multiculturalism
Dr. Debra Thompson lectures on Black belonging in North America
Peak Web March 1, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On February 17, Dr. Debra Thompson presented, “Homegoing: Blackness and Belonging Across the Canada/US Border,” at the Harbour Event Centre. She is the second guest speaker in SFU department of history’s annual public lecture series. Her lecture focused on Black belonging and comparative race politics between US and Canada. “I’ve spent the past 15 years thinking about the comparative politics of race, especially between Canada and the United States, but I’ve spent the past 40 years living in this body,” said Thompson. “Black History Month for me is Black past, present, and future, every…
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SFU public square lecture takes on the idea of a “Brown New World”
Peak Web July 6, 2018By: Kitty Cheung, SFU Student As a means of exploring the brown perspective, Kamal Al-Solaylee presented the 2018 Milton K. Wong Multiculturalism Lecture titled “It’s a Brown New World. Now What?” on Wednesday, July 27 at the BMO Theatre…
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