Writing, Speaking & Leading
An overview of my projects over the years, including scholarly research, published articles, and speaking engagements.
Thesis Study
For our Children: Black Motherwork and Schooling
My doctoral thesis uses storytelling to investigate the relationships between Black mothers and school officials. The study presents insights obtained from 10 in-depth interviews with African Caribbean mothers living in Toronto. Participants shared personal stories to articulate their understanding of Black motherwork and its impact on their relationships with school officials.
Speaking Engagements
Well-being: A Collective Responsibility
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
Jason’s Story
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
Equity, Well-being and Achievement
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
Keynote Address Highlights - Partnering for Well-Being: A Teacher’s Journey
York Region District School Board. (2017)
Learning Spaces for Well-being
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
Community Partnerships
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
Inquiry: Solving a Puzzle
Student Achievement Support Branch, Ontario Ministry of Education. (2017)
From Page to Stage: With Grade 6 and Grade 8 Students
Toronto District School Board. (2016)
Written Articles
Bringing Feminism to the Classroom: Inspiring Activism, Social Movements and Systemic Change
From Australia to Zimbabwe, people worldwide are coming together to strategize about and implement measures to secure women’s rights. In cities across Spain millions of women workers marked International Women’s Day with an unprecedented strike demanding gender equality. Icelandic women’s organizations mounted demonstrations outside parliament to secure legislation that guaranteed equal pay for women. Social media has been used to highlight infringements on women’s rights.
Partnering for Black Student Well-Being: A Teacher’s Journey
On April 21, 1971, my mother left Jamaica as a teenager and reunited with my grandmother in Toronto. She remembers the screech of the subway, the bustle of shoppers at the Eaton Centre and wearing her winter coat to bed in a desperate attempt to keep warm. My mother also recalls being placed two grades behind at school and the grade 10 English teacher that falsely accused her of plagiarism. The teacher yelled, “How could you possibly do so well on a poetry assignment without cheating?”
Anti-Black Racism in Education and Black Students Navigating the Pandemic
Institutionalized racism has a long history in the Canadian education system and continues to create barriers for Black, Indigenous and racialized students. As early as the 1800s, policies were used to refuse admission of Black children into white schools. We had discriminatory laws upheld by the courts that legally enforced and maintained racially segregated schools. Literature, reports and personal narratives document the many ways early legacies of racism persist and negatively impact the present-day schooling experiences of Black children.
Curricula
The Women’s Equality Project
The Women's Equality Project. (2019).
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
Re-Think, Re-Connect, Re-Imagine
Fearon, S., Inglis, C., & Lacasse, V. (2015). Re-think, re-connect, re-imagine: Thinking about ourselves, our schools, our communities. Reflecting on white privilege. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
Women’s Equality
Fearon, S. (2020, Summer).
Women’s equality.
ETFO Voice, pp. 40-41.
Race in the Media
Fearon, S. (2019, Spring).
Race in the media.
ETFO Voice, pp. 38-39.
Rethink: What Is Privilege? What Is White Privilege?
Fearon, S., Lacass, V., & Inglis, C. (2017, Spring). Rethink: What is privilege? What is white privilege? ETFO Voice, pp. 39-41.
Book Club
TDSB’s Black Girl Book Club
Who: Black Girls in Grades 9 - 12 at the TDSB
When: Starts January 14, 2021
Time: 4:15PM - 5:30PM Bi-weekly Virtual Meetings
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Build community with other Black girls
Read books about Black girls by Black women
Explore new ideas, new stories, and new ways to express yourself
Celebrate our own voices and the stories of Black women writers
Books Are Provided!