Mark T. S. Currie, PhD What’s the label being used these days? When a person is aware and critical of systemic racism, patriarchy, heteronormativity, and most any form of discrimination, marginalization, and exclusion of people, that person is ‘woke’? In all honesty, I’m not sure if being ‘woke’ is still…

Erica Cheng, Master of Education, University of Toronto Do you sometimes lie in bed trying to sleep, having horrid flashbacks about embarrassing moments as a teenager? I do. A recurring flashback took place in a restaurant with my extended family. I was roughly 19–20 years old at the time. A…

Shuyuan Liu, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University In her article “Toward wide-awakeness: An argument for the arts and humanities in education,” educational philosopher Maxine Greene (1977) suggested that one can reach a state of being wide-awake within the world. Wide-awakeness, in this sense, refers to the expressions and…

Xuechen Yuan Lakehead University I fear many things amid the crisis in Ukraine when the immediate future is so unknown. Being immersed in mainstream news media makes me even more fearful. As a graduate student in Education, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uncertainties of global consequences makes me very…

Tanjin Ashraf, PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University When I first saw the artwork above I was mesmerized by the fine details, from the meticulous straight lines, to the myriad of geometric patterns outlining the Eiffel Tower in Paris, a city I long to visit but have never had the opportunity…

Shuyuan Liu, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University I recently read Mark Currie’s post — Remembering Ourselves or Remembering Our Productivity: Student Art as Technologies of Memory. His thoughts on a student’s 10+ assignment, which is a binder cover page (see below) created for French class, reminds me of…

Stephanie Bartlett, PhD Candidate Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Art-Making The American Goldfinch is a prized work of art that has resided in my in-law’s house since my husband created it for an art project in grade one. It functions similar to art pieces that reside in galleries…

Erica Cheng M.Ed., Ontario Institute of Education for Studies, University of Toronto At my first glance at this beautifully intricate and meticulous depiction of an Eiffel Tower, I had difficulty believing that a young student produced this piece of artwork. The student devoted a lot of time executing their…

Mark T. S. Currie, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa Looking at this drawing of the Eiffel Tower, I have to say, that while I’ve never been to Paris and seen the tower in person, I’ve seen it many times in photographs and movies, and I don’t remember there being a…