How Far Along Are You on That Anti-Racist Reading List?

By Lynie Awywen Black Lives Still Matter. It has been over two years since the untimely death of George Floyd, a Black man who died when Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Months before, outrage erupted over the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.Continue reading “How Far Along Are You on That Anti-Racist Reading List?”

A Call to Ditch the Term ‘Racialized’ When Describing BIPOC Communities

By Lynie Awywen Recently I have been job-hunting (yes – it is still as awful as you remember) and I have noticed a recurring pattern which prompted me to think about the ways in which ‘whiteness’ continues to masquerade as ‘raceless’. Various organizations (Ontario College of Art & Design University, University of Toronto, University ofContinue reading “A Call to Ditch the Term ‘Racialized’ When Describing BIPOC Communities”