Lecture

The Urgency of Social Justice Speaker Series part 1

Heather Eustace — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:44:05 +0000

The Urgency of Social Justice Speaker Series part 1 Heather Eustace Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:44

Laura Mae Lindo: Uncovering the Racial Contract: A story of Bill 67 in Ontario

In December 2021, Bill 67, the Racial Equity in the Education System Act, was tabled to ensure educators in Ontario were provided with the tools that they need to uphold their legal obligation as laid out through Ontario's Education Act: to build inclusive classrooms. While tabling the Bill was a response to community advocacy demanding that schools become anti-racist spaces - spaces that encourage and support racial equity qua praxis - what ensued raised questions as to the role, purpose, and vision not only for education in Ontario but also for the type of advocacy expected from public officials. This is that story.

Dr. Laura Mae Lindo (she/her/elle) is a respected activist and educator who holds both a Masters and PhD in Education. Dr. Lindo is a knowledgeable advocate for the rights of womxn and girls, a respected ally to vulnerable communities, and, most importantly, a courageous public speaker, ready, willing, and able to speak to issues often left unaddressed. Her research includes an exploration of the use of humour to initiate discussions of race and racism in pre-service classrooms and forms the foundation of her upcoming book, Unthinkable Laugher: (Re)Imagining Anti-Racist Education (the University of Toronto Press). Dr. Lindo has worked at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Diversity Institute as well as lectured at St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), the University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), York University (Toronto, Ontario), and Wilfrid Laurier University (��ݮ��Ƶ, Ontario). A former Member of the Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre and Ontario’s Official Opposition Critic for Anti-Racism and Equity as well as Colleges and Universities, Dr. Lindo was the inaugural Chair of Ontario’s first Black Caucus. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ (��ݮ��Ƶ, Ontario) and Founder and Director of the e(RACE)r Institute where she continues to put anti-racist theory into practice.

Social Justice Wednesdays - Virtual Talk with Dr. Kim Hong Nguyen

Monika Kitor — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:58:17 +0000

Social Justice Wednesdays - Virtual Talk with Dr. Kim Hong Nguyen Monika Kitor Wed, 06/02/2021 - 14:58

Dr. Kim Hong Nguyen (Communication Arts) presents Mean Girl Feminism: White Feminist Outrage and Salvation

From the Bitch Manifesto to the movie Mean Girls and the popularity of the mean girl trope, the right to be mean is the new frontier for white feminist discontent. My work explores how feminism points to gender as if it is resistance in and of itself. Feminist discourses have positioned the white heterosexual mean girl/woman as both the primary problem to patriarchy and the antidote without whom patriarchy cannot be remade. I argue that the white mean girl feminist is the idealistic figure of complaint and the white hetero-patriarchal mark of bourgeois feminist maturity. In this presentation, I will share a brief overview of this book project.

SJW Coffee Hour with Dr. Kim Hong Nguyen

Hosted by Katy Fulfer

Wednesday, 23 Jun, 2021 2:30 pm | 1 hour | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

To get the Webex meeting link, please email kfulfer@uwaterloo.ca

Picture sources: movie poster from Wikipedia, "The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Paramount Pictures, the publisher of the film or the graphic artist." Mug from Etsy. Sarah Palin photo under creative commons.

Tea and Talk with Wazhma Frogh

Tawnessa Carter — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:26:23 +0000

Tea and Talk with Wazhma Frogh Tawnessa Carter Tue, 11/06/2018 - 15:26

Wazhma Frogh is a human rights lawyer, peacemaker, and women’s rights activist from Afghanistan. She has recently moved to KW from Afghanistan.

In this Tea-and-Talk, Frogh will discuss her experiences challenging gender-based violence in Afghanistan. Among her work, Wazhma has highlighted the role women play in preventing extremism and violence, improved the situation of women working in security forces, and prosecuted perpetrators of sexual abuse and violence.

A free lunch will be served at this event.