NJOKI NATHANI WANE, Ph. D. (Toronto)

Director, Centre for Integrative Anti-Racist Research Studies (CIARS)
Associate Professor,
Phone: 416 978-0446
Fax: 416 926-4751

Teaching and research interests include indigenous knowledges, anti-racist education, teacher education, spirituality, African Canadian feminisms and ethno-medicine. Dr. Nathani Wane teaches in both the preservice and graduate programs, aiding in preservice curriculum development in anti-racism education and supports, as Director, the development of the Anti-Racism Centre. 

Recent Courses:

Graduate

SES 1989   Black Feminist Thought.
SES3999   Cultural Knowledges, Representation and Colonial Education
SES2999   Spirituality and Schooling: Sociological Implications.

Pre-service (B.Ed.)

EDT5510   Anti-Racist Education Studies
EDT5550   School and Society

List of Recent Journal Publications

Wane N. N. & Opini, B. 2006.  An Exploration of Gendered Violence in Kenyan Schools. Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Sciences.  Dec 2006. Vol 6. No.2. pp.44-66

Samuel, E. & Wane, N. N.  2005 "Women of Colour In Academe: Complexities And Challenges.” Journal of Negro Education. Vol. 74. Winter. 2005. No. 1. pp. 76-88

Wane, N. Njoki, 2005. Claiming, Writing, Storing, Sharing African Indigenous Knowledge. Journal of Thought. Vol.  40.Summer 2005. No. 2 pp. 27-46.

Wane, N. N. & Shahjahan, R. & Wagner, A. 2004.  "Walking the talk: Decolonizing the politics of Equity of Knowledge and charting the course for an inclusive curriculum in higher education" Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Vol XXV No. 3 pp.499-510

Wane, N.N. 2004 (summer) Black Canadian Feminism Thought: Tensions and Possibilities. Canadian Woman Studies. Vol 23. No.2. pp. 145-154

Wane, N. N. 2004 (summer) "Mothering in an African Context as Portrayed in Joys of Motherhood"  (Bushi Emecheta, 1979) Asian Journal . vol 18. pp 33-48

Wane, N. N. & Gathenya, W.  2004. “The Yokes of Gender and Class: The Policy Reforms and Implications for Equitable Access to Education in Kenya”. Managing Global Transitions Journal. Vo. 1 No. 2 pp. 169-194.

Wane, N. N.  2004 “Experiences of Visible Minority Students and Anti-Racist Education Within Canadian Education System”.   Journal of Thought. Spring, 2004.  Vol 39.No.1

Wane N. N. 2003.  “Embu Women: Food Production and Tradition Knowledge"  Resources for Feminist Research (RFR) Journal. volume 30, (1 and 2) (Spring/Summer 2003).

Wane, N. N. 2002. “African Women's Technologies: Applauding The Self, Reclaiming Indigenous Space"  Postcolonial Journal of Education. 1(1): 45-66.

Wane, N. N. & Chandler, D.J. 2002. “African Women, Cultural Knowledge and Environmental Education with a Focus on Kenya’s Indigenous Women”. Environmental Journal of Education.7(1): 86-98.

Chandler, D. J. & Wane, N. N.  2002.  “Gendered Indigenous Spaces. Kenyan Case Study”.  Jenda: On Line Journal. 2(1) ISSN 1530-5686.

Wane, N.  N.  2001. "Narratives of Embu Rural Women: The Stories Behind the Scene: Gender Roles and Indigenous Knowledges" Journal of Gender, Technology and Development. 5(3): 383-408.

Wane, N. N. & Kavuma, E. 2001. "Grandmothers Called out of Retirement: The Challenges for African Women Facing AIDS Today.” Canadian Woman Studies Journal.  21 (2): 10-19.

Wane, N. N. 2000“Reflections in Mutuality in Mothering.” Association of Research in Mothering Journal.  2 (2): 105-116.

Books: (2000+)
Wane, N. N., Deliovsky, K. & Lawson, E. (eds.). 2002.  Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Feminisms. Toronto: Sumach Press, 322 pp.

Iseke-Barnes. J. & Wane, N. N. (eds.). 2000. Equity in School and Society. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 404 pp.

Book Chapters

Wane N.N. 2007.  Canadian and American Race-Based Education Policies. In Reva Joshee & Lauri Johnson Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States. pp.159-163

Wane, N. N.  2006. “Social Organization and Primary and Secondary Teacher Education in Africa.” Ali A. Abdi & Ailie Cleghorn (Eds). Sociology of Education: African Perspectives.  New York. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 275-296.

Wane, N. 2006. “Inclusive Education and Anti-Racist Classroom Practice in Teacher Education Program”. In George Dei and Meredith Lordan. Poetics of Anti-Racist Education. Fernwood.  Pp.130-148

Wane, N.N. 2006  IS Decolonization Possible?  In G.J.S. Dei and A. Kempf (eds.), Anti-Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Resistance, 87–107. 2006. Sense Publishers. pp 87-107.

Solomon, A. & Wane, N. 2005. Indigenous Healers & Healing in a Modern World In Roy Moodely & William West (ed). Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into ounseling and Psychotherapy. London. Sage Publication. Pp. 52-60.

Wane, N. N. & Waterfall, B. 2005.  Hoops of Spirituality in Science and Technology. In P. Tripp & L. Muzzin, "Teaching As Activism: Equity Meets Environmentalism."  Montreal, McGill-Queen's Press. Pp.47-64

Wane, N. N.  2005. “Social Organization and Primary and Secondary Teacher Education in Africa.” Ali A. Abdi & Ailie Cleghorn (Eds). Sociology of Education: African Perspectives.  Pp.275-297.

Wane, N. N. 2002. “Carving out Critical Space: Black Women and the Academy”. In N. N. Wane, K. Deliovsky, & E. Lawson (eds.)  Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Feminisms. Toronto: Sumach Press, pp.175-198.

Wane, N. N. 2002 “Black Canadian Feminist Thought: Drawing from Experiences of my Sisters”.  In  N. N. Wane, L. Deliovsky & E. Lawson, (eds.) Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Feminisms. Toronto: Sumach Press, pp.29-53.

Wane, N. N. 2002.  “African Women & Spirituality: Harmonizing the Balance of Life.” 2002. In N. Wane, K. Deliovsky & E. Lawson, (eds.) Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Feminism. Toronto: Sumach Press, pp.275-278.

Wane, N. N. 2002.  “African Women and Spirituality: Connection Between Thought and Education".  In E. O'Sullivan, A. Morrell & M. O’Connor (eds.). Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning. Essays on Theory and Praxis.  New York: Palgrave, St. Martin's Press, pp. 135-150.

Wane, N. N. 2001.  "Early 19th Century Immigration" Encyclopaedia of American immigration. Armonk, New York: M E. Sharpe, pp.51-53.

Wane, N. N. 2000. “Indigenous Knowledges: Lessons from the Elders". In G. Dei, B.Hall, & D. Rosenberg (eds.). Indigenous Knowledge in Global Contexts: Multiple Readings of our World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,  pp.54-69.

Wane, N. N. 2000. "Rethinking Teaching Using a Systems Discourse". In J. Iseke-Barnes & N.N. Wane (eds.) Equity in School and Society for Students and Teachers.  Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, pp. 3-13.