Countering Normative Discourses of Community

During this inaugural year of Critical Intersections, we have moved toward invigoratinga community of critical scholarship at OISE/UT, one that connects students and facultyacross the institutional and philosophical affiliations present in our faculty of education.This conceptualization of community suggests that we have a capacity to imagine andwork toward better futures across difference, to follow our unique academic pathways,and realize both individual and collective goals. The articles in this issue echo these concerns about notions of community, and thelimitations that these orientations come up against