Colonial studies of an imperial, anti, settler, and postcolonial nature alongside the pursuit of decolonial options ground my life as an immigrant to Mi’kma’ki, or the Canadian Maritimes. This work involves the legacy of citizenship as a mode of colonization as well as the political and ethical obligations that extend from taking Indigenous sovereignty seriously. I also research and write about Indian indentureship to Trinidad, and the racial politics at play between African slavery and Indian indentureship. Below are recent examples of my work in this area.
A Gift of a Samosa
Yesterday, I was identified by a worker at one of my fav Indian take-out places here in Halifax as having a Hindu name, which shouldn’t be a very surprising thing given that I have one of the most common Hindu…
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Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen
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…
Keep readingFaculty 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…
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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…
Keep readingConvocation 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…
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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.
Keep readingWhat If?
I sat down with Lori and Stephenie, hosts of the awesome Community Radio program “What If” in Nelson BC to talk about race, racism, white supremacy, and having difficult and important conversations about race. It was centred around Frequently Asked…
Keep readingThe 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…
Keep readingLSE Review of Books
Subversive Pedagogies was reviewed by Judith Leijdekkers and Sander Hölsgens in the LSE Review of Books Blog. I feel happy that they found value in my broadcasting of personal insecurities in my chapter, “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism…
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