Achieving Equity through Innovation: A Canada-United States Colloquium

Scholars, administrators and educators from around the world convened to explored equity challenges and prospects in Canada and the United States.This two-day invitational event explored equity challenges and prospects in Canada and the United States and whether innovative policies and practices can change the pattern of achievement and educational opportunities in public schools in both countries.

By international standards, Canada is considered to be a high equity, high quality education system, although significant challenges remain for engaging and supporting all students. In the United States, innovative approaches have and continue to be developed and applied to support school reform and student success, however gaps in student achievement and educational opportunity remain substantial. From different starting points and with differing contexts, both countries share a need to further explore approaches to advance equity in education. This colloquium brought together leading researchers and decision-makers to surface those challenges and successes so that we may learn from each other and improve the education and opportunities of all our children.

A book is being developed from the provocation papers presented.