Following ‘Fugitive Spaces’ workshops, the authors of this zine present a creative collage of responses to the proposed pedagogy of bringing marginalised voices to the centre of educational debates.
Margeaux Feldman
Margeaux Feldman is a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto, where she also holds a Certificate in Community-Engaged Learning. As a queer and disabled educator, her research and teaching is informed by a commitment to collaboration, community building, and care. In 2015 she was the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, and she has gone on to create award-winning teaching initiatives including “Teaching Queerly,” a winner of the Faculty of Arts and Science Teaching Stream Pedagogical Grant. Margeaux also regularly facilitates workshops in the community on trauma-informed conflict resolution, emotional communication, and zine making.
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