Ardavan Eizadirad

Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad is a Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Inclusion in Education for Thriving School-Community Ecosystems and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author of Decolonizing Educational Assessment: Ontario Elementary Students and the EQAO (2019), co-author of DEI Undone: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2026 with Dr. Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui), and co-editor of 7 books including: Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care (2021 with Drs. Zuhra Abawi & Rachel Berman), Counternarratives of Pain and Suffering as Critical Pedagogy: Disrupting Oppression in Educational Contexts (2022 with Drs. Andrew Campbell & Steve Sider), The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales (2023 with Dr. Njoki Wane), Enacting Anti-racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education: Canadian Perspectives (2023 with Drs. Zuhra Abawi & Andrew Campbell), Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools: Canadian Insights (2025 with Drs. Zuhra Abawi, Stephanie Tuters, and Andrew Campbell), The International Handbook of Anti-Discriminatory Education (2025 with Dr. Peter Trifonas), and Research as Activism in Education: Community-Oriented Perspectives (2026 with Drs. Emin Kilinc & Jennifer Straub). Dr. Eizadirad is also the founder and Director of EDIcation Consulting offering equity, diversity, and inclusion training, audits, and capacity-building sessions to organizations, corporations, and schools to thrive and achieve to their full potential.