About

Pedagogy and Praxis aims to develop pedagogical methods and strategies of public humanities as well as provide a forum for scholars and students to share their work publicly, integrating the research and practice of public pedagogy. Championing the university as a public good, this project seeks to integrate often atomized spheres of the public. 

Under neoliberal austerity regimes, universities in Canada and around the world are being defunded and restructured to neutralize their critical power. A manufactured free speech crisis is being weaponized to turn the academy into a marketplace of ideas, where white supremacy is an equal commodity to critical race theory. At the same time, the public demand for critical analysis and scholarly knowledge is immense, as evidenced by the use of social media for education and the explosion of webinars and teach-ins during the Black Lives Matter racial justice protests of summer 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this time of multiple and intensifying crises, Pedagogy and Praxis (P&P) starts from the position that the university has crucial role to play in critical analysis and knowledge mobilization and dissemination. P&P seeks to create a resource for faculty and scholars seeking to learn about taking their work outside of the academy, as well as provide a platform for that work.