All posts tagged activism

Loly Rico

Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:13pm by admin No Comment

Loly Rico knows, firsthand, what it takes to stand up against oppression. Since her arrival in Canada from El Salvador, Loly Rico has worked resolutely to support and empower refugee women from diverse backgrounds. Her work is characterized by a strong commitment to social justice and the principles of anti-oppression and equity. Since 1991, Loly has served as…

Sherene Razack on colour-blindness, white privilege in the Canadian legal system and multiculturalism

Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:17pm by admin No Comment

Zoe Druick: The book posits that there is a fundamental denial of white privilege in the Canadian legal system, that the system is colour-blind. How did this situation come to be? Sherene Razack: To begin with, law has always worked in service of the colonisers. The first example that comes to mind is the British…