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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook

@fooknconversation.bsky.social
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Host @FooknConversation| Dadx3 GenX |Curriculum Studies Prof @uOttawa | #BeingCommunity #Caring #TruthsBeforeReconciliation | he/him/il/lui | 1st Generation Immigrant 🇨🇦🇬🇾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 Hakka | www.curriculumtheoryproject.ca | On Unceded Algonquin Territories

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First Nations Child & Family Caring Society @caringsociety.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧡Join us this September as we explore different ways to participate in Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. One way to take part: watch The Good Canadian. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7PiOyyBtk Please note: Viewing may be difficult for some viewers
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🎙️ #FooknConversationEP74 with Dr. Lucy Delgado! Our conversation takes up Métis scholarship, self-location, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer inclusion, genealogy, curriculum, treaty relations, and the importance of creating spaces of belonging. Have a listen: www.fooknconversation.com/podcast/epis...
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
New #FooknConversationEP73 🎙️ Dr. Dwayne Donald returns for a live conversation on #Treaty1 Territory about #curriculum, #treatysensibilities, #kinship, #wâhkôtowin, relational accountability, and (un)learning how to live well together. www.fooknconversation.com/podcast/epis...
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Kevin Kumashiro @kevinkumashiro.com · 24/05/2026
I am thrilled to share that my new book (about the four collectives that have been at the center of much of my work over the past decade) is now published! COLLECTIVES AND THE COMMONS: The Role of Educational Scholars in Movement Building for Justice myersedpress.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/...
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Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon @nhenrydixon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
You have the opportunity to see the exhibit I curated, Illuminate Black, during Doors Open Toronto! The Archives of Ontario will be open 10am to 5pm on Saturday, May 23rd. Info: www.archives.gov.on.ca/doors-open-a...
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Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
He offers a variety of pedagogical strategies – from games to debates to textbook analysis – in which students are invited to experiment with different pedagogical approaches and adapt them to their professional reality. Learn more: thinking-historically.ca/marc-andre-e... @carlapeck.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 Dr. Kathy Hibbert @kathyhibbert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New publication alert: Thanks to Mary Ott, Jasmine Sidhu and Teenu Sanjeevan for their collaboration. Transforming Teacher Education: The Case for Going Gradeless cje-rce.ca/index.php/cj... #EduSky #Education #WesternU #WesternUEdu #Assessment #Gradeless
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Transforming Teacher Education: The Case for “Going Gradeless” | Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'éducation
The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE).
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Marc Spooner @drmarcspooner.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Walrus: As Universities Become Political Battlegrounds, They Cannot Afford to Remain Neutral Staying above the fray is an impossible ideal thewalrus.ca/as-universit... Adapted from the chapter “When Should Universities Take a Stand?” by Shannon Dea in uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
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Knowledge Under Siege
At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgentFor decades, efforts to quantify the value of u...
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Steve Sider @drstevesider.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
After the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands more kindergarteners faced developmental challenges theconversation.com/after-the-co...
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After the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands more kindergarteners faced developmental challenges
An increase in the number of kindergarten children with special needs since the pandemic means more children will require specialized assistance and accommodation in later grades.
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First Nations Child & Family Caring Society @caringsociety.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Understanding fairness and substantive equality can be difficult for kids. Using a simple infographic can make these concepts easier to grasp. Our newest resource is a great tool to help spark conversations about fairness and inclusion. Take a look at our infographic here: ow.ly/nkkf50YZwHJ
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#FooknConversationEP72 with @jmiles.bsky.social & @mkeynes.bsky.social. Addressing settler colonial harms, collective responsibilities, & tensions enacting transitional justice education in liberal democratic nation-states. @uottawaedu.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social 🤜 www.fooknconversation.com
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#FooknConversationEp71 with @carlapeck.bsky.social on history education, democracy, civic empathy, and confronting misinformation through historical education and thinking. Check it out: tinyurl.com/yu48uzmj @uottawaedu.bsky.social @thinkhist.bsky.social @ualbertaed.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
So good to host #FooknConversationEP70 with Dr. Aaron Teo! We discussed migrant teachers in Australia, legacies of settler colonialism in Australia, anti-Asian racisms...and moving beyond symbolic inclusions. 🎧 Check it out here: www.fooknconversation.com/.../episode-... @uottawaedu.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
#HappyNewYear everyone! #FooknConversationEP69 with @LeytonSchnell just on time for 2025! 🤜🏽 tinyurl.com/t55mmyt6 We discuss #Ruralisiousness, #DisabilityJustice, #ParticipatoryActionTheatreResearch, and doing #InclusiveEducation differently. @uottawa.ca @acde-acde.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#EPFooknConversationEP68 is live. A conversation with historian Dr. Laura Madokoro on migration, refuge, humanitarianism, and the ethics of storying difficult histories. 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/2v93nahc #MigrationStudies #History #Humanitarianism @uottawaedu.bsky.social @carleton.ca @fmreview.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#FooknConversationEP76 with Dr. Marie Battiste whose work has transformed how we understand #DecolonizingEducation, #TreatyTeachings, & #CognitiveJustice. 🎧 fooknconversation.com/podcast/episode-67-marie-battiste @ubcpress.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social @usask.ca @acde-acde.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Been so good to connect and build relations with fellow #Chinese-Caribbean #Hakka scholars, poets, artists, and historians at the Surfacing: Chinese Caribbean Intellectual Thought and Creative Practice Symposium at OCAD in Toronto. Looking forward to what comes next. sites.google.com/view/surfaci...
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SURFACING 2025
Surfacing: Chinese Caribbean Intellectual Thought and Creative Practice is an international symposium bringing together scholars, artists, creative writers, and curators working at the intersection of...
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#FooknConversationEP76 with Dr. Marie Battiste whose work has transformed how we understand #DecolonizingEducation, #TreatyTeachings, & #CognitiveJustice. 🎧 fooknconversation.com/podcast/episode-67-marie-battiste @ubcpress.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social @usask.ca @acde-acde.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🧡 Leading up and after our #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation, let’s continue to honour Indigenous voices & stories within our classroom communities and across the school curriculum. 🎧 #FooknConversation episodes for teacher educators & teachers 👉 www.fooknconversation.com
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🧡 Leading up and after our #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation, let’s continue to honour Indigenous voices & stories within our classroom communities and across the school curriculum. 🎧 #FooknConversation episodes for teacher educators & teachers 👉 www.fooknconversation.com
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#FooknConversationEp66 with Philip S. S. Howard @mcgill.ca on #antiblackness, #PostRacialistRhetoric, #Blackface on campus, troubling “#BlackExcellence,” #SylviaWynter, #BlackLife, #BlackStudies, #HigherEd and so much more. 🎧 tinyurl.com/yrdmtdkx @uottawaedu.bsky.social @csse-scee.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
#FooknConversationEP65 with Dr. James Burns. We discussed the banality of #evil, myth of the #frontier, #manhood, crisis of #masculinity, #IndustrialMilitaryComplex, historicity of #American #violence and so much more. tinyurl.com/3wa2vkpv @uottawa.ca @uottawaedu.bsky.social @unm.edu
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
#FooknConversationEP65 with Dr. James Burns. We discussed the banality of #evil, myth of the #frontier, #manhood, crisis of #masculinity, #IndustrialMilitaryComplex, historicity of #American #violence and so much more. tinyurl.com/3wa2vkpv @uottawa.ca @uottawaedu.bsky.social @unm.edu
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uOttawa @uottawa.ca · 07/05/2025
Hier, nous avons annoncé l’exonération des droits de scolarité pour l’ensemble des étudiantes et étudiants algonquins officiellement membres de l’une des dix Premières Nations algonquines de l’Ontario et du Québec reconnues par le gouvernement fédéral 1/4
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uOttawa @uottawa.ca · 07/05/2025
Yesterday, we announced that all Algonquin students who are registered members of any of the 10 federally-recognized Algonquin First Nations in Ontario and Quebec can now enrol for any undergraduate, master’s or doctoral program at uOttawa free of tuition fees. 1/4
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Come join us with Dr. Garry Gottfriedson and Dr. Victoria Handford in person at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Sunday, May 4th, at 1:00pm. Register: tinyurl.com/4b68s3uh
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Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope
1:00pm, Sunday May 4 at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa — "Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope is a truly beautiful sharing of people's journeys in reconciliation. The art, poetry, research, and st...
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#FooknConversationEP64 with Dr. Claudia Eppert is now available: tinyurl.com/556au4e3 We discussed #MemoryWork, #LifeWriting, #HistoricalWitnessing, #Mindfulness, #Buddhism, #NonDualism, #BasicGoodness and so much more. @universityaffairs.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Come join Dr. Garry Gottfriedson and Dr. Victoria Handford in person at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Sunday, May 4th, at 1:00pm. Register: tinyurl.com/4b68s3uh @uottawaedu.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social @educationdeans.bsky.social @cftunion.bsky.social @thompsonriversu.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
#FooknConversationEP64 with Dr. Claudia Eppert is now available: tinyurl.com/556au4e3 We discussed #MemoryWork, #LifeWriting, #HistoricalWitnessing, #Mindfulness, #Buddhism, #NonDualism, #BasicGoodness and so much more. @universityaffairs.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social
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Episode 64: Claudia Eppert – FooknConversation
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Come join Dr. Garry Gottfriedson and Dr. Victoria Handford in person at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Sunday, May 4th, at 1:00pm. Register: tinyurl.com/4b68s3uh @uottawaedu.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social @educationdeans.bsky.social @cftunion.bsky.social @thompsonriversu.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#FooknConversationEP64 with Dr. Claudia Eppert is now available: tinyurl.com/556au4e3 We discussed #MemoryWork, #LifeWriting, #HistoricalWitnessing, #Mindfulness, #Buddhism, #NonDualism, #BasicGoodness and so much more. @universityaffairs.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Calm and balanced along the Kichi Zibi this morning.
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Sumac rouge along the Kichi Zibi.
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We are thrilled to see a paper from our regular contributor Daniel R. Meister in the latest Canadian Historical Review! If you want a quick sample of Daniel's work, check out one of his Active History essays. activehistory.ca/blog/2024/03...
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Who Killed the History of Canadian Multiculturalism?
Daniel R. Meister In a recent op-ed, Stephen Marche claims “the foundation of Canadian multiculturalism rests on a basic piece of common sense: Leave your shoes at the door.” Picking up on this thr…
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Good medicine along the Kichi Zibi.
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#FookConversationEP60 we discussed the political and economic mobilization of young men via social media, censorship, freedom of speech, backlash against universities, academic freedom, facilitating debates and pluriverse perspectives in the classroom. @uottawaedu.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Check out #FooknConversationEP62 with Dr. Laura Forsythe @uwinnipeg.bsky.social! We discussed her academic journey, research, service, co-edited collection Around the Kitchen Table and so much more. tinyurl.com/2w8x6r6f @umanitobapress.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Listen here to @stavrphili.bsky.social and me - appearing as guests on the FooknConversation podcast with @fooknconversation.bsky.social. We talk about our work in the curriculum field. www.fooknconversation.com/podcast/epis...
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Episode 63: Mark Priestley & Stavroula Philippou – FooknConversation
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
#FooknConversationEP63! I had a excellent conversation with Mark Priestly the University of Stirling and Stavroula Philippou at the University of Cyprus. We discussed research on #CurriculumMaking and work as past editors of the Curriculum Journal. 👉🏽https://tinyurl.com/7w46xyhx @uottawa.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Beauty along the Kichi Zibi this afternoon.
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Check out #FooknConversationEP62 with Dr. Laura Forsythe @uwinnipeg.bsky.social! We discussed her academic journey, research, service, co-edited collection Around the Kitchen Table and so much more. tinyurl.com/2w8x6r6f @umanitobapress.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social @uottawaedu.bsky.social
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Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon @nhenrydixon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Please join us if you can. 📖 Explore the rich history of Ontario’s early Black settlements — discover key figures, contributions, significant events, and laws that shaped Black history in the province. 📅 Date: Thursday, March 27 📍 Location: Central Library Register now at bit.ly/ppl-history.
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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism. If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link: ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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We'd love to hear from you to learn more about your beliefs about history and its relationship to the present. 

Click the above link to take the survey. Advertisement from the University of Alberta and UBC that features an image of a bookshelf in the background adn the following text:

We're conducting a survey and interview research study at the University of Alberta focused on how teachers and historians thinking about the problem of presentism. University of ALberta Research Ethics ID (Pro00144497)

Please be aware that interacting with the social media post via "liking" or "following," will publicly identify you with the study. 

Dr. James Miles, Principal Investigator, jamiles@ualberta.ca 
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Thinking Historically for Canada's Future @thinkhist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Enseignante depuis quatre ans, Joanna Alphonso enseigne l’histoire du Canada, les études afro-canadiennes, les études micmaques et le droit à des élèves de la 10e à la 12e année. Pour en savoir plus sur l'expérience de Joanna, consultez le site thinking-historically.ca/fr/joanna-al...
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ottawa folks (and those able to join remotely), don’t miss this special lecture and conversation!
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
#FooknConversationEP61 with Dr. Garry Gottfriedson and Dr. Victoria Handford. We discussed their new edited collection Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation. tinyurl.com/mrxhvurv Check out their new book here tinyurl.com/d84yjcss. @uottawaedu.bsky.social
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Nicholas Ng-A-Fook @fooknconversation.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#FookConversationEP60 we discussed the political and economic mobilization of young men via social media, censorship, freedom of speech, backlash against universities, academic freedom, facilitating debates and pluriverse perspectives in the classroom. @uottawaedu.bsky.social @uottawa.bsky.social
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