Meeting Facilitators: Dr. Nasrin Kowkabi, Anastasia Zhuravleva, and Sadia Shad
In this in-person meeting of LLED Antiracist Caucuses (IBPOC/Racialized Caucus & White Caucus), we will focus on “International undergraduate students and antiracist education”. We will discuss affordances and challenges in implementing antiracist education in the curriculum/material design for this particular population of students.
Stimulus Text:
Please read the following article before our meeting on Monday, April 24th from 2:00pm3:30pm.
Optional stimulus texts:
- ARIE-TF Recommendation #46, 8.3, p. 46
- Dr. Ryuko Kubota, Dr. Handel Kashope Wright, and Dr. Shirley Chau’s discussion on the recommendations for teaching and learning featured in the October 2022 edition of Edubytes (see point 2)
- Video (10:46 mins.): Racism in Canada: International Students Perspective
Discussion Questions:
- What are the affordances and challenges in implementing antiracist education in the curriculum/material design for international undergraduate students?
- What instructional resources are you aware of that can support educators working with this population of students?
- What differences might exist in implementing antiracist education in the graduate vs. undergraduate curricula?
- Have you had any first-hand experiences working with international undergraduate students? If so, did you have any opportunities to discuss the topics relevant to antiracism? If you’re comfortable, please share more details in your group.
- How do you think educators teaching international undergraduate students might need to prepare themselves for such discussions?