Week 1
Racism in the University
Moderated by Valentina Davila
Required readings
Nelson, Charmaine A. “Introduction.” In Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada, edited by Nelson, 1-20. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
Davis, Angela. “Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism.” Excerpt from Futures of Black Radicalism ed. Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin. Verso: 2017. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3421-angela-davis-an-interview-on-the-futures-of-black-radicalism
Davis, Angela. “Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues & Voting in 2020 Election.” Interview by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, June 12, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/12/angela_davis_on_abolition_calls_to
Ahmed, Sara. "Introduction." In On Being Included Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life. Duke University Press, 2012.
Moriah, Kristin Leigh. "How anti-Black racism on Canadian university campuses robs us all.” The Conversation, July 2, 2020. https://theconversation.com/how-anti-black-racism-on-canadian-university-campuses-robs-us-all-140927
Further readings Professor Charmaine Nelson’s blog
Nelson, Charmaine A. Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica. Routledge, 2016. In Chapter 2, “A Tale of Two Empires: Montreal slavery under the French and the British,” pages 86-92 are on James McGill’s slaves.
Ahmed, Sara. “Institutional Whiteness,” and “Institutional Racism,” In On Being Included Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life, 33-50. Duke University Press, 2012.
hooks, bell. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge, 1994. “Engaged Pedagogy,” p. 13-22.
Davis, Angela. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2016.
Decolonizing the university & Decolonizing the curriculum
Jansen, Jonathan D., ed. Decolonisation in Universities: The Politics of Knowledge. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2019.
Bhambra, Gurminder K.; Gebrial, Dalia; Nişancioğlu, Kerem; eds. Decolonising the University. Pluto, 2018.
“Decolonization” Concordia University CTL webpage. Link “Tips for decolonizing your pedagogy.” Link
On race and the university in North America, contemporary and historical perspectives
Henry, Frances; James, Carl; Li, Peter S; Kobayashi, Audrey; et al. eds. The Equity Myth Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities. UBS Press, 2017.
Wilder, Craig Steven. Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities. Bloomsbury, 2014.
