Erica Neeganagwedgin
Biographic Data
| ID | 657897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Neeganagwedgin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Neeganagwedgin |
| SIGNATURE | NEEGANAGWEDGIN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6131-1812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education with Guest Editors Bathseba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi. This Call for Submissions is Closed
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled "Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education" with Guest Editors Bathsheba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education with Guest Editors Bathseba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi
Guidelines for virtual early childhood and family learning: An equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization-informed systematic review of the literature
This article presents an equity-informed systematic review of research pertinent to the offering of virtual early childhood education programming to young children and their families. Findings are presented as guidelines which may shape the delivery of future programming within virtual contexts. These findings are organized within three major areas that were identified through the methodology: Building Connections and Fostering Online Relationshi…
Caribbean Indigenous Experiences of Erasure: Movement, Memory and Knowing
The Caribbean world has experienced a centuries-long process of European expansion into their territories. This article outlines the dramatic impact and disruption due to colonization and imperialism, and the ways in which these interlocking systems have shaped contemporary Taino understandings. It examines what it means to remem- ber our Taino ancestors, their histories that persist and are embedded in the fabric and landscape of everyday Caribb…
Creating community in digital learning spaces as embodiment of Indigenous self-determination
This paper discusses Indigenous peoples’ educational experiences with digital technologies in Canada, with references made to Australia and the USA. While COVID-19 has intensified many existing inequities and placed strong focus on abilities to exist in online spaces, Indigenous peoples took to the online world and have been carving out sovereign online spaces for a long time. This article focuses on the ways in which Indigenous peoples have enga…
Indigenous ancestral lands and Elders epistemologies in a time of pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a worldwide shift in daily life. However, Indigenous people have a long history relating to introduced pandemics. Responding to these different forms of destruction, Indigenous people have generated multiple ways to draw on their own ancestral systems. This report provides a short history of those pandemics, the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which Indigenous people have responded by …
Indigenous systems of knowledge and transformative learning practices: Turning the gaze upside down
This paper privileges the voices of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Holders. Since time immemorial, Indigenous Elders, whether in a Canadian or global context, have been at the core of teaching and learning and have had the responsibility of transferring knowledge.However, their role in the transmission of culture has been undermined by the destructive impact of colonialism. Drawing on Indigenous memory knowledge as a theoretical framework, this …
Rooted in the Land: Taíno identity, oral history and stories of reclamation in contemporary contexts
This paper presents my critical reflections on what it means to be a Taíno Indigenous person. It is part of an ongoing research project that started in 2013 and is based on oral histories, ancestral knowledges, collective memories of family, community narratives, and other historical accounts, including the voices of 10 people from two rural communities in Southern Jamaica. This research uses an Indigenous research methodology to honour ancestral…
Narratives from Within: Black Women and Schooling in the Canadian Context
This paper focuses on the educational experiences and narratives of women of African ancestry in Canada, and is based on a number of women who were interviewed over a two-month period. The literature review examines the ways in which today’s experiences of formal education, which were shared by the women, are shaped and circumscribed by much broader historical social conditions. Overall, this paper recounts the participants’ challenges and frustr…
A critical review of Aboriginal education in Canada: Eurocentric dominance impact and everyday denial
This paper provides a historical review of the education system in Canada and its impact on Indigenous women. By doing so, I hope to address the inequities that surround current educational policies and practices. Also in this paper, I critically investigate the salient aspects of the educational experiences of the women in a contemporary context, with their voices and experiences at the forefront, thereby challenging all of us to envision a form…
Book/Media Reviews
Erica Neeganagwedgin, BOOK/MEDIA REVIEWS, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 82, No. 1, The 32nd Annual Charles H. Thompson LectureThe Declining Significance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities:Relevance, Reputation, and Reality in Obamamerica (Winter 2013), pp. 98-99
Ancestral Knowledges, Spirituality and Indigenous Narratives as Self-Determination
Indigenous knowledge systems and spiritual traditions are intricately interwoven. They sustained First Nations peoples for centuries, are part of the everyday lives of Indigenous peoples and are at the core of Indigenous epistemologies. This paper argues that, despite the adverse impacts of Canada's colonial policies on Indigenous peoples, their ancestral knowledge systems and spirituality guide and nourish them as they navigate their way through…
Chattling the Indigenous Other: A historical examination of the enslavement of Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Many historians writing about Canadian history have failed to acknowledge, and some have even downright ignored, the history of chattel slavery that existed within Canada where Aboriginal people were bought and sold like commodities. Generally, when one thinks of chattel slavery, there are images of people of African ancestry being branded, whipped and labouring in cotton and tobacco fields or on sugar plantations. Yet, this is only part of a muc…
Rooted in the Land: Taíno identity, oral history and stories of reclamation in contemporary contexts
This paper presents my critical reflections on what it means to be a Taíno Indigenous person. It is part of an ongoing research project that started in 2013 and is based on oral histories, ancestral knowledges, collective memories of family, community narratives, and other historical accounts, including the voices of 10 people from two rural communities in Southern Jamaica. This research uses an Indigenous research methodology to honour ancestral…
Chattling the Indigenous Other: A historical examination of the enslavement of Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Many historians writing about Canadian history have failed to acknowledge, and some have even downright ignored, the history of chattel slavery that existed within Canada where Aboriginal people were bought and sold like commodities. Generally, when one thinks of chattel slavery, there are images of people of African ancestry being branded, whipped and labouring in cotton and tobacco fields or on sugar plantations. Yet, this is only part of a muc…
Indigenous systems of knowledge and transformative learning practices: Turning the gaze upside down
This paper privileges the voices of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Holders. Since time immemorial, Indigenous Elders, whether in a Canadian or global context, have been at the core of teaching and learning and have had the responsibility of transferring knowledge.However, their role in the transmission of culture has been undermined by the destructive impact of colonialism. Drawing on Indigenous memory knowledge as a theoretical framework, this …
Ancestral Knowledges, Spirituality and Indigenous Narratives as Self-Determination
Indigenous knowledge systems and spiritual traditions are intricately interwoven. They sustained First Nations peoples for centuries, are part of the everyday lives of Indigenous peoples and are at the core of Indigenous epistemologies. This paper argues that, despite the adverse impacts of Canada's colonial policies on Indigenous peoples, their ancestral knowledge systems and spirituality guide and nourish them as they navigate their way through…
Chattling the Indigenous Other: A historical examination of the enslavement of Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Many historians writing about Canadian history have failed to acknowledge, and some have even downright ignored, the history of chattel slavery that existed within Canada where Aboriginal people were bought and sold like commodities. Generally, when one thinks of chattel slavery, there are images of people of African ancestry being branded, whipped and labouring in cotton and tobacco fields or on sugar plantations. Yet, this is only part of a muc…
A critical review of Aboriginal education in Canada: Eurocentric dominance impact and everyday denial
This paper provides a historical review of the education system in Canada and its impact on Indigenous women. By doing so, I hope to address the inequities that surround current educational policies and practices. Also in this paper, I critically investigate the salient aspects of the educational experiences of the women in a contemporary context, with their voices and experiences at the forefront, thereby challenging all of us to envision a form…
Book/Media Reviews
Erica Neeganagwedgin, BOOK/MEDIA REVIEWS, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 82, No. 1, The 32nd Annual Charles H. Thompson LectureThe Declining Significance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities:Relevance, Reputation, and Reality in Obamamerica (Winter 2013), pp. 98-99
Ancestral Knowledges, Spirituality and Indigenous Narratives as Self-Determination
Indigenous knowledge systems and spiritual traditions are intricately interwoven. They sustained First Nations peoples for centuries, are part of the everyday lives of Indigenous peoples and are at the core of Indigenous epistemologies. This paper argues that, despite the adverse impacts of Canada's colonial policies on Indigenous peoples, their ancestral knowledge systems and spirituality guide and nourish them as they navigate their way through…
Narratives from Within: Black Women and Schooling in the Canadian Context
This paper focuses on the educational experiences and narratives of women of African ancestry in Canada, and is based on a number of women who were interviewed over a two-month period. The literature review examines the ways in which today’s experiences of formal education, which were shared by the women, are shaped and circumscribed by much broader historical social conditions. Overall, this paper recounts the participants’ challenges and frustr…
Rooted in the Land: Taíno identity, oral history and stories of reclamation in contemporary contexts
This paper presents my critical reflections on what it means to be a Taíno Indigenous person. It is part of an ongoing research project that started in 2013 and is based on oral histories, ancestral knowledges, collective memories of family, community narratives, and other historical accounts, including the voices of 10 people from two rural communities in Southern Jamaica. This research uses an Indigenous research methodology to honour ancestral…
Indigenous systems of knowledge and transformative learning practices: Turning the gaze upside down
This paper privileges the voices of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Holders. Since time immemorial, Indigenous Elders, whether in a Canadian or global context, have been at the core of teaching and learning and have had the responsibility of transferring knowledge.However, their role in the transmission of culture has been undermined by the destructive impact of colonialism. Drawing on Indigenous memory knowledge as a theoretical framework, this …
Indigenous ancestral lands and Elders epistemologies in a time of pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a worldwide shift in daily life. However, Indigenous people have a long history relating to introduced pandemics. Responding to these different forms of destruction, Indigenous people have generated multiple ways to draw on their own ancestral systems. This report provides a short history of those pandemics, the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which Indigenous people have responded by …
Creating community in digital learning spaces as embodiment of Indigenous self-determination
This paper discusses Indigenous peoples’ educational experiences with digital technologies in Canada, with references made to Australia and the USA. While COVID-19 has intensified many existing inequities and placed strong focus on abilities to exist in online spaces, Indigenous peoples took to the online world and have been carving out sovereign online spaces for a long time. This article focuses on the ways in which Indigenous peoples have enga…
Caribbean Indigenous Experiences of Erasure: Movement, Memory and Knowing
The Caribbean world has experienced a centuries-long process of European expansion into their territories. This article outlines the dramatic impact and disruption due to colonization and imperialism, and the ways in which these interlocking systems have shaped contemporary Taino understandings. It examines what it means to remem- ber our Taino ancestors, their histories that persist and are embedded in the fabric and landscape of everyday Caribb…
Guidelines for virtual early childhood and family learning: An equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization-informed systematic review of the literature
This article presents an equity-informed systematic review of research pertinent to the offering of virtual early childhood education programming to young children and their families. Findings are presented as guidelines which may shape the delivery of future programming within virtual contexts. These findings are organized within three major areas that were identified through the methodology: Building Connections and Fostering Online Relationshi…
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled "Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education" with Guest Editors Bathsheba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education with Guest Editors Bathseba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi
Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education
Call for Submissions for the Winter 2026 (Volume 17, No. 2) Special Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry entitled Disrupting Ableism: Education with, by and for Learners with Disability as Equity and Social Justice Education with Guest Editors Bathseba Opini, Erica Neeganagwedgin and Ali Abdi. This Call for Submissions is Closed
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