticle detailing a study that seeks to understand the lived experiences, human conditions and identity issues of families in the Syrian Diaspora in Canada. Identified themes discussed the following issues: "On cultural identity,” “On negotiating difference,” and “On the fact of difference—Orientalism and beyond.
Rosa Naday Garmendia: Artist Statement and Art Work
No full textA series of photographic images depicting the artwork of socially engaged, multidisciplinary artist, Rosa Naday Garmedia, as well as a statement supporting the background of the art. The images depict selected installation views of the "Rituals of Commemoration" at the Corcoran Gallery, an ongoing project started in 2014. This iteration of the Commemoration project presents the most named bricks, 469 of the 1,252 representing lives of black men and women killed by police or security guards across the United States between 1979 to date