I had the great privilege to sit down with Dr. Somdeep Sen, author of Decolonising Palestine: Hamas between the anticolonial and the postcolonial for the purposes of posing some questions to him that emerged from seminar discussions with my students in INTD 4005: The Praxis of Encampment: Settler Colonialisms in Turtle Island and Palestine. ThisContinue reading “Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen”
Category Archives: social justice
Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment
In the early hours of the morning on Monday, July 29, university security moved to destroy the camp that has peacefully used the space outside the Henry Hicks building at Dalhousie University for nearly three months. After months of communications re-iterating the rights of students under the code of conduct to engage in peaceful demonstrationContinue reading “Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment”
DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS
I’m happy to share and enter into the public record that the Dalhousie Faculty Association has now passed all three motions my colleagues and I (many many more than who are listed as movers and seconders in the motions). Here is the text of the three motions, for any other organizations that would like toContinue reading “DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS”
Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024
I was honoured to be invited to address the graduating class of 2024, including bringing greetings from the student encampment of Al Zeitoun University on the Dalhousie quad. Below I post the text of my speech, and a link to the YouTube recording of the full convocation. The address falls between time 2:20 – 2:32,Continue reading “Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024”
Safe Space For White Questions Season 3 Launch
Today we launched the third season of SSFWQ – the first episode since Frequently Asked White Questions was published last fall. Lots of great questions – the recording is available on the Fernwood Publishing YouTube channel here.
Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?
This panel conversation was organized by Max Haiven and Sarah Olutola from Lakehead University. It was a very frank and direct discussion drawing on experience from “outspoken” racialized faculty members in Canadian universities, including Dean Lily Cho (York), Dr. El Jones (MSVU), Dr. Lana Ray (Lakehead), and myself, moderated by Dr. Olutola. The panel discussionContinue reading “Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?”
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.
Teach Talk
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Professor Anke Schwittay (Sussex) on the subject of creative university teaching.
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.
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”
Ajay Parasram 