Renée Nichole Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 294119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renée Nichole Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renée Nichole |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON R N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0821-9221 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Creating community in online critical social work courses
This piece shares a practical participation assignment that emphasizes community-building, activism, collective learning, and contributions. Grounded in critical and inclusive pedagogical approaches, this assignment strives to create and model critical social work practices that require learners to be thoughtful and intentional about their engagement with the community both within and beyond the borders of the virtual classroom. We included this …
It's Not Just about Work and Living Conditions: The Underestimation of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Black Canadian Women
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly been defined as the shecession for its disproportionate debilitating impact on women. Despite this gendered analysis, a number of health activists have called on governments to account for the experiences of Black communities as they are disproportionately suffering the effects of this pandemic. In the media's address of the impact of the pandemic, we ask, what experiences are represented in news stories and…
Wrestling the Elephant: Teaching as a Racialized Body in the Social Work Classroom
White supremacist ideology is the elephant in the social work classroom, negatively impacting educators' abilities to facilitate discussion and learning. One of the most effective ways to dismantle and organize against white supremacy is to politicize the seemingly benign moments that occur in the classroom that can create discomfort for students and instructors. Politicization includes identifying and addressing both the racial (micro-) aggressi…
It's Not Just about Work and Living Conditions: The Underestimation of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Black Canadian Women
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly been defined as the shecession for its disproportionate debilitating impact on women. Despite this gendered analysis, a number of health activists have called on governments to account for the experiences of Black communities as they are disproportionately suffering the effects of this pandemic. In the media's address of the impact of the pandemic, we ask, what experiences are represented in news stories and…
Wrestling the Elephant: Teaching as a Racialized Body in the Social Work Classroom
White supremacist ideology is the elephant in the social work classroom, negatively impacting educators' abilities to facilitate discussion and learning. One of the most effective ways to dismantle and organize against white supremacy is to politicize the seemingly benign moments that occur in the classroom that can create discomfort for students and instructors. Politicization includes identifying and addressing both the racial (micro-) aggressi…
It's Not Just about Work and Living Conditions: The Underestimation of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Black Canadian Women
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly been defined as the shecession for its disproportionate debilitating impact on women. Despite this gendered analysis, a number of health activists have called on governments to account for the experiences of Black communities as they are disproportionately suffering the effects of this pandemic. In the media's address of the impact of the pandemic, we ask, what experiences are represented in news stories and…
Wrestling the Elephant: Teaching as a Racialized Body in the Social Work Classroom
White supremacist ideology is the elephant in the social work classroom, negatively impacting educators' abilities to facilitate discussion and learning. One of the most effective ways to dismantle and organize against white supremacy is to politicize the seemingly benign moments that occur in the classroom that can create discomfort for students and instructors. Politicization includes identifying and addressing both the racial (micro-) aggressi…
Creating community in online critical social work courses
This piece shares a practical participation assignment that emphasizes community-building, activism, collective learning, and contributions. Grounded in critical and inclusive pedagogical approaches, this assignment strives to create and model critical social work practices that require learners to be thoughtful and intentional about their engagement with the community both within and beyond the borders of the virtual classroom. We included this …
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · Conceptual framework (1 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (1 works)