I was asked by the Sinai Health Authority to answer this question as part of their “Systemic Bias and Racism” Speaker Series. This is a recording of my answer, with sincere thanks and to Tina Changoor, for the initiative and many generative exchanges leading up to the talk on April 12th.
Category Archives: race and racism
Faculty of Medicine Invites Visiting Scholars To Guide Anti‑Oppressive Practice
I was interviewed recently alongside my wonderful colleagues Eli Manning and Gaynor Watson-Creed about our anti-oppression work in the Faculty of Medicine. You can read the copy here.
The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land
I was invited by Graduate Students in the Department of History to be their keynote lecturer for an international conference entitled, “Encountering Colonialism: Land, Lives, Legacies.” It was great to be able to switch gears from what I’ve been working on of late and return to my deep love of land, sovereignty, and 19th centuryContinue reading “The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land”
Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land
I am excited to be part of this important collaboration, led by Kate Schick and Claire Timperley. My chapter describes the anxieties and obligations of being an early career teacher who takes land acknowledgements seriously. It includes very honest personal reflections in the form of “external” and “internal” diaries over the course of the WinterContinue reading “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land”
Seeing Whiteness In The Margins
My first publication with the Journal of Narrative Politics, which demanded that I put away my footnotes and get into the evocative work of story telling. This article is part of a special issue arising from ongoing conversations themed “International Relations As if People Matter” over a couple meetings of the International Studies Association.
Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India
Ajay Parasram and Nissim Mannathukkaren, 2021. “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India” Citizenship Studies online in advance, Oct. 8. This paper looks to the historical imbrication of racial and caste supremacy with citizenship, drawing attention to the inherent coloniality of citizenship in post-imperial Canada and India. We examine the transition from explicit toContinue reading “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India”
Decolonial Jam Session
In this Keynote workshop with Dr. Jon Langdon (St. FX) delivered to the Tobias Centre For Innovation in International Development, we explore the value of radical music for the method and teaching of international development studies.
Anti-Asian Racism
Interview on the subject of Anti-Asian racism during Asian Heritage Month.
On the Jan. 6 2021 Insurrection
Interview on the significance of this the MAGA riot in the US capital and the politics of race within the policing response.
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.
Ajay Parasram 