Andre Grace, PhD, MEd, BSc, BEd

Email

agrace@ualberta.ca

Phone

(780) 492-0767

Address

5-111 Education Centre - North

8730 - 112 St NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2G5

For details about my research, scholarship, and community engagement, please visit my websites:
academic website https://www.andrepgrace.com
community website: https://chewprojectyeg.org/

Research Foci: transdisciplinary studies of comprehensive (physical, sexual, mental, and social) health and health education for sexual and gender minorities, especially vulnerable youth; human diversity and inclusive education focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity, variation, and expression in education and culture; lifelong learning as a critical cultural practice in historical and contemporary contexts across public (K-12), adult, and higher education; multi-perspective theorizing in educational and cultural analyses; and queer critical and feminist pedagogical research

Graduate Education: resilience in adolescence; contemporary issues in educational policy and practice affecting vulnerable sexual and gender minority populations; training and development of caring professionals
Undergraduate Education: sexuality and gender in education and culture; inclusive education in intersectional contexts

Fall 2019 & Winter 2020: EDPS 415 - Sexuality, Gender, and Culture in Education

This course provides beginning teachers with knowledge and understanding of forms of sexuality and gender as they pertain to helping students navigate life in schools and other social institutions including social services, healthcare, and youth justice. The course also considers family and community contexts, and it emphasizes that teachers are part of a team of caring professionals meeting students’ needs for recognition and accommodation. This group of significant adults includes social workers, counsellors, school resource officers (police officers), and nurses. In this regard, the course incorporates classroom visits and presentations from caring professionals working in educational, other social institutional, governmental, and community contexts whose mandate is to serve children and youth across sexual and gender subjectivities.