Shijing Xu

EDID wekk graphicToday’s EDID Week activities include discussions of accessible educational content, Asian heritage, and eliminating racial discrimination.

Sessions to explore accessibility, diversity, racial equity

Today’s EDID Week activities include discussions of accessible educational content, Asian heritage, and eliminating racial discrimination.

Naved BakaliEducation professor Naved Bakali will open EDID Week with a March 20 presentation entitled “Understanding Islamophobia, Coloniality, and the War on Terror.”

Discussions of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism to open EDID Week

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID) Week begins Monday with discussions of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.
Michael Connelly, Shijing XuMichael Connelly of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and UWindsor professor Shijing Xu delivered a keynote at the fifth annual conference in Changchun, China.

Conference to explore reciprocal learning in education

Organizers called for papers for the International Conference on West-East Reciprocal Learning in Education at the University of Windsor in October.

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Talbot Trail Public School Principal Chris Mills and University of Windsor's Shijing Xu participate in a Skype call with Ren He Jei Primary School in Chongqing, China.Talbot Trail Public School Principal Chris Mills and University of Windsor's Shijing Xu participate in a Skype call with Ren He Jei Primary School in Chongqing, China.

UWindsor sister-school program 'life-changing' for local principal

On a rainy Tuesday evening, educators at Talbot Trail Public School sat in a semi-circle and fixed their gaze on a screen in the library.

Seven geometric shapes of various colours lay scattered in front of each person while on the other side of the world, educators in Chongqing, China began a lesson on Grade 2 arithmetic.

“This has been a life-changing experience for us,” said Talbot Trail principal Chris Mills.

“We are able to learn what works over there and they are learning what works over here.”