May 30: Anti-Racism Conference: Addressing the Disparities in today’s Social and Geo-political Sphere

Save the date to join the upcoming Anti-Racism Conference: Addressing the Disparities in today’s Social and Geo-political Sphere.

Event Details:

• Date: Saturday, May 30th
• Time: 8:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
• Venue: Sheet Metal Workers Hall, 190 Milner Street (between Markham and McCowan Road)

Please contact Nigel Barriffe with any questions.

Below you will find the full conference program, information on our workshop presenters. Scroll to the bottom to register for the workshops of your choice.

Full Conference Program

• 8:15 a.m. – Light Refreshments
• 9:00 a.m. – Opening Ceremony
• 9:20-10:30 a.m. – Guest Speaker – Dr. Christopher Taylor
• 10:35-11:45 a.m. – Concurrent Workshops
  • From Local Classrooms to Global Justice – Mohamed Boudjenane
  • Missing Black Boys Ontario: What You Need to Know? – Dave Mitchel
  • Tending to Your Flame Before it Burns Out: The Importance of Protecting Yourself While You Work to Change Oppressive Systems – Donna Alexander
  • Human Rights under Pressure: Teaching Equity in a Backlash Era – Andrea Moffat
• 11:50 am – 12:30 – Lunch
• 12:40 pm – 1:55 pm Concurrent Workshops
  • Above the 49th Parallel: Who Gets Justice in Canada? A Forensic Inquiry into Race, Law, and the Criminal Justice System – K. Davis
  • Navigating WSIB – Winsome Leith and Shirma Pierre
  • What’s School Got To Do With CSWB? – Saleha Khan
  • Human Rights Workshop
• 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Discussion
  • Dr. Christopher Taylor, Associate Vice-President of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism (EDI-R) at the University of Waterloo.
  • Neethan Shan, Toronto City Councillor – Scarborough Rouge Park
  • Jeewan Chanika, Educator, System leader, Speaker, and Author
  • Colin Stairs, Chief Information Officer Toronto Police Services

Guest Speaker: Dr. Christopher Taylor, PhD (he/him)

Christopher Stuart Taylor is the Associate Vice-President of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism (EDI-R) at the University of Waterloo. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of History. He completed his PhD at Western University (Canada) in History and Migration & Ethnic Relations (MER).

His book, Flying Fish in the Great White North: The Autonomous Migration of Black Barbadians, is available from Fernwood Publishing.

He also worked in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and began his career as a Policy Coordinator Intern in the Deputy Minister’s Office at the Ministry of Labour. He was the Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator in the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility Office; a Senior Policy Advisor at Ontario’s Anti-Racism Directorate; and Manager of Social Justice & Change Cluster at the Ontario Correctional Services College.

Dr. Taylor is a proud founding member of the University of Waterloo’s Black Faculty Collective (BFC).