Book Review: Enacting Anti-Racist and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education: Canadian Perspectives

The word equity has been used increasingly in teacher education in the context of describing the importance of educating future teachers about diversity, justice, and closing the current gaps amongst equity deserving children (Cochran-Smith & Keefe, 2022).In my work with students during their practicum placements, we engage with concepts surrounding issues of equity as they relate to their practice as student teachers.As a teacher educator, I am always looking for resources I can share with my students to help them navigate this critical element of their education.Vesely et al. ( 2023) created a tool that can be used in teacher education to build upon the instructor's capacity to engage in critical reflective practice surrounding their students' backgrounds, the sources used, and content being taught, the classroom learning environment as well as the ways students are assessed.Kulkarni et al. (2023) have formulated a much needed pedagogical framework for teacher educators centering on disability, critical race theory, and culturally sustaining pedagogies while centering the work of disabled activists and scholars of poverty in the United States.I was hard pressed to find a current text which approaches these areas of study from a Canadian perspective.While texts such as Belle's Start with Radical Love: Antiracist pedagogy for social justice educators address anti-racist pedagogies, it does not specifically address the challenges faced by teacher educators when engaging in