Black Canadian feminist thought: Perspectives on equity and diversity in the academy

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-77

  Wane, Njoki Nathani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academy; Black; Education; Feminism; Healing; Self determination; Self reliant; Spiritual; Strategies; Success

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EQUITY; FEMINISM; HIGHER EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62249214997     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320802650964     Document Type: Article

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