Author Archives: Ajay Parasram

Interview with Halifax Examiner on Public Libraries, censorship, freedom of expression

On June 2, 2021, I spoke at length with Examiner reporter Phil Moscovitch for his coverage of the Halifax Public Library’s decision to keep a transphobic book on its shelves. You can read the full article here

Interview with Dr. Lynn Gehl

I had the honour of interviewing Dr. Lynn Gehl on the subject The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process published with Fernwood Publishing in 2014. Note that around the 16 minute mark I accidentally confate Mr. Justice James B. Macaulay with Thomas Babington Macaulay. The prior was relevant toContinue reading “Interview with Dr. Lynn Gehl”

Violence and Protest

Near the beginning of the COVID 19 Pandemic, academics struggled to find a way to reach out to students in the uncharted territories of recorded lectures. This mini-lecture was my first attempt, at the invitation of my Faculty, to record a lecture for prospective students.

Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility In Public Institutions

I organized and moderated this public panel following a public policy roundtable session as part of my work with the MacEachen Institute. The insights from Professor Cristina Rojas, Professor Alex Khasnabish, Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, and Dr. Rachel Zellers helped to catalyze and fuel much work on the question in the years following this roundtable.

Engaging Capitalism and Slavery as Decolonial Text

Ajay Parasram, 2019. “Engaging Capitalism and Slavery as Decolonial Text” in Reading the Post War Future: Textual Turning Points from 1944 edited by John Munro and Kirrily Freeman. London: Bloomsbury, 113 – 128.

Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation

Ajay Parasram, 2019. “Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation” Studies in Political Economy 100/2: 194 – 207. We are at a critical moment when we must confront the relationship between racial stress and white supremacy in order to provide tools and education to combat the radicalization of young white men in Canada. White fragility insulates structuralContinue reading “Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation”