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Peter McLaren Peter McLaren began his teaching career in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario, at an inner-city elementary school in one of the most highly populated housing projects in Canada. He completed his Ph.D at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and now serves as Professor of the Division of Urban Schooling in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce and Associate of Massey College, McLaren is the author and editor of over 35 books, including Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution (2000), Schooling as a Ritual Performance (2000), Revolutionary Multiculturalism (1997), and Critical Pedagogy and Predatory Culture (1995). In April 2002, McLaren received the inaugural Paulo Freire Social Justice Award presented by Chapman University in California. Capitalists and Conquerors: Lecture This talk will provide a rationale for educators to adopt an anti-capitalist, anti- racist, anti-imperialist, and gender-balanced approach to pedagogical agency. Introduction by James Banks, Director, Center for Multicultural Education, UW Workshop Discussion Friday, May 7, 2004 Please join us for a workshop discussion with Professor McLaren. Space is limited, so please RSVP to the Simpson Center at uwch@u.washington.edu. Copies of an excerpt from McLaren's award-winning book, Life in Schools, are now available at the Simpson Center for workshop participants. The series was put on with the support of the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, in addition to support from the Departments of English, Comparative Literature and Women Studies.
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