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Joan E. Durrant

Joan Durrant is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. For three decades, she has studied the psychological, cultural and legal dimensions of corporal punishment of children, and the global movement to abolish it.

Decolonizing Discipline

Children, Corporal Punishment, Christian Theologies, and Reconciliation

Valerie E. Michaelson (Editor), Joan E. Durrant (Editor)

Decolonizing Discipline is a multifaceted exploration of theological debates, scientific evidence, and personal journeys of the violence that permeated Canada’s Residential Schools and continues in Canadian homes today. Together, they compel us to decolonize discipline in Canada.