Nicholas Ng-A-Fook

Biography

Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook is a Full Professor and Vice-Dean of Graduate Studies. He is the former Director of the Teacher Education and Indigenous Teacher Education Programs at the Faculty of Education. He is actively engaged in addressing the 94 Calls to Action put forth by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in partnership with local Indigenous and school board communities. His teaching and research are situated within the wider international field of curriculum studies and life writing research. Dr. Ng-A-Fook is currently part of several federally funded SSHRC partnership grants that seek to disrupt settler colonialism, systemic racisms, and inequities across the school and university curriculum. He is interested in collaborating with graduate students who are committed as Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens toward challenging ongoing systemic inequities. He created the FooknConversation podcast to address these challenges with colleagues, community activists, artists, educational leaders, teachers, and politicians. 

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ng-A-Fook, N. & Kristina Llewellyn. (2020). Oral History, Education, and Justice: Possibilities and Limitations for Redress and Reconciliation.

Phelan, A., & Pinar, W., & Ng-A-Fook, N., & Kane, R. (2020). Reconceptualizing Teacher Education Worldwide: A Canadian Contribution to a Global Challenge.

Llewellyn, Kristina R. & , Ng-A-Fook, N. (2019). Oral History, Education, and Justice: Possibilities and Limitations for Redress and Reconciliation.

Hebert, C., & Ng-A-Fook, N., & Smith, B., Ibrahim, A. (2019). Internationalizing Curriculum Studies: Histories, Environments, and Critiques.

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IN THE MEDIA

Désignation des pensionnats autochtones, quel impact?

Ici Radio-Canada, September 7, 2020

Reconstructing Canadian Curriculum Studies: Life Writing, Settler Colonialism, and Reconciliation

Curriculum Studies in Canada, September 23, 2020