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Guess who’s coming to dinner? That is, after you hire us.
Consider the following statements from search committee meetings at various universities involving racialized candidates. My purpose in sharing these statements is to raise questions about institutional commitments to hire Black faculty. “ Our first...
Perceptions of humanity and of membership: Two challenges of inclusion and exclusion in Canada
Saying "yes" to women experts: Informed Opinions advances women's expertise during a time of increased inequality
You may have read the headlines: women with children have been getting pushed out of the workforce due to childcare demands during the pandemic; women have been submitting fewer articles for publication in academic journals since the start of the...
Exhausted? Slow Down and Listen (to Disabled Wisdom)
When I met Gini* five years ago, I was surprised to learn that she doesn’t get any extra break time at work. The context of our meeting was that she hired me to give her a hand with everyday physical tasks: things like dressing, using the toilet, and...
We Must Tackle and Dismantle Systemic Racism and White Supremacy.
The exploitation, control and violence against Black people in the Americas is not a new phenomenon. We have seen the world of Black people worsen each day, month, year, decade, and century. The events of May 25, 2020 were another breaking point in...
In conversation with Esi Edugyan
#BlackProfessorsMatter: Intellectual survival and public love
There is a distinct paucity of material, scholarly or otherwise, on the experiences of African Black Canadian scholars within the Canadian academy. This #BlackProfessorsMatter blog post — and others in the Equity Matters series — aims to help fill...
Présences intermittentes des Amériques
Ce livre est inspiré de ma thèse de doctorat et répond à une question bien précise : qu’est-ce que le sujet québécois peut apprendre du contact littéraire avec l’écriture chicana? J’ai commencé à m’interroger sur ce sujet alors que je voyageais moi...
Race, Justice, and Movement Building
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers, and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of...