Sherri Brown

Director of Research and Professional Learning, Canadian Teachers' Federation

Education, Public education, Disability, Inclusion, Equity, Public policy, Autism policy, Disability policy, Community living, Privatization of schools, Charter schools

Media

Lack of resources and supports for students among key factors behind increased rates of violence towards teachers Français

CisionOnline

URL: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/lack-of-resources-and-supports-for-students-among-key-factors-behind-increased-rates-of-violence-towards-teachers-687675241.html

Classroom violence on the rise, teachers tell Canadian Teachers' Federation

CBCOnline

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/classroom-violence-on-the-rise-teachers-tell-canadian-teachers-federation-1.4739869

'I felt helpless': Teachers call for support amid 'escalating crisis' of classroom violence

CBCOnline

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-for-february-17-2019-1.5017616/i-felt-helpless-teachers-call-for-support-amid-escalating-crisis-of-classroom-violence-1.5017623

Biography

Dr. Sherri Brown is the Director of Research and Professional Learning at the Canadian Teachers' Federation - a federation of 18 teachers' unions in Canada with a membership of over 270,000 public school teachers in Canada. Brown is an expert on K-12 education policy in Canada, with particular expertise on inclusive education (special education for students with disabilities), gender equity and education, equity and inclusion, and privatization and commercialism in public education.

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