This event is open to all members of the UofT community - students, staff, and faculty all welcome!
About the guest speaker:
UTM Alumni Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor completed his PhD at Western University (Canada) in History and Migration & Ethnic Relations (MER). He currently teaches at the University of Waterloo in the Department of History and the Arts First program. He is also a facilitator with the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit.
His book, Flying Fish in the Great White North: The Autonomous Migration of Black Barbadians, is available from Fernwood Publishing.
He also works in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and began his career as a Policy Coordinator Intern in the Deputy Minister's Office at the Ministry of Labour. He was the Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator in the Ministry of the Attorney General's Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility Office; a Senior Policy Advisor at Ontario's Anti-Racism Directorate; and Manager of Social Justice & Change Cluster at the Ontario Correctional Services College.
Session abstract:
The United Nations has recognized 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent. It is a decade for recognition, development, and justice for the approximately 200 million Blacks in the Americas and millions of others across the globe. But what is recognition in a world that continues to silence Black people? What is development for Blacks facing the dire effects of climate change? What is justice when the rights of Blacks in settler colonial societies are at the mercy of systemic and institutionalized anti-Black racism? This talk will explore anti-Black racism from a global perspective and what we can all do for change.
Session details:
Date: Wednesday February 26th 2020
Session begins at 12pm - 1pm
*Lunch will be served at 11:45am
Venue: UTM Campus, DV3130 Council Chambers
Thank you to all involved collaborators for making this event possible: the Equity and Diversity Office and Connections and Conversations
