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Education / November/December 2020

Black in the Ivory Tower

October 12, 2020October 14, 2020 - by Hadiya Roderique

Why it’s so hard for academics of colour to pursue their dream projects

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Photo illustration of a Black woman in profile against a blue background. She is surrounded by strips of newspaper with bits of text printed on them.
Media / Society

Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists

August 21, 2020September 14, 2020 - by Pacinthe Mattar

Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back

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Illustration of four people sitting in a row and reading books. The three white readers stare into their books. The brown reader looks up away from the book. Behind them is a shelf full of other books.
Arts & Culture / July/August 2020

How Not to Write a Book about a Minority Experience

June 4, 2020August 10, 2020 - by Tajja Isen

Publishers increasingly lean on outside experts to vet books for cultural insensitivity. Is it working?

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Politics

What I Learned From Losing in the Ontario Election

July 27, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Gillian Smith

If we want to make our democracy more effective, we need more diversity in politics

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Photograph of a candlelight vigil held at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Monday evening, January 30, 2017 for the people who were killed and wounded in the shooting at a Québec City mosque.
Current Affairs

Remembering the Quebec City Mosque Shooting

January 29, 2018November 11, 2019 - by The Walrus

On the one-year anniversary, we gather some of our most important stories about the event, its aftermath, and religious worship in Canada

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Painting by Dip Chand
Society

What Burden?

November 5, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Being a white man means never having to speak for anybody but yourself

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Business

Meritocracy Is a Lie

November 4, 2015September 24, 2020 - by Karen K. Ho

The system is rigged

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Photograph by Paul Hudson
Society

Diversity’s Final Frontier

November 3, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

The real schism in our society isn’t sex or race. It’s social class

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