Dr. Vanessa Andreotti

Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change

David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education

Professor, Department of Educational Studies

In her work as Canada Research Chair, Dr. Vanessa Andreotti focuses on analyses of historical and systemic patterns of reproduction of inequalities and how these limit or enable possibilities for collective existence and global change (especially in educational contexts). Dr. Andreotti conceptualizes education as an expansion of frames of reference and fields of signification.

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