Apr 28, 2021  |  6:00pm - 8:00pm

"Where are you from?": The Complexity of Racialization and Belonging in So-called Canada

Hosted by the University of Toronto's Graduate Student Union's Race & Ethnicity Caucus

As many racialized graduate students have shared with us, and as we too know, the question, “Where are you from?” is a question that permeates myriad experiences of racialization. For many of us, the question of where we are from never yields a simple answer, even if the expectation is that we answer simply in one-word or in a single sentence.

Our panel seeks to open dialogue focusing on the impact of this question on communities who experience racialization in various ways. Panelists will share their insight on the impact of meanings of belonging and home, and will include individuals who work in the fields of immigration and multi-racial research and advocacy, including academics, activists, and community workers.

This event will consist of a 90 min panel discussion followed by a 30 min Q&A session. Closed captioning and ASL interpretation are available. A limited number of gift cards will be given out.

Panelists

Ezi Odozor, Author, Poet & Creative

Dr. Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Justice at the University of British Columbia and Senior Advisor to the Provost on Racialized Faculty

Ryan Chan, JD Candidate, University of Toronto and Project Lead, Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice

Sandi Wemigwase, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto