“I, Too, Am McGill”

Following the lead of I, Too, Am Harvard   and  I, Too, Am Oxford  McGill students of colour have launched I, Too, Am McGill, to denounce the “conscious and unconscious micro-aggression that often silences our voices, devalues our contributions, and questions our presence at this elite institution of higher learning.”

March 18: Settler Common Sense lecture by Mark Rifkin

How do varied administrative projects of settler colonialism and accompanying legal categories, geographies and subjectivities come to serve as the background for ordinary non-native perception? Conceptions of property and personhood that emerge out of ongoing histories of settler-Indigenous confrontation, negotiation and struggle help shape non-natives’ lived sensations, including the routine experience of place. In thisContinue reading “March 18: Settler Common Sense lecture by Mark Rifkin”

Demonstration and March: Against colonialism and racism

Demonstration and March: Against colonialism and racism FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 Gathering at 6pm at Mt-Royal métro (Mt-Royal Avenue, between Berri and Rivard) Part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa. Organisé par Ensemble contre la Charte xénophobe. info : contrelachartexenophobe@gmail.comContinue reading “Demonstration and March: Against colonialism and racism”