Résumés
Abstract
Our study amplifies the voices of Asian educators undergoing career advancement in a large district school board with a significant Asian student population in Ontario, Canada. Our data sources included survey results from 234 Asian educators and focus group transcriptions from 83 Asian educators. Grounded in Asian critical race theory (“AsianCrit”), our findings show that Asian educators faced the “bamboo ceiling,” wherein institutional barriers and inequities in relation to their Asian identity limited their career advancement when applying for leadership roles. Through a thematic analysis, we found systemic barriers: (a) pressure to conform to whiteness to advance their careers, (b) accent and name discrimination, and (c) colonial ideologies that have been normalized and embedded in leadership selection processes. Our research addresses significant gaps in the literature on Asian Canadian educators’ experiences in career advancement and contributes to the important development of AsianCrit theory.
Keywords:
- Bamboo Ceiling,
- AsianCrit,
- Asian Educator,
- Career Advancement,
- Canadian Leadership
Résumé
Notre étude fait entendre la voix d’éducateurs asiatiques en évolution de carrière dans un grand conseil scolaire de district ayant une population étudiante asiatique importante en Ontario, au Canada. Nos données proviennent de résultats d’enquêtes menées auprès de 234 éducateurs asiatiques ainsi que de transcriptions de groupes de discussion rassemblant 83 éducateurs asiatiques. Fondés sur la théorie critique de la race asiatique (AsianCrit), nos résultats montrent qu’ils sont confrontés à un phénomène appelé le « plafond de bambou », c’est-à-dire que des barrières institutionnelles et des inégalités liées à leur identité asiatique limitent leur avancement professionnel lorsqu’ils postulent à des fonctions de leadeurs. Une analyse thématique a permis de découvrir des barrières systémiques : (a) des pressions pour se conformer à la « blanchité » afin de faire progresser leur carrière; (b) une discrimination par rapport au nom ou à l’accent; et (c) des idéologies coloniales normalisées et ancrées dans les processus de sélection des leadeurs. Notre recherche comble d’importantes lacunes dans la littérature concernant les expériences d’éducateurs canadiens d’origine asiatique en matière d’avancement professionnel et contribue à l’important développement de l’AsianCrit.
Mots-clés :
- plafond de bambou,
- théorie critique de la race,
- AsianCrit,
- éducateur asiatique,
- avancement professionnel,
- leadeurship canadien
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