ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the concepts of multicultural and antiracist teacher preparation, drawing upon a literature that is for the most part non-Canadian. It looks specifically at one small 'project' — The Winnipeg Education Centre — which was developed at the University of Manitoba. This programme, while in many ways marginalized within the university, appears to offer much by way of illustration of what a Canadian antiracist teacher education might look like. Antiracist education requires that teaching be conceived as a political and moral activity before it is regarded as a technical or vocational one. Critical reflection on the role of faculties of education is not usually a part of the formal curriculum nor are substantial considerations of the political and moral role of teachers. The Winnipeg Education Centre (WEC) is the only multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic teacher-education programme in Canada.
