Tag: Black Lives Matter
Reflecting on our social movements
Many social justice movements bring important attention to systemic inequities that affect disadvantaged peoples globally. Yet as we pass the one-year anniversary since the...
Students call out UW on its state of equity
Students and equity services, seeking justice for UW’s treatment of BIPOC, united in support of student-led social media campaign ‘Equity4WHO’.
On July 7, Equity4WHO released...
Anti-racism courses won’t be mandatory at UW despite 8,000 signature petition
Over 8,000 students have now signed a petition titled, “Addition of Anti-Racism course to mandatory degree requirement for all faculties.”
This petition was created...
GSA & WUSA Donate to Black initiatives
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) donated money to Black initiatives following massive protests across the country.
On June...
White professor who used N-word in class will keep her job,...
In an interview with Imprint, Dr. Scott Kline, President of St. Jerome’s University, confirmed that Professor BJ Rye, who used the N-word in class,...
“Why are you protecting someone who called us the N-word?” How...
Two recent incidents of racist behaviour tied to UW have thrown anti-Black racism at the university into the spotlight.
Amy Cooper, a white UW alumnus...
Three Black Lives Matter protests in KW over four days
On Wednesday June 3, protesters in the tens of thousands gathered at Kitchener’s old bus station to show support for Black Lives Matter.
George Floyd,...