J is for Jobs

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01 May 2017

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J is for Jobs: White Teachers and Cultural Appropriation

“They want our stories without our bodies.” …Peter Sellers played an IndianAngelina Jolie played someone who is mixed-race They want our stories without our bodies....

About Claire

Claire Kreuger is an aspiring beekeeper, a part-time avoider of thesis writing and a full time teacher and mother of five. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University, a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University and is working on a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Regina. Between loads of laundry, farmer's markets and lesson planning, Claire is working on writing her thesis. She is researching how White teachers can trouble colonialism, teach about our Treaty history and ultimately foster reconciliation in the elementary classroom.