Article from University Affairs: U Sports to Include Trans Athletes
A recent article talking about the adoption of a new policy to allow Trans Athletes to participate in U Sports.
U Sports Adopts Policy to Include Trans Athletes
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Category Archives: Discussions
How to use gender neutral words…and why they’re important
“How to use gender neutral words…and why they’re important.” Teen Vogue. Aug 27, 2018.
The Danger of a Single Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivers a Ted Talk about growing up in Nigeria with British (& white) cultural values, expectations, and stereotypes.
“The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
How to make your social justice events accessible to the disability community
“How to make your social justice events accessible to the disability community” (2017)
A general list that also applies to classroom spaces also. Good for engendering some reflection on taken for granted practices that perpetuate ableism and problematic ideas about disability.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” 1989
A well-known and oft-quoted and referred to piece in which McIntosh lists a number of examples of “white privilege,” focusing in on the idea of privilege as reflected in structures and practices around her. While not specific to teaching, many of the examples she lists are the kinds of everyday things many people do, both in the classroom and outside of it.
Unpacking the invisible knapsack of settler privilege
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Settler Privilege” November 08, 2018
An article that clearly refers back to Peggy McIntosh’s “white privilege” article, with another list of examples that while not specific to teaching, again highlight everyday things many people do, in and out of the classroom, that bear rethinking.
Is there space for Indigenous knowledge in academia?
“Is there space for Indigenous knowledge in academia?” Unreserved episode, CBC, Feb. 2018 (46 min).
A 46 min episode of the CBC show Unreserved. Feel free to comment on all of it if you like–but our focus here is especially on the first interview.
A really good resource; several short interviews addressing different aspects of this question. Especially interesting for many profs is probably the first interview with a student talking about being singled out in classes and the behaviours and practices of other students and professors
If someone wants to be called “they” and not “he” or “she,” why say no?
Robin Dembroff and Daniel Wodak, “If someone wants to be called ‘they’ and not ‘he’ or ‘she’, why say no?” The Guardian, June 2018.
Top Ten Ways to Foster an Inclusive Classroom
Jennifer McWeeny, “Top Ten Ways to Foster an Inclusive Classroom.” (John Carroll University, 2012)
A list of ways to think through behaviour and how assumptions work in the classroom; especially useful for many faculty are 2, 5, 7. Includes a short 10 min video specific to LGBTQ students
Discussions coming in January 2019
Conversation is the life-force of learning. To that end, starting in January 2019, we will be initiating focused discussions on selected readings to inspire engagement with relevant issues and concerns. Think of these as a “virtual brown bag lunch sessions.” Stay tuned!
In the meantime, if you have an idea for a discussion, don’t hesitate to submit it via the form on the Contact Us page.