Leadership Approaches to Combat Anti-Black Racism in K-12 Urban and Suburban Public Schools: A Narrative Inquiry

• In Event: Black Leadership, Faith, and Educational Transformation

Abstract

This qualitative narrative interview study critically examines practices employed by school leaders to combat anti-Black racism in K-12 urban and suburban public schools within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) of Ontario, Canada. Drawing on critical race theory, the study investigates how leaders navigate, resist, and reimagine leadership in the face of racial injustice. The findings of this study provide implications for policy, practice and future research to address the barriers that perpetuate anti-Black racism and anti-blackness in Ontario K-12 public schools.

Author

• Audrey Angelia Littlejohn, University of Toronto