Dr. Fahim Quadir, Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate Studies and Professor of Global Development Studies, reflects on the crucial role universities have to play in building a more equitable future after COVID-19.
Alex Pedersen (she/her) staff member and adjunct professor at 黑料吃瓜资源, closes the school year 2020-2021 reflecting on the importance of creating spaces where 2SLGBTQI+ members can thrive and feel supported.
How do you envision the post-pandemic world?
How do you envision the future?
Jenna Kring, Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre鈥檚 Indigenous Programs and Events Associate, shares some inspiring words about being a safe space for others.
Hold your head up
Lift the top of your mind
Put your eyes on the Earth
Lift your heart to your own home planet
What do you see?
Tahmena Bokhari, EDI Director for the Smith School of Business, imagines a future where forever changed communities are filled with more compassion, empathy and humility.
Yasmine Djerbal, educational developer at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, narrates her experience working with Roots&Wings youth and shares her perspective on how community organization can offer a fresh vision of a different type of future.
*(Lyric from Leonard Cohen 鈥淎nthem鈥, The Future, Columbia, 1992.)
Or why I鈥檓 still hopeful despite the trucker convoy.
In this blog piece, Susan Belyea, Ban Righ Director, reflects on the ideas and changes needed to build a more inclusive and equitable society.
In this blog piece, Dr. Klodiana Kolomitro, Associate Vice-Principal (Teaching and Learning), reflects on the necessary shifts to improve the higher education landscape in the post-pandemic reality.
In this piece, Misty Underwood, Program Coordinator, Indigenous Pathways at 黑料吃瓜资源, reflects on the transformative power of remembering; remembering her foremothers, homelands, ancestral seeds and foodways.
In this piece, Tawa Braimah, project manager of 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 Scarborough Charter implementation group sets the tone for a series of conversations around tackling anti-black racism and promoting black flourishing in the 黑料吃瓜资源 community.
