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where are human rights in NB classrooms?

My doctoral research explores where human rights education is found in New Brunswick classrooms & how an intersectional lens might alter existing human rights education to become critical. The collage I created combines image fragments and text to visually articulate my research. The background features a map of Fredericton. I've circled Wolastoq on the map in order to highlight the traditional name of the river that runs through the province and to emphasize the importance of educating young people about ongoing colonization throughout the territory of Canada. I've placed the image of a young person looking disinterested sitting a desk with a note book open in front of them. In the left corner of the image with the intention of depicting an educator instructing human rights I've placed a man standing in front of apples - which are often associated with educators and schools - gesturing towards a board that reads "can we design human rights?". Finally, placed over the eyes of the young person is a stencil that reads "race, gender, dis/ability, class, place, age" to symbolize instructing human rights through a lens of intersectionality in order to make it critical.                 
Submitted by:
Katie
Hamill
Department / Faculty:
Education