Jean‐Pierre, Johanne2026-04-162026-04-162022-11-06Jean-Pierre, J. (2022) Les composantes de l'espoir critique dans les récits de parents Afro-Canadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 59, 507–524. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.124091755-61711755-618Xhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12409https://hdl.handle.net/10315/43690© 2022 The Author. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Canadian Sociological Association/La Société canadienne de sociologie. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Recently, there is increasing awareness of the magnitude of anti-Black racism. As a consequence, several school administrations reiterated their commitment to foster an inclusive school climate and to challenge discrimination, including anti-Black racism. Critical hope is a theoretical concept that is considered essential to accomplish in-depth transformations to fight social injustices. Duncan-Andrade (2009) distinguishes three elements that produce critical hope in school settings: material hope, Socratic hope, and audacious hope. This article draws from data collected during a bilingual qualitative study conducted with African Canadians in Nova Scotia, including immigrants and African Nova-Scotians. The analysis of semi-structured interviews and focus groups conducted with 60 participants revealed the role of critical hope within critical pedagogy frameworks, including an anti-racist approach, to promote the development of concrete actions and critical consciousness among school personnel, while avoiding false hopes, cynicism, discouragement, or fatalism.Print-ElectronicfrAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Development studiesAnthropologySociologyHuman societyArticleCC BY-NC-ND