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BY TAYO BERO | September 01 2021
One year after a mass reckoning, we examine what universities are doing to address anti-Black racism in their own institutions.
racism, Canadian universities stood back to take stock of the ways the problem exists and operates at their own institutions. Schools across the country made statements of solidarity, declaring that racism had no place in their campuses and pledging to support Black students, staff and faculty.
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https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/addressing-anti-black-racism-on-campus/
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BY HARRIET EISENKRAFT | October 12 2010
Universities are considered to be among the most liberal institutions in society, yet many non-Caucasian scholars say they still feel excluded or denied opportunities. How does this happen?
racism has looked like in the Canadian academy. The view rarely includes vandalism or hostile comments, although these have occurred on campuses in the last decade. Rather, scholars call this subtler version “structural racism” or “denial of opportunity” for racialized scholars, referring to...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/racism-in-the-academy/
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BY CARY WU ET AL | April 16 2021
Anti-Asian racism affects us as Asian Canadians in our daily lives and in our careers.
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BY KARINE COEN-SANCHEZ | November 10 2020
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 in higher education.
racism-grad-students-lead-conversations-about-change-needed-academia">a survey of 76 racialized students and administered a series of panel discussions for Black, Indigenous and other students of colour, led by me and other BIPOC students. My objective was to provide a safe space and the opportu...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/i-cant-breathe-feeling-suffocated-by-the-polite-racism-in-canadas-graduate-schools/
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BY KRISTA PEARSON | January 07 2015
University leaders require support to deliver antiracist education.
racism at their institutions (except when responding to overt racist actions). But now, with Canada’s demographic makeup shifting, postsecondary leaders need to put antiracism at the top of their institutional agenda.
Delivering antiracist education is the right thing to do and also the socioec...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/breaking-systemic-racism-lets-put-agenda/
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BY PAMELA SUGIMAN | November 25 2021
University leaders need to recognize that each of us is at a different stage in our journey toward equity, justice and self-determination, and that racism within the academy cannot be swept away with one brush.
racism and colonialism that pervade our institutions of higher learning. Simply acknowledging that the problem exists is not sufficient.
It is imperative that university leaders understand the overt and hidden ways in which the meritocratic organizations that we inhabit are spaces in which ou...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/reflections-from-the-second-national-forum-on-anti-asian-racism/
From the admin chair
BY SHEILA COTE-MEEK | March 02 2020
It takes effort, but as you learn to become more comfortable having these difficult discussions, you become part of the solution.
racism is enacted.
Over the course of my life, both personally and professionally, I have navigated more situations than I care to remember where I confronted either overt or covert racism. In every instance I can say it has prompted varying degrees of responses – emotionally, cognitively, spir...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/from-the-admin-chair/we-need-to-talk-about-racism/
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BY SHEILA COTE-MEEK | March 02 2020
Parler de racisme n’est pas facile, mais c’est essentiel pour y mettre fin.
racisme, traumatisme et résistance dans l’enseignement postsecondaire). Les trois exemples sont réels, mais je dirais qu’ils sont relativement faibles sur l’échelle du racisme.
Au cours de ma vie, sur le plan personnel et professionnel, j’ai vécu tellement de racisme flagrant ou cach...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/parole-aux-leaders/le-racisme-un-tabou-a-briser/
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BY HARRIET EISENKRAFT | October 12 2010
Les universités comptent parmi les institutions les plus libérales de la société. Pourtant, de nombreux universitaires se sentent victimes de discrimination raciale. Comment est-ce possible?
racisme dans le milieu universitaire canadien. Les chercheurs appellent ce phénomène «
racisme structurel » envers les universitaires qui ne sont pas de race blanche, à qui certaines possibilités sont refusées.
Selon M. Li, professeur de sociologie à l’Université de la Saskatchew...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/racism-a-luniversite/
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BY MONICA MALY | June 09 2020
Why speak up now and risk the awful backlash that works to show how I am worth less? Because right now, silence is complicit.
racism. This question tires me endlessly. In my idealistic youth, I would attempt to answer – to educate – because back then I didn’t understand whose responsibility it was to change racism.
I quickly learned that my responses were met with scepticism (surely I misunderstood), defensiveness...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/of-course-i-have-experienced-racism/
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BY C. DARIUS STONEBANKS | February 19 2021
To work in a setting in which all of the power, opportunities, leadership and administration is primarily white is a powerful reality check.
racism and/or equity. Truth and reconciliation were likely cited, along with something about a commitment to BIPOC recruitment and retainment. Certainly, there was a sentence near the end that they are listening. As a member of the BIPOC faculty, perhaps you are the only one who caught the admission...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/are-canadian-universities-in-any-position-to-lead-anti-racism-movements/
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BY MONICA MALY | June 11 2020
Pourquoi prendre la parole maintenant et risquer de m’exposer aux horribles commentaires de ceux qui voudront démontrer ma moindre valeur? Parce qu’en ce moment, garder le silence, c’est être complice.
racisme. Cette question m’exaspère au plus haut point. Quand j’étais jeune et idéaliste, j’essayais d’y répondre pour éduquer les gens, parce que je ne comprenais pas encore d’où ou de qui le changement devait venir.
Chaque fois, mon interlocuteur se montrait sceptique (j’avais ...
https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/opinion/a-mon-avis/ai-je-deja-ete-victime-de-racisme-bien-sur/
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BY KARINE GENTELET & LILY-CANNELLE MATHIEU | November 25 2021
Les systèmes d’intelligence artificielle peuvent contribuer à amplifier certains types de discrimination.