Our hearts are heavy with news of the horrifying attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario. Four lives and three generations of a family taken and one young boy now orphaned.
At JICS, we condemn all acts of hate against Asians. We are horrified by the senseless murder of eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in Atlanta, USA, last week.
Through the media, we have witnessed violence and harassment against members of the Black community. We are very aware of the devastating impacts of anti-Black racism in our world and at JICS.
Dr. Wright uses his OISE experiences to help position his work in ethnoracial diversity, identity and in supporting racialized groups across UBC campus.
It has been 20 years since Toronto Star's investigation into race and policing. In this piece, OISE alumna Zanana Akande reflect on the investigation's impact.