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'Too Asian?' anthology takes Maclean's to task

Too Asian?: Racism, Privilege, and Post-Secondary Education

Too Asian?: Racism, Privilege, and Post-Secondary Education

by RJ Gilmour, Davina Bhandar, Jeet Heer, and Michael C.K. Ma, eds.
(Between The Lines,
2012;
$26.95)

Recently, the Bank of Canada removed the image of an Asian woman peering into a microscope from its new $100 banknotes after focus groups participants viewed the woman’s “racialized” identity as an issue warranting review. Equally reprehensible was how Canada’s central banking institution chose to resolve this dilemma: by replacing the original image with one of a European woman (i.e. a woman with a “neutral” ethnicity, according to a spokesperson).

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Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities: Janine Brodie on Scholarship for an Uncertain World

July 13, 2012
| This lecture, given by Janine Brodie, addresses the contemporary assault on social knowledge and shows that in an increasingly uncertain world, social justice and equity are more important than ever.
Length: 40:08
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Congress of the Humanities: Governor General David Johnston on Democratizing Knowledge

June 28, 2012
| Urging scholarly accountability and cross-disciplinary collaboration, Governor General David Johnston asks Canadians to reconsider the role of scholarship at the 2012 Congress of the Humanities.
Length: 28:05

Authors accuse Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario of academic misconduct

| June 5, 2012

Congress 2012 wraps up -- but big thinking series continues online

Waterloo, ON-More than 7,400 academics, researchers, students and policy-makers descended upon Waterloo this week for the 2012 Congress of the Sciences and Humanities, bringing $7 million into the local economy. This year's Congress was heralded as a big success, with hundreds more delegates attending than expected, and standing-room only in many Congress events.

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1st Annual Hip Hop & Empowerment Conference: "Knowledge, pedagogy and education"

Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 12:00pm - 3:30pm

Location

Student Lounge, St James Campus, George Brown College Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 647-992-2654
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W

 

A FREE Conference bringing together the George Brown Community, local artists, educators, and members of the larger community to examine the role of academia, arts, and culture to empower youth. The conference will feature a keynote address, a set of workshop facilitated by community leaders and an interactive networking concert. Hip Hop culture has proven it can change the world one neighbourhood at a time and one person at a time and that power to create social change is coming to George Brown College on Wednesday February 22nd.

Featuring a keynote address from Sam Seidel, educator and author of "Hip Hop Genius"

 

FREE EVENT with food provided

Rooted in Patriarchy: Claiming our space in academia

Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Location

Oakham Lounge
55 Gould Street Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 28.7604" N, 79° 22' 42.5604" W

Violence Against Women comes in many different forms.
In honour of December 6th - the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, this event is:
- For the women who notice unviersity policies and structures that reinforce patriarchy and sexism in society
- For the women who notice the lack of representation in male-dominated programs
- For the women who feel like her opinion is less valuable than his - For the women who also experience, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and classism
- For the women who are fighting to have her issues, heard, recognized and acknowledged.

Copyright on campus

| September 2, 2011
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