Racial Justice, Community Building, and Data — with June Francis

On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with June Francis, a professor, researcher, and advocate for anti-racist and decolonial practices in universities, businesses, and governments. They discuss how gathering data about racism can be an important step toward equity and racial justice. June also describes her work in connecting Black and African Diaspora communities with institutions and legislators to enact systemic change.

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/201-june-francis.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/201-june-francis.html

Resources:
Beedie School of Business: https://beedie.sfu.ca/
Institute for the Black and African Diaspora (formerly the Institute for Diasporic Research and Engagement): http://www.sfu.ca/diaspora-institute.html
SFU Black Caucus: https://www.sfu.ca/black-caucus.html
Hogan’s Alley Society: https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/
The Co-Laboratorio Project: https://colabadvantage.org/
Becoming a Decolonial and Anti-Racist University: https://www.sfu.ca/publicsquare/events/2022/june-francis.html

Bio:
June Francis is an Associate Professor of Marketing and is the Co-Founder of The Co-Laboratorio project that works to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, learning and innovation — for more inclusive resilient solutions in governance, policies and industry practice. She is also Director of the Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement at SFU. The Institute's mandate is to strengthen the links between scholarly research, policy and practice related to multi-cultural and diaspora communities and their role in building innovative, sustainable and inclusive initiatives. June has won awards for both service and teaching excellence winning the Beedie School of Business Canada Trust Teaching Award as well as the inaugural Beedie School of Business Service award in 2019. She is an advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion for racialized groups as well as the advancement of non-traditional intellectual property law related to community well-being and cultural and human rights through her research, consulting, the media and as a volunteer.

Cite this episode:
Johal, Am. “Racial Justice, Community Building, and Data — with June Francis.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, February 14, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/201-june-francis.html.