Editorial: Timely, Critical and Socially Relevant

Abstract

for their exceptional attention to the integrity and quality of the Journal over the last three years. Nancy Maynes and the CJE Managing Editor Sharon Hu have been exceedingly helpful in maintaining a supportive transition as we consider the priorities of the Journal going forward. We are in a historic time nationally and internationally due to COVID-19, greater awareness of long-standing systemic racism and social exclusions, intensifying climate change, Indigenous resurgence in Canada, and shifting global conflict. Timely, critical, and socially relevant educational research, theory, and analysis are exceedingly important for researchers, leaders and practitioners to respond with insight, clarity and new visions in our complex world.CJE is poised to continue to have an important role in these changing times. Hence, in our vision for the Journal, we are seeking authors whose work is positioned to make an impact in the Canadian educational scene, and have high-interest and relevance across disciplinary areas. We invite you to actively engage with CJE and encourage your submissions. We are looking forward to working with you. This editorial is our response to this issue's articles that were reviewed and edited by the former co-Editors. We read through the articles with great interest, and at first glance, the articles all appear quite different from each other -with disparate focus, educational levels, and methodologies. As we looked in more depth, however, we observed a common concern and interest in students' lived and felt experiences within diverse