racism News Archive
Why words matter: The negative impacts of racial microaggressions on Indigenous and other racialized people
April 13, 2021 —
Microaggressions may seem small or 'micro,' but as incessant forms of racism, they can have big impacts on mental health, physical health and social life
Faculty of Social Work
Addressing institutional & systemic oppression symposium series
November 26, 2020 —
The Faculty of Social Work in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the International Decade for People of African Descent present Addressing Institutional & Systemic Oppression symposium series.
Faculty of Education
Let’s talk
September 25, 2020 —
Former U of M prof, Jerome Cranston is hosting an online talk on ways to address systemic racism in education at 7 p.m. on Sept. 30.
The Conversation: How an NHL street party caused a social media storm about racism
April 18, 2019 —
'We — and our media outlets — need to think about the ways we use language and how that language may perpetuate bias'
Alumni
Alumni at Home: Listen, learn, don’t repeat
January 22, 2019 —
For decades, Belle Jarniewski has made it her life’s work to bolster curriculums and contribute to international resources so that the Holocaust is never forgotten or repeated
Alumni
Life after the Holocaust: Alumni who survived
January 17, 2019 —
Jan. 27 marked the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War – a day set aside by the United Nations to commemorate the Holocaust
Yom HaShoah remembered through UM grad’s research and dedication
April 11, 2018 —
The organizer of the Yom HaShoah memorial is Belle Jarniewski (BEd/93, Cert.Trans/02), herself a child of two survivors of the Holocaust