Don’t Call Me Resilient
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The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war
April 18, 2024 13:55 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBMany news organizations have reported on the Israel-Gaza war. However, many journalists have criticized those same media organizations for how they have covered the conflict, and have spoken out against what they say is a stifling of Palestinian voices and perspectives. In today's episode, Vinita talks to Sonya Fatah and Asmaa Malik, associate professors of journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University whose research focuses on newsroom culture, global reporting practices and equity in journ...
Asylum seekers from Gaza and Sudan face prejudiced policies and bureaucratic hurdles
April 11, 2024 13:59 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBAround the world, people are being forced to leave their homes in droves. We are seeing it happen in Gaza, as Israeli forces continue to wage war. And in Sudan, which has also been wracked by war. Then there are the people fleeing political or economic strife - like those living in Haiti, or Venezuela. Canada has various refugee programs designed to take in those seeking asylum from what's happening in their home countries. But the problem is, they weren't all created equal. In today's ...
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ transmits joy, honours legends and challenges a segregated industry
April 04, 2024 14:52 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBThe release of Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, was a much awaited event for a lot of us. There was much anticipation about this being a country album — and a lot of talk about the resistance some radio stations had and still have to that idea. That’s because country music is considered "white music," even though its Black historical roots are well documented. But Cowboy Carter is about so much more than country music. It honours other Black musical legends — and challenges the segrega...
Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression
March 28, 2024 13:30 - 30 minutes - 28 MBIn today's episode, we're continuing the conversation we started last week about using forced famine as a tool to control land, resources and people. For centuries, starvation has been effectively used by colonial powers to control populations, to acquire land and the wealth that comes with that. Today, we’re looking at the decimation of Indigenous populations in the Plains of North America –. and the 1943 famine that took three million lives in Bengal, India, which was then under British...
Starvation is a weapon of war and Gazans are paying the price
March 21, 2024 14:06 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBOn Monday, the European Union's foreign policy chief accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war and provoking famine in Gaza. They were some of the strongest words against Israel we have heard from a western power about the situation in Gaza since October. They come on the heels of a UN-backed report that warns that more than one million people — half of Gaza’s population — face catastrophic starvation conditions. The report goes on to say that without an immediate ceasefire and...
Nine years after #OscarsSoWhite, a look at what's changed
March 14, 2024 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBOn Sunday, nine years after #OscarsSoWhite, millions of us tuned in to the 96th annual Academy Awards — some to simply take in the spectacle. And some to see how much had changed. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite started after many people noticed that, for a second year in a row, all nominees for four of five major categories were white. The movement called on Hollywood to do better: to better reflect America’s demographic realities and also to expand its depiction of our histories. The reason:...
Don't Call Me Resilient Season 7 Trailer
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'American Fiction,' is a scathing satire that challenges pop-culture stereotypes of Blackness
December 14, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBMonk is the lead character of the new movie "American Fiction," which is based on the 2001 novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett. Monk is a Black man but never feels 'Black' enough: he graduated from Harvard, his siblings are doctors, he doesn't play basketball and he writes literary novels. In fact, his last novel got rejected for not being "Black enough." As a Black man who thinks about race but also rages against having to talk about it, Monk gets so frustrated that he decides to poke fun...
The Conversation Weekly: Kenya at 60 -- the patriotic choral music used to present one version of history
December 13, 2023 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIn this episode which we're running in full, host Gemma Ware speaks with Doseline Kiguru, a research associate in cultural and literary production in Africa at the University of Bristol in the UK, who has co-published research on the history of choral music and the role it plays in Kenyan national political culture. The episode originally aired on Dec. 11. Kenya is marking 60 years since its independence from British colonial rule on December 12, 1963. Each year, the country celebrates the...
Dear politicians: To solve our food bank crisis, curb corporate greed and implement basic income
December 07, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBYou may have noticed that food bank lines have grown exponentially this year. In Toronto alone, the number of people who use food banks has doubled since last year and nationwide, the numbers using food banks have jumped by 32 percent from last year and 78 per cent since 2019. And those who are lining up for food defy the stereotypes: many, for example, are employed full-time. In other words, we are in the middle of a major food insecurity crisis. And as we head into this holiday season -...
Why are school-aged boys so attracted to hateful ideologies?
November 30, 2023 17:54 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBThe idea for today's episode started with local Toronto kids, who were reporting experiencing sexist, homophobic and racist attitudes in the classroom, especially from the boys. The research shows they are not alone; the rise in far right ideologies globally has deeply affected school-age students. Many experts point to Andrew Tate, the far-right social media influencer as one of the culprits. Teachers say he has a big presence in the classroom. On top of that, there's been an exponential ...
The potential of psychedelics to heal our racial traumas
November 23, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWhen a lot of us think about psychedelics, we think about magic mushrooms - and hallucinatory drug trips. But the concept of psychedelics as a tool in therapy is making its way into the mainstream. Online stores have popped up selling psilocybin capsules promising to boost focus. And on a more official front, the Canadian Senate recently recommended fast-tracking research into how psychedelics can help veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). But research also sugge...
Palestine was never a ‘land without a people'
November 16, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBAs violence continues to erupt in Gaza, and more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 remain missing, many of us are seeking to better understand the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been raging for decades. Some of us assume that the violence between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians — a majority of whom are Muslim — is a religious conflict, but a closer look at the history of the last century reveals that the root of the tension between the two communities is more...
State of Georgia using extreme legal measures to quell ‘Cop City’ dissenters
November 09, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBEarlier this week, nearly five dozen people appeared in a courthouse outside Atlanta, Georgia to answer criminal racketeering charges brought against them by the state. The charges are related to protests against a planned paramilitary police and fire services training facility nicknamed Cop City. Georgia prosecutors have called the demonstrators “militant anarchists.” But many of those charged say they were simply attending a rally or a concert in support of the Stop Cop City movement. The...
How journalists tell Buffy Sainte-Marie’s story matters – explained by a '60s Scoop survivor
November 02, 2023 13:58 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBWhen the Buffy Sainte-Marie news broke last week, people were stunned. A CBC investigation was accusing the legendary singer-songwriter of lying about her Indigenous roots. Sainte-Marie had already come out on social media and said she had been claimed by the Piapot Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan - something the Piapot First Nation confirmed. And from earlier conversations about “pretendians” - those faking an Indigenous identity - it was clear kinship ties were maybe even more import...
Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about
October 26, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIt's hard to escape the news coming out of the Middle East. It's everywhere. And it's excruciating to take it all in. First came the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. 1,400 people were viciously attacked and murdered and at least 200 more were kidnapped and taken hostage. Then came the retaliation by the state of Israel. Almost immediately, those living in Gaza, under the leadership of Hamas, were faced with an evacuation order for more than a million people. They had their food and water su...
How corporate landlords are eroding affordable housing -- and prioritizing profits over human rights
October 19, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBEverybody knows it and almost everyone feels it: we’re in the grips of a major housing crisis. Home ownership is out of reach for so many people and for renters, units are hard to find and expensive. It seems everywhere you turn these days, there’s another rent strike. One of the factors driving this affordability crisis has been a shift away from publicly built housing toward large corporate-owned buildings. As Prof. Nemoy Lewis, from the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Met...
Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers
October 12, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBFor decades, North American Black women have been using hair relaxers to help them fit into mainstream workplaces and the European standards of beauty that continue to dominate them. More recently, research has linked these relaxers to cancer and reproductive health issues - and a spate of lawsuits across the United States, and at least one in Canada, have been brought by Black women against the makers of these relaxants. Cheryl Thompson, a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and ...
Why are brown and Black people supporting the far right?
October 05, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThe Republican Party in the United States has moved farther right in recent years. And as it has, you would think racialized Americans might be distancing themselves from it and its policies. But at last week’s GOP Primary presidential debates, three of the seven people on stage were candidates of colour. Racialized citizens also have been drawn to far-right politics, including key players in the January 6th Capitol attack and recent racist attacks. Which begs the question: Why are raciali...
Inside the search for the unmarked graves of children lost to Indian Residential Schools
September 28, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBAs we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we take you inside the ongoing quest to document the children who died in Canada's Indian Residential Schools system. Vinita speaks to Terri Cardinal, director of Indigenous Initiatives at MacEwan University, about the search she led to uncover the unmarked graves of those who perished at the Blue Quills Residential School in Alberta. It's deeply personal and emotional work for Terri, whose own father is a survivor of the school. ...
Trailer - Don't Call Me Resilient S6
September 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 minute - 1.45 MBHere at Don’t Call Me Resilient, we’re busy prepping new episodes for you … Each week, we’ll be taking our sharply focused anti-racist lens to the news stories unfolding around us. We'll be talking to experts, activists and people living these stories … to bring you a deeply contextual view of what’s happening here in Canada … and around the world. So make sure to follow us on your podcast app. Because a new season of Don’t Call Me Resilient is coming your way Sept. 28.
Indiana Jones's last ride: A legacy to celebrate or bury?
June 29, 2023 14:27 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBI love watching a good adventure movie, especially at the start of summer. I have some great memories of eating popcorn in the local suburban movie theatre while we watched aliens take over a spaceship and a group of kids hunt for long-lost treasure in an underground cave. At the same time, even as a kid, I remember thinking how awful some of the racial and gender stereotypes were. I specifically remember watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and cringing at the representations ...
Widespread use of Ozempic for weight loss could change how we view fatness
June 22, 2023 14:17 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIt seems like everyone you talk to has considered taking Ozempic, the drug originally created as a diabetes treatment, but now being used as a weight-loss method. Ever since it arrived in Canada, it’s been in incredibly high demand. While Ozempic may be just the next in a long line of get-thin-quick fads, the drug’s shortages have disproportionate impacts on racialized communities. So do the weight-loss goals that undergird those shortages.
Why preserving Indigenous languages is so critical to culture
June 15, 2023 16:16 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBLanguage, if we are not thinking about it, can be just a way to get from place A to B, a way to order lunch or a way to pass an exam. But language is much more than a way to communicate with words. This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada's colonial assimilation project. Languages hold within them philosophies, worldviews, culture and identity. Language also has a lot to do with our rela...
Indian PM Modi is expected to get a rockstar welcome in the U.S. How much is the diaspora fuelling him?
June 08, 2023 15:30 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBOn June 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official state visit to the United States. And if his visits to Australia last month, to Canada in 2015 and to Texas in 2019 are any indication, he’ll be given a rockstar welcome. U.S. President Joe Biden has already joked that he wants Modi’s autograph because so many people want to see the Indian PM while he’s in the United States. Of course, Modi has his critics too, who point to the populist leader’s far-right policies...
A trans scholar and activist explains why trans rights are under attack
June 01, 2023 14:07 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThis year we’ve seen an aggressive push to implement anti-trans legislation across the United States. There are currently more than 400 active anti-trans bills across the country. Some legislation denies gender-affirming care to youth – and criminalizes those health-care providers that attempt to do so. Other bills block trans students from participating in sports and still others have banned books with trans content. These bills have at least two things in common. They all aim to make bei...
A 5th generation New Yorker traces her family history and finds the roots of anti-Asian violence - and Asian resistance
May 25, 2023 12:53 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode, author and CUNY professor Ava Chin, a 5th generation Chinese New Yorker, discusses her new book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming. The book artfully explores themes of exclusion as it relates to all Chinese Americans, plus personally for Chin with her father, a "crown prince" of Chinatown that she didn't meet until adulthood. Chin reveals personal family stories against the backdrop of the U.S. eugenics movement and draws a connecti...
Decolonize your garden: This long weekend, dig into the complicated roots of gardening
May 18, 2023 13:23 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThe May long weekend is the unofficial start of summer. And for those of you with home gardens or access to community space, this is the weekend to dust off your gardening tools and visit the garden centre for the growing season ahead. As we approach the start of gardening season, it’s good time to ask some questions about its origins. Whether you plan to get marigolds, plant a vegetable garden or create a pollinator patch — all gardens have complicated roots. In fact, the practice of gar...
More than 60 per cent of incarcerated women are mothers
May 11, 2023 18:16 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBMother’s Day is just a few days away. It can be a complicated day. For some, it could mean a bouquet of flowers or a breakfast in bed. For others, it can mean mourning the loss of a loved one or dealing with a haunted past. And still — for others — like the 66 per cent of incarcerated women in prison who are mothers, it can mean something else entirely. Despite a reduction in crime in the last 20 years in Canada, many women attempting to make ends meet for their families end up colliding wi...
Will a UN resolution to commemorate the expulsion of Palestinians from their lands change the narrative?
May 04, 2023 15:32 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBThe UN’s recent resolution to recognize Nakba Day on May 15, to mark the anniversary of the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in 1948, helps to acknowledge past traumas but does the resolution have other implications? On this week’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we meet up with M. Muhannad Ayyash, professor of sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary to help unpack some of the meanings behind this resolution. Palestinians were driven off their land Seventy-five years ...
What the stories of the Crown Jewels tell us about exploitation and the quest for reparations
April 27, 2023 16:52 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBAlthough King Charles will have a low-key ceremony on his coronation day this May 6, the Crown Jewels will still figure prominently. An exploration of the story of the jewels tells a tale of brutal exploitation, rape and the original looting. Join us on Don't Call Me Resilient to follow the jewels. Much of what was called the British Empire was built from stolen riches - globally - and also from India. In fact, India was such an abundant contributor to the Crown that at the time of its o...
Will the brilliance of Netflix's 'Beef' be lost in the shadow of a sexual assault controversy?
April 20, 2023 16:47 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBBeef premiered on Netflix this month to rave reviews and quickly became the top watched series on Netflix in the U.S. In Canada, it took the No. 2 spot. Beef is a dark comedy series created by Lee Sung Jin. It follows two L.A. strangers, courageously played by Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, who get into a road rage incident — and end up in an escalating feud. The show is a beautiful meditation on life and survival and highlights universal issues of alienation and loneliness as well as class and...
Fast Fashion: Why garment workers' lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza
April 13, 2023 13:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBFast fashion is that ever-changing need to have the latest beautiful thing at a bargain price - that club-ready piece of clothing, that status symbol shoe, or that must-have top you just found at the mall. But that cheap statement piece comes at a price. The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, after the oil and gas sector. It’s also famously unfair to its workers, the majority of whom are women. Although there has been a lot of talk about female empowerment,...
The Vatican just renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft … Now what?
April 06, 2023 19:31 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBLast week, the Vatican finally distanced itself from the Doctrine of Discovery — a hundreds of years old decree that justified land theft and enslavement of people who were not Christian. In this episode of 'Don't Call Me Resilient,' political and Indigenous studies scholar Veldon Coburn explains why the Vatican's repudiation of the Doctrine is a huge symbolic victory. We also examine what this repudiation may mean for members of Indigenous Nations, what prompted this renouncement, and what...
Roxham Road: Asylum seekers won't just get turned back, they'll get forced underground
March 30, 2023 15:06 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode, migration expert Christina Clark-Kazak explains the devastating consequences of last week's meeting between United States President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The meeting resulted in significant changes to a cross-border agreement and has already impacted the lives of thousands of asylum seekers attempting to make a life in Canada. We explore what these changes will mean for those people searching for a safe home who are now being turned away from...
Trailer, Don't Call Me Resilient, Season 5
March 23, 2023 13:56 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MBHost Vinita Srivastava goes deep with academic experts and those with lived experience to bring you your weekly dose of news, from an anti-racist perspective.
What’s so funny about race?
December 14, 2022 17:24 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBA lot of us turn to comedians we know and love to help us laugh at ourselves, our communities or the overwhelm of politics. Just look at the beautiful accolades received by Trevor Noah this month as he bade goodbye to his Daily Show audiences. Noah and other comedians like Roy Wood Jr., Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, Chris Rock, and Hasan Minhaj put race and other sensitive issues at the centre of their comedy. This gives us - the audience - reason to laugh, whether the jokes are directed towards ...
How can we slow down youth gun violence?
December 07, 2022 17:39 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIt was 15 years ago: police officers flooded C. W. Jefferys Collegiate in northwest Toronto. Outside, hundreds of anxious parents stood waiting for answers. The news that police delivered – as we now know – was tragic. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Manners had been killed. It was the first time anyone had been fatally shot inside a Toronto school. Jordan’s death stunned his community and the nation. And for many, it punctured the illusion of safety in Canadian schools. Since then, we’ve seen a ...
Why corporate diversity statements are backfiring
November 30, 2022 16:38 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBWe’ve all heard the buzzwords: Equity, diversity, inclusion. For some, these terms evoke social change but for others, they conjure empty promises on a glossy corporate brochure or a workplace’s ineffective policy statement at the bottom of a job listing. In 2020, when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, worldwide protests against anti-Black police brutality and racism prompted corporations across the world to rush to address anti-Black racism with statements of...
How to decolonize journalism
November 23, 2022 14:03 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBDespite the jokes about our egos, many of us journalists got into the business because we felt a need to call out powerful institutions. But journalism itself is one of those powerful institutions, and it has failed time and again to address criticisms around who gets to tell the news and whose perspectives get left out. Some researchers have called this a crisis of journalism, a “digital reckoning.” And they are not talking about economics, with local newsrooms and news budgets on the dec...
Why isn’t anyone talking about who gets long COVID?
November 16, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 20.2 MBIf you don’t pay close attention to news about COVID, you might think the pandemic is nearly over. But for the millions of people worldwide suffering from long COVID, that couldn’t be further from the truth. And the number of those experiencing long-term symptoms keeps growing: At least one in five of us infected with the virus go on to develop long COVID. The effects of long COVID are staggering. Researchers say it can lead to: blood clots, heart disease, damage to the blood vessels, neu...
The unfairness of the climate crisis
November 09, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBJoin us on this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient as we speak with researcher and migration expert Yvonne Su about climate-induced migration and the burden of care that is owed to displaced people. Recently, there have been some troubling images coming out of Pakistan, where devastating floods have taken the lives of more than 1,500 people and displaced close to 8 million. The floods have also submerged farmlands and spread waterborne illnesses. In total, it is estimated that the floods ha...
Trailer, Season 4
November 04, 2022 17:30 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBWelcome to Don’t Call Me Resilient, where we tackle systemic racism head-on and figure out ways to deal with it. This season, we’ll be delving into everything from tokenism at work to how long COVID is hitting women of colour especially hard. And from how climate change is wreaking havoc on the most vulnerable to how most journalists have a lot to learn about telling Indigenous stories. In each of these upcoming episodes, our guests bring their expertise to challenge us to do better. So we’ll...
EP 21: About the Queen, the Crown's crimes and how to talk about the unmourned
September 22, 2022 19:10 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAt Don’t Call Me Resilient, we’ve been busy planning season 4 of the podcast, which starts to roll out in November. We’re even starting to think about season 5. But we decided to stop production to talk about something we felt we couldn’t ignore. We’ve watched this incredible spectacle around the Queen’s death and public outpouring of support and love for the British monarchy. Here in Canada, Queen Elizabeth was the official head of state and her funeral this week was made a federal holida...
About the Queen, the Crown's crimes and how to talk about the unmourned
September 22, 2022 19:10 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAt Don’t Call Me Resilient, we’ve been busy planning season 4 of the podcast, which starts to roll out in November. We’re even starting to think about season 5. But we decided to stop production to talk about something we felt we couldn’t ignore. We’ve watched this incredible spectacle around the Queen’s death and public outpouring of support and love for the British monarchy. Here in Canada, Queen Elizabeth was the official head of state and her funeral this week was made a federal holida...
EP 20: Has the meaning behind the Canadian flag changed?
June 29, 2022 17:33 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBAs we approach Canada Day — and the prospect of the return of "freedom" protests in Ottawa — let's consider the meaning and symbolism of the Canadian flag. After weeks of the so-called "freedom convoy" last winter, many of us took a hard look at the symbolism of the Canadian flag and its recent association with white supremacy. Some felt a new fear or anger at what they feel the flag represents. But other communities have always felt this way about the Canadian flag. After unmarked gra...
Has the meaning behind the Canadian flag changed?
June 29, 2022 17:33 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBAs we approach Canada Day — and the prospect of the return of "freedom" protests in Ottawa — let's consider the meaning and symbolism of the Canadian flag. After weeks of the so-called "freedom convoy" last winter, many of us took a hard look at the symbolism of the Canadian flag and its recent association with white supremacy. Some felt a new fear or anger at what they feel the flag represents. But other communities have always felt this way about the Canadian flag. After unmarked gra...
EP 19: How powerful sounds of protest amplify resistance
June 23, 2022 21:18 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBToday, I speak with two people involved in sound studies who believe sound is an element of resistance. They explain why — in our hyper-visualized age of Instagram-perfect photos, sound is so compelling and why soundscapes can help to amplify voices of resistance. Nimalan Yoganathan is a PhD candidate at Concordia University. He studies protest tactics, and he looks at how different sound practitioners have contributed to anti-racist movements. I also spoke with Norman W. Long, a born-and-r...
How powerful sounds of protest amplify resistance
June 23, 2022 21:18 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBToday, I speak with two people involved in sound studies who believe sound is an element of resistance. They explain why — in our hyper-visualized age of Instagram-perfect photos, sound is so compelling and why soundscapes can help to amplify voices of resistance. Nimalan Yoganathan is a PhD candidate at Concordia University. He studies protest tactics, and he looks at how different sound practitioners have contributed to anti-racist movements. I also spoke with Norman W. Long, a born-and-r...
EP 18: Why you shouldn't be afraid of critical race theory
June 15, 2022 13:51 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBToday we explore how applying critical race theory in classrooms across Canada helps both students and teachers. Teresa Fowler, assistant professor of Education at Concordia University of Edmonton joins us. So does Dwayne Brown, a PhD student in Education at York University, and a grade seven teacher with the Toronto District School Board. Both Brown and Fowler use critical race theory in their classrooms every day, and say that it helps them to see and evaluate their own biases—while also m...