The Bloomsbury Handbook of Diversity, Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education explores the intersections of contemporary understandings and practices of leadership within higher education around diversity, inclusion and indigeneity. With contributions from four continents, the handbook brings together diverse perspectives to explore a range of topics including access, equity, cultural competence, decolonisation, student activism and indigenous insights. Countries covered include Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and the USA. The book forms part of the Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education collection, brought together by Mary Drinkwater.

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Handbook Series Foreword: Guidance for Higher Education in a Troubled Time, Simon Marginson (Oxford University, UK) Handbook Series Preface, Mary Drinkwater (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Yorkville University, Canada), Yusef Waghid (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Patrick Deane (Queen's University, Canada) Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Recognising Diversity, Equality, Equity and Inclusion: Higher Education Leadership as a Cosmopolitan Act of Change, Yusef Waghid (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Mary Drinkwater (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Yorkville University, Canada) Part I Higher Education Access, Equity, and Transformative Leadership 2. Building A Resilient Private Higher Education System in South Africa: Considering the Role of Distributed Leadership in Diversity, Thinus Delport and Liezel Frick (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 3. Re-envisioning Professional Development in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: The Case of Canadian Research Chairs, Yomna Awad (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) 4. Reimagining Access: Transformational Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement Initiatives, Arshad Ahmad, Fatima Iftikhar, and Mehak Fatima (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan) 5. Changing Age Demographics, the Workplace, Consumer Markets, and Tertiary Educational Institutions, Farah Baig (University of Minnesota, United States) 6. In Defence of Transformative Leadership and Ethical Change: Reconsidering Ubuntu, Faiq Waghid (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) and Yusef Waghid (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) 7. Policy Crisis and Transformation: An Exploration of Nelson Mandela University’s Approach to Humanising the Institution, Hashali Hamukuaya (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) Joseph Besigye Bazirake (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa), Curwyn Mapaling (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Neil Honeycomb (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa), and Nadia Mukadam (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) Part II Cultural Competence, Decolonization, and Student Activism 8. Creating Culturally Safe Institutions: A Model of Cultural Competence Education for Higher Education Leaders, Gabrielle Russell (University of Sydney, Australia) 9. Afrofuturism in Film: Towards Cultivating Transformative Leadership for Equity and Diversity in Response to Crises, Zayd Waghid and Samantha Kriger (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) 10. The Chartered Accountant (CA) Profession in South Africa: Towards Responsible Leadership Reimagined, Judith Terblanche and Zanne Horrell (Milpark Education, South Africa) 11. The Role of Transformative Leadership in Changing Teacher Education and Building Globally Competent Teachers, Blanka Zemanová (Charles University, Czech Republic) 12. Doing Transformation: Building Transformative Practices From the Bottom Up, Bernadette Judith Johnson (University of Witwatersand, South Africa), Mondli Hlatshwayo (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Dimakatso Maria Wanyane (University of Witwatersand, South Africa), Ciaran Heywood (University of Witwatersand, South Africa) 13. Decolonization during COVID-19: Counteracting Afrocentricism and Eurocentricism in African Higher Education, Joseph Pardon Hungwe (College of Education, University of South Africa, South Africa) 14. Beyond EDI: A Case of Student-led Activism in a Canadian (Quebec) University, Jamilah Dei-Sharpe and Ezgi Ozyonum (joint first authors) (Concordia University, Canada) Part III Indigenous Insights for Crises and Transformative Leadership 15. Weaving the Basket: Promoting Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, and Settler Decolonization in Graduate Health Leadership Education Danielle Mitchell, Harley Eagle, Catherine Etmanski, and Cheryl Heykoop (Royal Roads University, Canada) 16. Iitsi Po’kawa Ani to pisi: The Birth of the Spider Web Responding to Vibrations During the Pandemic, Roy Bear Chief (Mount Royal University, Canada), Stephen Price (Mount Royal University, Canada), Yasmin Dean (Thompson Rivers University, Canada) 17. Race and Indigeneity: Pasifika Education Undoings within Aotearoa New Zealand Higher Education, Jean M. Uasike Allen, Dassia Matavalea, David Taufui Mikato Fa'avae, Tim Baice, and Sonia M. Fonua (Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, New Zealand) 18. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward for Diversity, Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education,Yusef Waghid (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and Mary Drinkwater (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Yorkville University, Canada)