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Abstract:

In this presentation Dr Hayley McGlashan-Fainu will privilege the voices of ākonga Māori (Māori students) who identify as takatāpui or sex, gender and sexuality diverse students by exploring the empirical findings of a research project underpinned by Kaupapa Māori methodologies (Smith, 2021). The students narratives highlight how relationships and sexuality education as a key learning area within Health and Physical Education in Aotearoa New Zealand, continues to privilege western, cis-heteronormative understands of relationships and sexuality. Drawing on decolonial (Smith, 2000) and queer theory (Foucault, 1980), Hayley will share narratives and observations which demonstrate how students are embracing and embodying Indigenous understanding, knowledge, and concepts of relationships and sexuality to trouble and extend beyond westernised cis-heterosexual norms. 

Short Bio:

Dr. Hayley McGlashan (Te Aupouri) is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. She has a background in teaching health and physical education in high schools and has a passion for safe and inclusive learning environments which enhance the mana (integrity) and wellbeing of all students. Hayley teaches and researches in health education, physical education, gender and sexuality, queer theory, post-colonial feminist theory, Kaupapa Maori and critical ethnography in schools.

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