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July 11, 2016

WPSC, 2016 title “Academics & Activists: Advocating for Equity, Justice and Action”

Keywords

Social Justice and Equity; Antiracism; Critical Race Theory and Action; Challenging White Supremacy; and Intersectionality.

Author:

Dolana Mogadime, Ph.D., WPSC Program Director and Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University

In collaboration with: Jennifer Rowsell, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair, Professor and Director of the Centre for Research in

Multiliteracies, Faculty of Education - Brock University; and

Kim Radersma, Program Coordinator WPSC and Ph.D., Student, Faculty of Education - Brock University.

Submitted to:

Bradley Clarke, Chair of the Racial Climate Task Force at Brock University, and Director, Student Life and Community

Experience, Student Services – Brock University, and Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., White Privilege Conference (WPC), Founder.

White Pr iv i lege Symposium Canada (WPSC )

A Preliminary Report on the Development of theWhite Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC) Event as an Educational Forum for Action and Change

Mogadime, D., et al. (2016). A Preliminary Report on the Development of the White Privilege

Symposium Canada (WPSC) Event as an Educational Forum for Action and Change. The Racial Climate Task

Force (RCTF) at Brock University Preliminarily Report (No. 1). St. Catharines, Ontario: Brock University.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Racial Climate Task Force (RCTF) at Brock University was constituted in the summer of 2015 by past Vice-Provost

and Associate Vice-President, Student Services, Kim Meade, in order to examine race at Brock University. In the fall of 2015,

with the departure of the VP-AVPSS, Brad Clarke, Director, Student Life & Community Experience, Brock University was ap-

pointed as Chair (RCTF, Brock University).

During its initial meetings RCTF determined a number of immediate actions. One of which includes ongoing education

and awareness raising among Brock students, staff, faculty and the Niagara community on race issues. The White Privilege

Symposium Canada (WPSC) event is an action oriented step toward meeting the goal of education and awareness raising

that has been identified by RCTF.

Committee membership on the Racial Climate Task Force represents: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students,

International Students, Aboriginal Students, Faculty and Staff; each of whom met with the Task Force since June 2015. We

also extend a great deal of thanks for the conversations and contributions of Tamari Kitossa, BUFA Employment Equity Advisor

and the Task Force members.

They represent:

Brock University Students’ Union (BUSU)

Graduate Students’ Association (GSA)

International Student Services

Aboriginal Student Services

Brock University Faculty Members

Office of Human Rights & Equity Services

Student Life and Community Experience

ESL Services

Task Force Administrative Assistant

Racial Climate Task Force, Chair

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SUMMARY

Brock University has had a number of BLACKFACE incidents over several years. These occurred on campus at events

organized by the university to celebrate Halloween when students 'dressed up' as black in blackface. The most significant

public display occurred in October of 2014 when a group of Brock students were nominated by fellow Brock students for their

Halloween blackface depiction of the Jamaican Bobsled team featured in the Walt Disney movie "Coolrunnings."

Staff at Brock presented the students with 'a prize' for their comical depiction. The behaviors among students and

staff alike, represented unexamined racial practices which demean black people not only at the university but in society-at-

large. The event gained media attention and an outcry by labour and sociology professors led the university president to issue

an open letter which identified students' behaviors as lacking historical consciousness on the history of racism in relation to

blackface.

Racial Climate Task Force (RCTF)

A Racial Climate Task Force (RCTF) at Brock University was constituted in the fall of 2015. RCTF determined a number

of immediate actions. One of which includes educating Brock students, staff, Faculty and the Niagara community on race is-

sues. RCTF believes that by hosting the White Privilege Canada Symposium (WPCS), it will proactively provide an educative

opportunity for dialogue on critical race issues for Brock University students, staff, faculty members and community on how

to redress racism and intersecting forms of oppression. As such, RCTF has been proactive in networking and collaborating

with similar equity focused groups across campus, the larger Niagara Community and internationally with the White Privilege

Institute (WPI).

White Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC)

The White Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC) event will begin with an evening opening keynote, arts and cultural

night on September 30. It will include: A welcome and Keynote from the White Privilege Conference (WPC) Founder, Dr. Eddie

Moore Jr., (with Deby Irving on WP 101); Cayuga First Nations Opening ceremony by Taylor Gibson; a Keynote address from

Professor Afua Cooper, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University Halifax; and Dr. Shauneen

Pete, Regina University, Executive Lead: Indigenization.

The opening event will represent both an arts-based culturally rich exchange and academic knowledge exchange. It

will consist of Caribbean dub poetry and spoken word that address the problem of how white privilege produces social relations

that impact on the lives of marginalized people (those who are racialized and experience forms of discrimination as a result

of their gender identity, sexuality and whose human rights are called into question because of islamophobia).

October 1 WPSC will focus on the following: Providing interactive workshop presentations that are both academic

and community based; unpacking the meaning of white privilege and how it operates in both systemic (institutional) and

social (person-to person) relations; examining how white privilege has an impact on the daily lives of individuals. These impacts

are experienced in the form of discrimination, racism and oppression from intersecting social and institutional contexts.

WPSC benefits from the expertise of Dr. Moore Jr., a collaborator who is the founder of WPC (now in its 17th successful

year) and the White Privilege Institute. Dr. Moore Jr.’s intellectual contributions are fully identifiable in the vision of WPSC.

Further, the approach will assist TFRCC in the healing process as we have 'courageous conversations' on race and the impli-

cations of unexamined social practices that uphold white supremacy.

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A scholarly outcome of WPSC will be the publication of 2 Open Access double special issues in:

1. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege Journal with the WPSC title Academics & Activists: Advocating for Equity, Justice

and Action; 2. Brock Education Journal (BEJ): A Journal of Educational Research and Practice.

Expected Outcomes The symposium will provide academics, professionals (educators) and community groups concerned

about the wellbeing of diverse groups of people who are living, working and studying in Niagara and the Greater Toronto Area

(GTA) to network and coalition build around eradicating white supremacy, white privilege and racial oppression.

Social Benefits. We are proactively responding to racist incidents arising among our student body, communities in Niagara

and Hamilton (often featured online on social media) as a means to engage with rigorous critical self-analytical examination

about our role as educators. As Canada continues to become more global in its population there is a demand for greater un-

derstanding and appreciation of cultural diversity. We are building on the wisdom, extensive insight and experience that Dr.

Moore Jr., brings to the theory and action (praxis) of self-examination as a vehicle to develop a set of tools to examine and re-

examination race.

The symposium provides an opportunity for: Social justice leaders in educational institutions; (K-12) school settings;

the postsecondary system and members of the larger community opportunities to network; to exchange knowledge and in-

sights on how to support the growing diversity among our international student body and the many new immigrants among

our student population. It will provide insights into supporting cosmopolitan members of society from diverse locations in

the world. Workshop sessions are geared toward facing the truth about the problem of racism while supporting positive change

through strategies that garner proactive movement forward toward unity and resolution.

Scholarly Benefits. Symposium participants are members of school boards, leaders in equity services (for youth and children),

and curriculum lead teachers in schools. Drs. Mogadime and Rowsell examine key points of convergence between the White

Privilege Institute and aims of social justice initiatives organized by Jennifer Rowsell, Director of the Centre for Research in

Multiliteracies. One such salient and important example in setting the pace for new directions in curriculum development

has been Mogadime's collaboration with the Centre for Research in Multiliteracies and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation

on promoting the Teaching Nelson Mandela Initiative. Its primary focus is related to the internationalization of the curriculum.

Building students understanding across social economic differences and demanding that students examine all forms of op-

pression and domination.

The White Privilege Symposium Canada will provide an opportunity to build connections across individual efforts and

consolidate insights that will then be featured in a special issue of the Understanding and Dismantling Privilege Journal. Mo-

gadime and Rowsell will be co-editors with doctoral student Kim Radersma and Dr. Moore Jr., on this special issue that will

feature scholarly writings based on our symposium: Academics and Activists: Advocating for Equity, Justice and Action.

Audience: Brock Undergraduate and Graduate students, Staff, Faculty members. Students and youth (located at universities

through Canada and the US). Community leaders and community members in Niagara, Toronto and the USA. We have com-

piled several letters of support. They highlight the significance of WPCS for building supportive networks between grassroots

organizations and the university The WPSC event will provide workshops that will both challenge and support youth (our un-

dergraduate, graduate students and high school students) to think critically about race, the unexamined racial discourses that

are part of North American popular cultural practices on one hand but represent the re-imposing of 19th racism in the 21th

Century.

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DESCRIPTION:

Niagara Region has a First Nations presence which is often eclipsed by a predominant Western centric focus at Brock

University (Indigenous Solidarity Collective, 2016). Named after the famous Sir Isaac Brock, a military milieu (Code, Landry,

Reader & Taber, in press) honors a single story in the narrative of Ontario history that as a consequence signals the reproduction

of White Supremacy. The Niagara Region has been predominately white, Euro-Canadian in its cultural population. At the same

time, more recently Niagara is undergoing significant changes in its demographic population. Social problems related to

racism have formed a backdrop on the Niagara experience. The White Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC) event has an im-

portant role to play in terms of providing a forum for local community action groups to form solidarity with Brock University

staff, Faculty members and students. The White Privilege Conference WPC and the White Privilege Institute brings examples

of best practice with over 17 years’ experience in forming meaningful solidarity between community action groups that serve

diverse cultural groups of people.

Intersectionality

Students will learn the concept of intersectionality (Shields, 2008). First articulated in the 1970s among racialized scholars in

the women’s movement (Collins, 2015). Intersectionality represents an epistemological experience of oppression that impacts

on the quality of life among racialized women. Intersectionality has been embraced over the past decade in the humanities

and social sciences (women’s studies, critical sociology, education etc.) to explain how race, gender, class, ablism, sexuality

are constructed as social identities along the axes of domination and power. In unpacking domination and power, intersec-

tionality insists the historical connection to white supremacy and colonialism be identified for its continuities in today’s society

in terms of white privilege. White Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC) will support Brock University staff, faculty and students

to recognize how intersectionality operates in ways that exclude racialized communities. The larger aim is to identity strategies

for inclusion.

WPSC Program

WPSC Opening Event. The White Privilege Symposium Canada (WPSC) event will begin September 30 with a range of

keynotes infused with arts and culture and that include: An opening Cayuga First Nations ceremony; Keynotes from White

Privilege Conference (WPC) Founder, Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., (with Deby Irving); Dr. Afua Cooper, Dalhousie University; and Dr.

Shauneen Pete, Regina University, Executive Lead: Indigenization. The opening night is an indicator of the organizers commit-

ment to honoring an Aboriginal presence in the WPSC 2-day program.

The opening event will represent both an arts-based culturally rich exchange and academic knowledge exchange. It

will consist of Caribbean dub poetry and spoken word that address the problem of how white privilege produces social relations

that impact on the lives of marginalized people those who are racialized and experience forms of discrimination as a result of

their gender identity, sexuality and whose human rights are called into question because of islamophobia (Al-Fartousi & Mo-

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gadime, 2012; Henry & Tator, 2014; Mogadime, Ramrattan Smith, & Scott, 2011).

WPSC Oct. 1. The focus will be on: Providing interactive workshop presentations that are both academic and community

based; unpacking the meaning of white privilege and how it operates in both systemic (institutional) and social (person-to

person) relations; examining how white privilege has an impact on the daily lives of individuals. These impacts are experienced

in the form of discrimination, racism and oppression from intersecting social and institutional contexts.

Solidarity and Alliance Building. A conversational fireside lunch will be held at noon. The notion is to engage participants

in Solidarity and Alliance Building for Social Justice and Equity. There will be several benefits for attendees of the symposium

from both national and international contexts.

1. The White Privilege Canada Symposium is inaugural. The Founder, Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., and collaborator Bradley

Clarke, have come to a mutual understanding that we would like to continue to hold a WPSC on a biannual basis to

grow enhanced collaboration and to garner an equity based Consortium between Canada, the US and Internationally.

2. The role of indigenous community activists and leaders and academics in Canada (Chief Isadore Day, Dr. Shauneen

Pete), will guide our understanding of both the impact of colonial narrative (oppression, trauma) and also the means

for reconciliation and action through processes such as: indigenising the university; and increasing knowledge of

Aboriginal history, contributions and presence.

3. Researchers will have direct connection with grassroots community groups, NGO’s and educators (K-12) and Post

secondary curriculum developers who are all committed to social justice.

School Boards (administrative leaders) accountable for the implementation of Equity Based Policy and curriculum will have

exposure to leading curriculum developers in the field. We believe WPSC collaborations will lay the foundation for co-devel-

oping future projects with our educational partners in Niagara, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and beyond.

Student Engagement: Building Youth Leadership using the Youth Action Project (YAP) Approach.

Using the Youth Action Project (YAP) approach developed for the White Privilege Conference (WPC) Jada Monica

Drew will provide tools for building relationships and leadership skills among youth. Jada Monica Drew, leads Social Designs,

LLC and Social Justice Consulting. She brings a combined understanding about youth leadership that has grown out of her

many years contributing to Youth Action Project (YAP) at the White Privilege Conference (WPC) and her work leading Social

Designs, LLC and Social Justice Consulting.

A focused youth track is built into the WPSC program for high school students from Niagara, the Greater Toronto

Area (GTA) and Toronto. The YAP focus is to connect youth who are engaging in courageous conversations and action-oriented

movements in their communities and schools. With Jada’s leadership, youth will come together to learn more deeply about

social justice with a focus on unpacking white supremacy, white privilege and other forms of oppression. YAP supports the

development of students’ potential to bring positive change and action to their schools and communities.

Jada provides opportunities for youth to: Present solutions that have worked in schools and communities; and create new

action steps for change. YAP fosters a youth-teaching-youth focus and creates spaces for youth to understand the importance

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of respect and connecting. Youth leadership skills developed include: Public Speaking; Networking; Effective Communication;

Critical Thinking; Conflict Resolution; Dialogue Principles; Healing; and Forgiveness; and Courage. Jada Monica Drew will

mentor high school students in a program focused on their development. Student engagement is a centerpiece of the WPSC

initiative. We plan to continue to hold a WPSC on a biannual basis to grow enhanced collaboration and to garner an equity

based Consortium between Canada, the US and Internationally.

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