Glocal Perspective Building

"Global" and "local" are constructs which no longer adequately capture our lived experience. "Glocal" attempts to capture the melding of international and local realities. This blog provides an opportunity to consider how we can develop glocal thinking and encourage others to do so as well.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Inaugural eastern Caribbean regional inclusive education conference: Building research and professional networks to support inclusive education for students with disabilities in the eastern Caribbean.

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The inaugural eastern Caribbean regional conference on inclusive education occurred from February 26-28, 2025 in Rodney Bay, St Lucia. The t...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Who is my neighbour?

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I haven't written in this blog for a year but last night's US election results, and the sleepless night that followed, have drawn me...
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Friday, May 12, 2023

Hamdella: Egypt, partnerships, and comparative education

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According to my passport, the last time I was in Egypt was August 2019. I was three days from coming to Egypt in March 2020 when COVID-19 hi...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Innovation and inclusion in education: Three aspects from St. Lucia

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 I have spent the past week and a half in St. Lucia, 1/3 of that time spent in a conference on innovation in education, 1/3 spent in researc...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Experiences with inclusion and stigmatization in Kumasi, Ghana: We fear what we don't know

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We have spent this week in meetings with students with disabilities, as well as their parents, teachers, and school administrators, in Kumas...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Returning to international research after Covid-19

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I have been "missing in action" as far as writing in this blog for the past two years. I blame Covid-19 but it might also be a ref...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Lead to include: What does it mean to effectively lead schools to ensure that all students belong?

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I remember early in my school leadership career talking with a family about the school experiences of their daughter who had been ostracized...
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Steve Sider
I have been an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My M.Ed. and Ph.D. had a focus on the educational and linguistic experiences of children who moved from other countries to Canada.
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