Anti-Racism & You: Understanding Systemic Racism
Anti-Racism Workshop #2: Understanding Systemic Racism
You may have heard, “it’s just not enough to be ‘not racist’; you must be anti-racist”. We know that diversity is one of our greatest strengths, and its fullness is only realized when injustices and inequalities are challenged by people standing up, speaking out, and pushing back against racism in all its forms.
The journey of Anti-Racism finds folks on many different paths, or some are not sure which direction to take. Our goal in the RRC Polytech community is to transform our culture and institution where anti-racism guides our leadership, policies, and actions. Open to all RRC Polytech students, faculty, and staff, a series of Anti-Racism educational workshops are set to take place this Winter 2023 term. Through the workshops, critical concepts of race and racism will be unpacked for participants as contextualized in Canadian history and society. Understanding the function and history of systemic racism from this workshop will give participants insights to continually work toward equity for all races.
This second workshop of a seven-workshop series will unpack some of the myths of race and racism and show how systemic racism connects the experiences among individual, institutional, and structural racism.
All on-campus participants will be provided snacks and beverages, along with a chance to win a door prize! Register today for your chance to win!
Date: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Central Time – US & Canada
Location: Connected Classroom (G139 – Notre Dame Campus), Emerging Media and Production Studios – access Mall level, heading toward North Gym
Campus: Notre Dame Campus + Online access
Click here to register for the workshop
This on-campus workshop is offered in the Connected Classroom at the Notre Dame Campus. Students and faculty can register in advance for a seat in the Connected Classroom, which holds up to 50 participants. To increase access to these workshops, Emerging Media and Production is live-streaming each workshop through Webex for any registered online participants. A content recording will also be available after the event for students and instructors to access, and audience discussions will be edited out of the recording to respect the brave conversations of participants.
Accommodation requests, questions, or suggestions for future workshops? Please contact Lauren Dominici, Academic EDI Coordinator, at ldominici@rrc.ca