2020-in-Review
@anglescovered invited Black scholars, journalists, activists to I.D. 5+mmajor Black Canadian stories. I decided to focus on Canadian #highered, the mobilization against antiBlack racism & some developments that make me cautiously optimistic ucalgary.ca/equity-diversi…
@anglescovered invited Black scholars, journalists, activists to I.D. 5+mmajor Black Canadian stories. I decided to focus on Canadian #highered, the mobilization against antiBlack racism & some developments that make me cautiously optimistic ucalgary.ca/equity-diversi…
1)Specificity of Anti-Black Racism Became a National Conversation In Canada
Bee Quammie: Anti-Black Racism Was Already a Pandemic: #COVID19 has stopped the world in its tracks for months. But antiBlack racism has ravaged the planet for centuries,Chatelaine flare.com/.../acial-pand…
Bee Quammie: Anti-Black Racism Was Already a Pandemic: #COVID19 has stopped the world in its tracks for months. But antiBlack racism has ravaged the planet for centuries,Chatelaine flare.com/.../acial-pand…
Lots to read:
“The Pervasive Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Canada: The current state, and what to do about it,” BCG (Dec 14) bcg.com/en-ca/publicat…
“Q&A: Author Hadiya Roderique on 'fitting in,' subtle racism and inclusivity” CBC News (Feb 12 ) #cdnpse cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…
“The Pervasive Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Canada: The current state, and what to do about it,” BCG (Dec 14) bcg.com/en-ca/publicat…
“Q&A: Author Hadiya Roderique on 'fitting in,' subtle racism and inclusivity” CBC News (Feb 12 ) #cdnpse cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…
2)Canadian universities acknowledged anti-Black racism
For the first time in Canadian history a significant number of universities issued anti-racism statements. Some were general, some named anti-Black racism and committed to action to combat it #cdnpse
For the first time in Canadian history a significant number of universities issued anti-racism statements. Some were general, some named anti-Black racism and committed to action to combat it #cdnpse
https://twitter.com/MalindaSmith/status/1267276115711680512?s=20
Not new:
2010 Racism in the academy...scholars say they still feel excluded or denied opportunities universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…
2009 Universities not facing up to race issues, say scholars: Schools are ‘in denial,’ don’t recognize systemic racism on campuses universityaffairs.ca/news/news-arti…
2010 Racism in the academy...scholars say they still feel excluded or denied opportunities universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…
2009 Universities not facing up to race issues, say scholars: Schools are ‘in denial,’ don’t recognize systemic racism on campuses universityaffairs.ca/news/news-arti…
3)Anti-Black Racism on Canadian campuses became a priority focus:
While inequities of anti-Black racism an issue before 2020, they finally became a system-wide convo.
Moriah: How anti-Black racism on Canadian university campuses robs us all" (Jy2) #cdnpse theconversation.com/how-anti-black…
While inequities of anti-Black racism an issue before 2020, they finally became a system-wide convo.
Moriah: How anti-Black racism on Canadian university campuses robs us all" (Jy2) #cdnpse theconversation.com/how-anti-black…
Herring: Hundreds of @UCalgary faculty, students demand anti-racism action in open letter @calgaryherald (Jun11) calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
McMaster: Black scholars at the @UAlberta and elsewhere have been decrying systemic racism for decades. Folio (Oct27) ualberta.ca/folio/2020/10/…
McMaster: Black scholars at the @UAlberta and elsewhere have been decrying systemic racism for decades. Folio (Oct27) ualberta.ca/folio/2020/10/…
4)From Afua Benjamin's 2016 Anti-Black racism conf to 2020 system-wide conversation
National Dialogues and Actions for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities utsc.utoronto.ca/nationaldialog…
Black North Initiative blacknorth.ca
Scholars Strike Canada scholarstrikecanada.ca
National Dialogues and Actions for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities utsc.utoronto.ca/nationaldialog…
Black North Initiative blacknorth.ca
Scholars Strike Canada scholarstrikecanada.ca
5) Students led efforts to combat anti-Black racism:
"Canadian students sound off on campus racism through hundreds of Instagram posts” thestar.com/news/canada/20…
"'Out of control': Calgary students walk out of class, demand anti-racism training for staff" calgary.ctvnews.ca/out-of-control…
"Canadian students sound off on campus racism through hundreds of Instagram posts” thestar.com/news/canada/20…
"'Out of control': Calgary students walk out of class, demand anti-racism training for staff" calgary.ctvnews.ca/out-of-control…
“I can’t breathe: feeling suffocated by the polite racism in Canada’s graduate schools:
Only through our collective efforts to recruit and retain Black and racialized faculty members can we fully ensure the success of Black and racialized students" #cdnpse universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-…
Only through our collective efforts to recruit and retain Black and racialized faculty members can we fully ensure the success of Black and racialized students" #cdnpse universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-…
Black alumni call for action to combat Philippe Rushton's racist legacy at Western University globalnews.ca/news/7170918/w…
U of C student starts organization to help BIPOC students and parents navigate Alberta’s high school system. calgaryjournal.ca/2020/12/03/uni…
U of C student starts organization to help BIPOC students and parents navigate Alberta’s high school system. calgaryjournal.ca/2020/12/03/uni…
5)Black scholars wrote great books about their experience (Eg)
@eternitymartis They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up (2020) penguinrandomhouse.ca/.../they.../97…
Rosalind Hampton: Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University (2020) utorontopress.com/ca/black-racia…
@eternitymartis They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up (2020) penguinrandomhouse.ca/.../they.../97…
Rosalind Hampton: Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University (2020) utorontopress.com/ca/black-racia…
6) CDN scholars created Black student mentoring networks
Building a national Black graduate network in Canada: country-wide institutional support for Black students, Black studies thevarsity.ca/2020/06/02/op-…
UofA leadership mentorship program for Black youth edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
Building a national Black graduate network in Canada: country-wide institutional support for Black students, Black studies thevarsity.ca/2020/06/02/op-…
UofA leadership mentorship program for Black youth edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
7) Canadian universities created anti-Black racism task forces, research chairs for Black scholars, Black Studies programs (certificates, minors, majors), target/cluster hiring of Black scholars, & anti-Black racism action plans. #cdnpse Poster: Public Service Alliance of Canada
8)Legacies of systemic racism in canons, curricula, classrooms
She (@NotishaMassaqu1) was the only Black student in one of J Philippe Ruston's classes. She never got an apology cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
When Black medical students weren’t welcome at Queen’s
universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…
She (@NotishaMassaqu1) was the only Black student in one of J Philippe Ruston's classes. She never got an apology cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
When Black medical students weren’t welcome at Queen’s
universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…
Continuing anti-Black racism legacies
Forging a path forward: Lord Dalhousie Panel report. @DalhousieU to address legacy of namesake’s views on slavery and race. Chair @afuacooper dal.ca/news/2019/09/0…
From apology to action: Lord Dal report. #cdnpse dal.ca/news/2020/01/3…
Forging a path forward: Lord Dalhousie Panel report. @DalhousieU to address legacy of namesake’s views on slavery and race. Chair @afuacooper dal.ca/news/2019/09/0…
From apology to action: Lord Dal report. #cdnpse dal.ca/news/2020/01/3…
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