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CTV News: Alberta teachers concerned about music curriculum featuring racist, sexist songs

January 07, 2021

Elementary school music teacher and PhD student Stephanie Schuurman-Olson saw a leaked draft of songs that were going to be recommended by the government for teaching to students from kindergarten to Grade 2 in Fall 2021. She says that several of the songs have racist connotations with the most recent song on the list being from 1959.
Radio-Canada: L'Alberta redonne de la place aux francophones dans son nouveau programme scolaire

December 18, 2020

En octobre dernier, de nombreux francophones avaient dénoncé la vision très québécoise de l’histoire de la francophonie mise de l’avant dans la version préliminaire du programme de sciences sociales, obtenue par Radio-Canada. La professeure Carla Peck commente.
Books published in 2020

December 17, 2020

2020 might not have been the best year, but two faculty members in Elementary Education were published in a book by a department alumnus.
CBC: Songs suggested for early grades by Alberta curriculum advisers have racist roots

December 14, 2020

Recommended lists of songs that could form part of Alberta's new elementary school music curriculum include tunes with racist, sexist and violent lyrics and histories, say Elementary Education PhD student Stephanie Schuurman-Olson and Professor Kathy Robinson.
CBC Calgary: Pandemic upends education

November 26, 2020

Elementary Education professor Carla Peck talks with CBC Calgary's Rob Brown about students and teachers adjusting to the province's new restrictions in response to increasing COVID-19 numbers. (TV; starts at 9:41)
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In The News

CTV News: Alberta teachers concerned about music curriculum featuring racist, sexist songs

Radio-Canada: L'Alberta redonne de la place aux francophones dans son nouveau programme scolaire

Books published in 2020

CBC: Songs suggested for early grades by Alberta curriculum advisers have racist roots

CBC Calgary: Pandemic upends education

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