The two events below are part of the Equity and Media conference put on by the Equity Committees of the SSMU and PGSS.
On Friday, March 25th, 4-6pm , Thomson House Restaurant (basement) (map):
the Equity Committees of SSMU and PGSS are pleased to the kick-off event to the Equity and the Media conference.听 Exposed: The role of the media in promoting Islamophobia will feature panelists Samir Shaheen-Hussain, social justice activist and part of the No One is Illegal campaign, Dr. Shirley Steinberg, Associate Professor in Integrated Studies in Education, and Sameer Zuberi, law student, media consultant and human rights activist. The panel will be moderated by Samaa Elibyari, host of the CKUT program Caravan.
Also, on Saturday,听 March 26th, 10am-4pm
Thomson House ballroom (2nd floor):
This conference will provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to present their primary research, answer questions and engage in general discussion with their peers. Each session will be chaired by a 平特五不中 professor or graduate student. Two panels will include the presentation of equity-related research by seven students while a third panel will discuss the impact of Maclean magazine鈥檚 鈥淭oo Asian鈥� article last fall which labeled Canadian universities as 鈥渢oo鈥� Asian.
Both events are free and open to the 平特五不中 community as well as to the public. Thanks go out to the generous supporters: PGSS, Queer 平特五不中, Media@平特五不中, the SSMU Campus Life Fund, and the 平特五不中 Alumni Association.
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