Description
Book SynopsisLeaders of most postsecondary institutions in Canada have stated that their institutions are committed to diversity and inclusion. These commitments are situated in a complex educational climate in which leaders navigate drivers of change such as increased diversity in the student demographic and an increased demand for social justice issues to be addressed. Despite the public commitments to values of diversity and inclusivity, senior leadership in Canadian postsecondary institutions today lacks diversity. Interestingly, public statements of commitment to diversity and inclusivity are made by postsecondary leaders in response to allegations of racism. What do the concepts of diversity and inclusion mean to postsecondary leaders and how are they enacted?
To gain an in-depth understanding of how leaders make meaning of diversity and inclusivity, this book offers an integrated social justice leadership framework for diversity and inclusivity. This innovative framework pro
Trade Review
"Postsecondary Leaders’ Thoughts on Diversity and Inclusion: Now What? provides a timely discussion regarding how postsecondary leaders make meaning of diversity and inclusivity in educational settings. By tending to how leaders of postsecondary institutions in Alberta, who through policy, academic plans, mission and value statements, have committed to diversity and inclusion, Maroro Zinyemba offers key sensibilities for social justice praxis by revealing how these moments inform leadership practice in postsecondary contexts. This book ought to be requisite reading for those concerned with historical and contemporary questions regarding diversity and inclusion in the context of postsecondary education." Marlon Simmons Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations – Preface – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction: Current Realities for Leaders in Postsecondary Contexts – Toward the Integrated Social Justice Leadership Framework for Diversity and Inclusivity – Drawing on Personal Sociohistorical Experiences and Navigating Implicit Bias – Engaging Institutional Strategic Direction and Culture – Encountering Issues of Representation – Situating Diversity and Inclusivity in the Provincial Sociopolitical Context – Discursive Limitations of Diversity and Inclusivity – Conclusion: Positioning Leaders in Ways That Attend to Equity and Social Justice Matters – Index.
