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Diverse City Strategies |
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| Chris D'souza has taught at the
elementary and secondary levels and was the Equity and
Diversity Officer for 5 years for the Dufferin-Peel
Catholic District School Board. From August 2008 to
August 2011 he was a Course Director in the Faculty of
Education at York University and is now teaching part
time at St. Roch Secondary School with DPCDSB.
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| He has conducted over 3500 Equity
and Anti-Oppression workshops to Educators, Law
Enforcement, Community Services, Corrections Officers
and Corporate Institutions. He is the founder of the
Equity Summit Group, a collaborative of over 26 school
board equity representatives in Ontario. Chris was also
part of the writing team that created the Ministry of
Education of Ontario's Equity and Inclusive Education
Strategy which won the Policy award from the Canadian
Race Relations Foundation.
http://cal2.edu.gov.on.ca/april2009/EquityEducationStrategy.pdf. |
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| In November 2009 he was awarded a
National Award for his leadership in Education by the
Harmony Movement, an acclaimed national organization
which promotes the eradication of discrimination. In
January 2011 he was featured on the cover of Education
Today. |
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| He is the author of three books. "Why
Are All The Taxi Driver's...?", which unpacks
commonly held stereotypes, is being used in over 3000
schools and in over 5 countries. His most recent book is
an allegorical narrative critiquing colonialism and its
impact on indigenous people globally, in the form of a
children’s storybook entitled “Kicking the
Elephant’s Ankle”. |
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Book |
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| Interface-To-Face |
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| Due out in Summer 2014 |
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