{"id":49426,"date":"2018-02-21T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=49426"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:40:50","slug":"brock-education-journal-explores-issues-of-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/02\/brock-education-journal-explores-issues-of-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Education journal explores issues of race"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the White Privilege Symposium<\/a> was held at Brock University in the fall of 2016, Dolana Mogadime knew the important conversations surrounding race that were kick-started had to be continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the editor-in-chief of the Brock Education<\/em> journal, the associate professor in the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education felt she could offer a platform to continue those discussions and began working to turn that vision into reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe symposium provided a space for us to talk about these difficult issues openly, in a way that supported us positively,\u201d Mogadime said. \u201cThe next step was to share the conversation with others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea came to fruition last December when the journal\u2019s latest edition<\/a> was published. It includes seven articles focused on the intersectionality of identities and touches on issues of sexism, racism and colonialism. The double special edition in collaboration with Understanding and Dismantling Privilege<\/a> journal, extends the publications to involve conference keynotes, a co-authored research article, tools and strategies, creative works and self-reflection as well as youth and student voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is a promise made and a promise carried through about sharing our knowledge that came out of this forum,\u201d said Mogadime, who was also the symposium\u2019s program director. \u201cWe were encouraged to think deeply about issues that are difficult and that we often struggle with. What we did is create a space for that knowledge to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative was far from a solo effort, she pointed out.<\/p>\n

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Sociology Professor Abby Ferber from the University of Colorado, a co-organizer of the national White Privilege Conference, worked alongside Brock’s Dolana Mogadime to put a call out for article submissions.<\/p><\/div>\n

She worked alongside Sociology Professor Abby Ferber from the University of Colorado, a co-organizer of the national White Privilege Conference, to put out a call for article submissions. The response was positive, Mogadime said, with many academics eager to participate.<\/p>\n

In addition to the insightful articles found within, the journal\u2019s cover features a sculpture by Six Nations artist Ben Henry to honour the Indigenous community at Brock.<\/p>\n

Narratives are an effective way to teach and learn, and this is what the journal aims to accomplish, Mogadime said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a transformative opportunity to hear each other\u2019s stories \u2014 ones we will act better and know better by hearing,\u201d she said. \u201cWe all have to realize our role in talking about our history and our history of diversity. This is a way for us to create better awareness about race and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mogadime believes there is still \u201cplenty of room to continue these conversations,\u201d and is looking at potentially adding a section for similar articles in the journal going forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor both the symposium and this (journal) issue, it really did take many people working together and believing in making a difference,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it reflects on our desire to make our University a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Available through the James A. Gibson Library website<\/a>, the Brock Education<\/em> journal was created more than 20 years ago and is published twice annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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