White saviourism is the paternalistic notion that white people are needed to “save” people of colour from their circumstances.
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Today’s short-term missionaries continue a long legacy, but in a very different way.
College students learn about people who have dedicated their professional lives to reducing the threat of violence – and their successes and failures.
Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
The treatment of Ukrainian refugees exposes a humanitarian double standard that has channelled vital funding away from equally deserving crises.
White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
Volunteer tourism, or ‘voluntourism’, is on the way back as borders open. But critics say the largely unregulated industry is overdue for change.
If the Canadian women’s movement doesn’t become transnational in scope, it risks continuing a colonial culture that sustains systemic barriers for women in Canada and around the world.
White denialism of racism provokes a narrative of ‘us versus them.’ Self-reflection and listening are among the ways to be accountable for interrupting and eradicating racism.
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PhD candidate, Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Honors and African History, University of Oklahoma
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Professeure adjointe, International Development and Global Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities Data Lab, University of Ottawa and Toronto Metropolitan University, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Makerere University
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Senior Lecturer, Massey University
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Professor of Geography, University of South Carolina
