Personal

Full Name

Wanda Cassidy

Organization

Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

Biography

Dr. Wanda Cassidy: Dr. Cassidy is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and Director of SFU’s Centre for Education, Law and Society, an endowed centre aimed at improving the legal literacy of youth in school through a program of research, teaching and community-based activities.  Dr. Cassidy’s research interests also include the ethics of care, social responsibility, social justice and human rights education, at risk and marginalized youth, and cyber-bullying.  She is currently Principal Investigator of a four-year study examining students’ and teachers’ understanding of citizenship, human rights, identity and environmental sustainability issues and was Co-Investigator on two recent SSHRC-funded studies, one on ethics of care and the other on cyber-bullying. 

History

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