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System questioned: Discrimination keeps many working class students out of university, says sociology professor David Livingstone, editor of a new book Critical Pedagogy And Cultural Power
System questioned: Discrimination keeps many working class students out of university, says sociology professor David Livingstone, editor of a new book Critical Pedagogy And Cultural Power

System questioned: Discrimination keeps many working class students out of university, says sociology professor David Livingstone, editor of a new book Critical Pedagogy And Cultural Power

Date8/26/1987
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Prof. Ted Mann, right, poses with his night class at Atkinson College, York University. These adult students, who are studying the sociology of social change, are not only studying the theory but becoming involved in social change themselves. Their class project this winter is to go out into the community and try to persuade people who never thought they could attend university that they possibly could. Teaching assistant Al Listiak is seated next to Prof. Mann in picture.
Prof. Ted Mann, right, poses with his night class at Atkinson College, York University. These adult students, who are studying the sociology of social change, are not only studying the theory but becoming involved in social change themselves. Their class project this winter is to go out into the community and try to persuade people who never thought they could attend university that they possibly could. Teaching assistant Al Listiak is seated next to Prof. Mann in picture.
2/7/1972
TV lessons are appreciated by students at D'Arcy McGee School, where one pupil says TV keeps the lessons interesting and helps him understand things. (...)
TV lessons are appreciated by students at D'Arcy McGee School, where one pupil says TV keeps the lessons interesting and helps him understand things. (...)
1/21/1971
Heads up: Student Edith Dakovic (left) casts a critical eye as she checks the alignment of the facial features of a clay bust she is working on during a sculpting class
Heads up: Student Edith Dakovic (left) casts a critical eye as she checks the alignment of the facial features of a clay bust she is working on during a sculpting class
1/4/1990
Madan Handa: Dowry would go up if girl wasn't married by 16 or 17, says sociology professor.
Madan Handa: Dowry would go up if girl wasn't married by 16 or 17, says sociology professor.
4/22/1981
What people are saying is, we're not giving up on marriage, we're giving up on marriage with this particular person,' Dr. Graham Spanier, assistant professor of human development and sociology from Pennsylvania State University, said last night. He presented the annual Professor Edna Park Lecture sponsored by the U of T Household Science Alumnae Association.
What people are saying is, we're not giving up on marriage, we're giving up on marriage with this particular person,' Dr. Graham Spanier, assistant professor of human development and sociology from Pennsylvania State University, said last night. He presented the annual Professor Edna Park Lecture sponsored by the U of T Household Science Alumnae Association.
11/22/1976
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
6/20/1984
Memorable experience: After two weeks in front of a class at Earl Haig, Star writer David Vienneau says most students impressed him with their frankness, honesty and humor
Memorable experience: After two weeks in front of a class at Earl Haig, Star writer David Vienneau says most students impressed him with their frankness, honesty and humor
5/29/1981
With ensnaring charm, film maker and impresario Bill Marshall keeps his cool no matter how many seeming disasters are crashing around him says a close(...)
With ensnaring charm, film maker and impresario Bill Marshall keeps his cool no matter how many seeming disasters are crashing around him says a close(...)
9/8/1977
Rev. Arthur Chote gives lecture on rural sociology, Audience at Coulson's Hill Includes Divinity Students and Clergy
Rev. Arthur Chote gives lecture on rural sociology, Audience at Coulson's Hill Includes Divinity Students and Clergy
4/29/1961
Horace Campbell, leader of a black educational project in Metro, says too many black students are told they're not suited for university
Horace Campbell, leader of a black educational project in Metro, says too many black students are told they're not suited for university
9/6/1972
Prof. Rubin Todres, left, at the U of T's school of social work is leading a class of post-graduate students in a study of fathers raising children alone. Rob McKay, right, is one of the students working on the project.
Prof. Rubin Todres, left, at the U of T's school of social work is leading a class of post-graduate students in a study of fathers raising children alone. Rob McKay, right, is one of the students working on the project.
3/13/1974
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987