Racial microaggressions in both academic and social spaces have real consequences, the most obvious of which are the resulting negative racial climate and African American students’ struggles with feelings of self-doubt and frustration as well as isolation. This means that the African American students on the campuses studied must strive to maintain good academic standing…
There are many stories within me. There are many stories within people I know. We get together and shape our relationships with the stories we share with each other and what we decide to disclose. Stories that reinforce who we are or ones that jerk us into a different reality that we did not know…
Racism in Canada: the myth and the reality One of the things I find particularly irksome about the stereotype that Canadians have about themselves (ourselves) is that we are a fundamentally “nice” people – so nice, in fact, that we don’t really have a problem with racism. It is the case that Canada’s history of…
but today, someone tells you that they are, you don’t have to feel bad about the last x years. Start today. Learn to do it differently. Let this be the turning point. It might take some time to get it right, but there’s no reason to refuse to try not to harm people. Sometimes, that…
Nigel Barriffe. Following a 20-year career in the business and IT sectors, Nigel Barriffe decided to switch gears and enter the teaching profession to give back to the community that had given him so much. Today, he is an elementary school teacher with the Toronto District School Board. Barriffe holds the roles of public relations…
Gary Pieters is a school administrator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) with over 15 years of experience in the educational sector. He served as an elementary school teacher prior to becoming a school administrator. He is currently in his 7th year as an elementary school vice-principal in the TDSB. Gary sees his leadership role…
Alok Mukherjee has been Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board since September 2005. He is the first South Asian to occupy this position. As a Vice President of the Ontario Association of Police Boards and Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Association of Police Boards, Dr. Mukherjee is actively involved in efforts to promote community-based policing…
Grace-Edward Galabuzi is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Ryerson University. He is also a research associate at the Centre for Social Justice in Toronto. He is the author of “Canada’s Economic Apartheid: The Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in…
Sunera Thobani is Associate Professor at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of British Columbia. Since her appointment at UBC, Dr. Thobani has been committed to using an interdisciplinary approach in her teaching and research, and to maintaining her involvement in community and social justice activities. Dr. Thobani’s academic publications include…
Racialized communities experience ongoing, disproportionate levels of poverty. In other words, people from Aboriginal and ethno-racial minority groups (communities of colour) are more likely to fall below the low income cut off (LICO) and to have related problems like poor health, lower education, and fewer job opportunities, than those from European backgrounds. While it is…
