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Abstract:
White Spaces Rebranded: The New Face of the Same Old Racism

In the tiny one-room Pātaua School in the 1950s, 15 or so predominantly Māori students recited times tables and phonics charts daily. “A is for Antelope, L is for Llama,” we would chant—words from worlds we’d never seen. Phonics, maths textbooks, School Certificate-style grading, a narrowed curriculum with literacy and numeracy as the holy grail—we’ve done them all. They all failed to deliver education that sustained any identity beyond the white, colonial worldview. Over time, our thinking and practice shifted, recognising the damage that racist ideology inflicted on Māori and other minoritised learners. We introduced choice and flexibility and developed a deeper awareness of the purpose of education in a constantly changing world. It was a start!

Now—here we go again. Manufacture a crisis of Māori “under-achievement” as if this coalition just discovered it. Bring back the antelopes and llamas. Reduce achievement to percentages that describe how effectively we assimilate Māori children into white space definitions of success. Wave white supremacist “solutions” in the faces of our mokopuna Māori and tolerate the harm and alienation that will follow—because these are not the mokopuna of the coalition politicians making these decisions.

But they are mine.

Presentation and workshops to Te Wananga o Aotearoa Quality Wāhanga

(Virtual) Keynote Presentation and follow-up dialogue. (with my daughter, Haley Milne, Principal of Kia Aroha Campus, Auckland)

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Tuscon, Arizona) Language & Culture Early Childhood Immersion Program and Center - a revitalization education and care program that ultimately will lead to the creation of a trilingual and tricultural knowledge nest through the convergence of an additive language immersion model, a culturally responsive model, and Yoeme intellectual and cultural traditions.

Keynote Presentation and Workshop.

Te Paeroa Cluster is a cluster of Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour, supporting 60 schools and kura in the South and East of Christchurch as well as The Chatham Islands and Pitt Island.

Presentation for staff.

Keynote (See programme here) hosted by Southland Literacy Association

Keynote: Critically conscious, culturally sustaining leadership and learning

A one-day conference for middle/aspiring leaders.

Three-weekly online session discussing Course content (Courses 1, 2, 3) & Book Club (Coloring in the White Spaces) readings (Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission contract).

Developing Graduate Profiles

Three-weekly online session discussing Course content (Courses 1, 2, 3) & Book Club (Coloring in the White Spaces) readings (Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission contract).

Keynote & Workshop (1 May) and follow-up workshops with key stakeholder group on 3/4 May

Keynote & 2 x Workshops

Three-weekly online session discussing Course content (Courses 1, 2, 3) & Book Club (Coloring in the White Spaces) readings (Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission contract).

Three-weekly online session discussing Course content (Courses 1, 2, 3) & Book Club (Coloring in the White Spaces) readings (Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission contract).

Keynote: 2.00 - 3.00 pm

Workshop: 3.45 - 4.45 pm

PLD Collaborators' Online Meeting

Senior Leadership Team (Pouhiwa) Mentoring/PLD Contract - online hui

PLD Collaborators' Online Meeting

Begin PD series - Online Sessions - with Ka Waihono o Ka Na’auao. Online courses and Book Club.

Working with staff - ‘Colouring in White Spaces’ (Jointly with Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera)

Keynote & Workshops (2)

Keynote

Keynote Presentation: Colouring in Education’s White Spaces: Let’s really talk about Equity!

Online staff presentation

Online Presentation with Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera followed by Q&A

Te Tiriti Based Futures + Anti-Racism website

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