To date, I have the honour of talking with psychologists, social workers, former MLA, lawyers, youth, Minister of cabinet, Vice Provost at a University, documentary film maker, former media broadcaster, and policy makers. Each episode ends with some calls to action so the listener can walk away with ideas they can think about, do, and do more of on their anti-racism journey.
Shayla was born in Zimbabwe and came to Canada at the age of 20. She said that the social work profession chose her as she could relate to social justice and decolonization. She shares experiences of racism in school and in her personal life as a mother to three daughters. She indicates that race is a social construct and the need to restory the anti-racism dialogue as language matters.
Chenzi shares that she is an international student from China and has experienced overt racism. She is writing about the lived and affective experiences of academics of Chinese descent in Canadian higher education institutions, shedding light on the nuanced impacts of racism and exclusion within academia. She said that intersectionality matters and the importance of standing in solidarity against racism.
