Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

Benita Bunjun

ISBN 10: 1773634372 / ISBN 13: 9781773634371

Published by Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Apr 2021, 2021

About this Item

Neuware - Canadian universities have a sordid history steeped in colonialism and racism. Racialized students, who would have once been forbidden from academic spaces and who still feel out of place, must navigate these oppressive structures in their educational journeys. Through the multiple genres of essay, art, poetry, and photography, this book intelligently examines the experiences of racialized students in Canadian academe. Though the contributors discuss the challenges they face, the book emphasizes the crucial connections that racialized students purposefully forge, which transform an otherwise hostile environment into a space of good relations, intellectual collaborations, community-building, and kinship: academic well-being. Lovingly curated by Dr. Benita Bunjun, this book's existence is a living example of mentorship, reciprocity, and resilience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Apr 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773634372
• ISBN 13: 9781773634371
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 228W x 153H x 18D millimeters 228 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 358 grams

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Synopsis

Canadian universities have an ongoing history of colonialism and racism in this white-settler society. Racialized students (Indigenous, Black and students of colour), who would once have been forbidden from academic spaces and who still feel out of place, must navigate these repressive structures in their educational journeys. Through the genres of essay, art, poetry and photography, this book examines the experiences of and effects on racialized students in the Canadian academy, while exposing academia’s lack of capacity to promote students’ academic well-being. The book emphasizes the crucial connections that racialized students forge, which transform an otherwise hostile environment into a space of intellectual collaboration, community building and transnational kinship relations. Meticulously curated by Dr. Benita Bunjun, this book is a living example of mentorship, reciprocity and resilience.


All royalties from this book will be donated to the Racialized Students Academic Network.

About the Author

Benita Bunjun is an associate professor at Saint Mary’s University in Women and Gender Studies, where she coordinates the Racialized Students Academic Network. Her research examines organizational and institutional power relations with a focus on colonial encounters within academic spaces.