Happy National Aboriginal Languages Day! Did you know that today is National Aboriginal Languages Day in Canada? Why do you think it might be important to teach and learn Aboriginal languages? I began to explore this and other questions when I started my job researching Intercultural
What is social justice? At Esperanza Education, we speak often about the importance of social justice education and the necessity to include social justice in our curricula and teaching practices. While reviewing some literature for the final project of my M.Ed., I have come across s
Gert Biesta reclaims a language for education I recently read an article by Gert Biesta in which he made an open claim against learning. Even though it is a bold claim, what Biesta states is that “a language of learning” has replaced the language of education, causing majo
A situação atual da mulher Estamos no século 21 e, inacreditavelmente, a mulher ainda precisa lutar pelos seus direitos. Direito à liberdade, à igualdade e ao respeito. De diversas maneiras a mulher continua oprimida. Nos países ditos ‘desenvolvidos’ ou ’em desenvolvimento
Gender Inequality in Peruvian Education I am back in Vancouver, Canada after almost a year living in Lima, Peru working for UNICEF. I was very sad to leave Peru, for reasons I will write about in the coming weeks, but it is also very nice to be home. But as (reverse) culture shock goe
Resource Sharing for Progressive Spanish Teachers I am very excited to announce the launch of the Spanish for Social Justice website! A space for teachers to easily find and share resources for teaching social justice in the Spanish classroom. The Spanish for Social Justice Teacher Ne
A Social Justice Tip for English Language Teachers I speak often about incorporating social justice themes into language lessons. For example, recently I posted a list of Spanish social justice subjunctive sentences. This week, I will switch the focus to teaching English modal verbs.
A Website for Translators, Interpreters, and Learners What is it? Spanish for Social Change is a blog by Sara Koopman, “a feminist political geographer who does collaborative research with international solidarity movements to support their efforts to decolonize the relationship
A Song by Kukama Children in Defense of their Native Language This video features a beautiful song and rap by the children of Nauta, Loreto in the Peruvian Amazon about saving their native language, Kukama-Kukamiria. The children go around removing the tape that covers each other̵
Learning English is important The Fresh Voices Youth Advisory Team, which formed in 2011, is a diverse group of young people who are working to improve the policies and practices that affect immigrant and refugee youth in British Columbia and in Canada. This inspiring group of young p
