Dismantling racism in Canadian universities: a call to action
Mireille Ghoussoub, Laura Stirchak, Hava Friedman, Navina Lotay, JoAnn Chen, Monika Satkauskas, and Racquel Edjoc / September 7, 2021 / 5 min read
There is no shortage of actions to be taken going forward. The recent awakening of the mainstream to anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism should be a wake-up call to Canadian universities to catch up on their decades of inaction. In June of 2020, institutions across the country issued public statements condemning anti-Black racism. The question now is whether institutions are committed to translating their words into action.