Labour Studies
Labour studies program discusses anti-Asian racism
June 13, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On May 30, SFU David Lam Center and labour studies program, in collaboration with the BC chapter of the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) hosted a panel. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Anushay Malik, SFU history and labour studies professor. The panel included Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, karine ng 吴珏颖, and Rohini Arora ਰੋਹਿਨੀ ਅਰੋੜਾ. The event opened with discussion on how identity and community shaped the panelists’ work and life. The event focused on the “global rise in anti-Asian racism by speaking to some of the activists who have been organizing and building…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 21–27
June 21, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate An Anti-Racist Approach to Media Literacy | June 23, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | By donation | Online Join Bakau Consulting, an equity, inclusion, and anti-racism consulting firm based in Vancouver, for an online media workshop.…
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Kwadacha by the River screening: consent, consultation, and colonialism
July 1, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Kendra Strauss, director of SFU’s labour studies program, described the W.A.C. Bennett Dam as one of many contemporary resource projects where “wealth [is] generated through dispossession.” In her introduction for the screening of Kwadacha by…
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SFU expands its labour studies program to include major
November 27, 2017Simon Fraser University will expand its current minor and certificate program in Labour Studies into a major beginning fall of next year. Students, however, will be able to declare a major in this discipline as early as next semester. Since…
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