The viral Kane vs. Karen meme invites the viewer to see the parallels between the actions of a white female hockey fan, surrounded by white onlookers, towards a Black player surrounded by referees.
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In the latest ‘Thor’ movie, the character Jane Foster raises questions about the impact of cancer on ideas of worthiness, responsibility and power — and what it means to be a superhero.
We need to question how gender is understood, constructed and performed by hockey players, teams, coaches and organizations to truly change the culture.
In today’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we speak with two Canadian educators who explain how using critical race theory in their classrooms helps both students and teachers.
This is not a drastic approach or a political agenda, but a call to open up spaces for conversations about racism, about whiteness, about race with white people listening and not centring themselves.
Tackling Islamophobia as a form of racism even when Muslims aren’t visible is key.
Despite outbreaks, some church leaders in Alberta have continued to downplay the severity of COVID-19. Choosing to double down on pandemic skepticism.
The recent attack on a Black teenager in an Edmonton school demonstrates that much more needs to be done to address racism in public institutions.
A study in one Alberta school board found racism contributes to poor attendance of on-reserve Indigenous students in public schools, despite educators not recognizing this as a barrier.
The decision to hold the 2016 World Social Forum in Canada made it inaccessible to many activists from the geopolitical south. But it also highlighted the false simplicity of the north-south dichotomy in social justice activism.
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Associate Professor, Public Health, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Professor of Political Science, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Associate professor, Department of Language and Literature, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Assistant professor, Sociology, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Assistant Professor, Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
