Racism | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Clifton Grant

rebsl — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:21:57 +0000

Clifton Grant is a Graduate Student in the Department of Social Legal Studies at 91��ɫ and an Executive Member of the Harriet Tubman Institute. His research interests explore the intersectionality of race, education and criminality primarily by exploring the "school to prison pipeline" that disproportionately impacts marginalized and racialized communities. The Canadian mosaic has a "discourse of denial" of discriminatory and racist policies manifested from the discourse of institutionalized racism. This has intentionally created an oppressive pipeline that is characterized by under resourced schools, overuse of suspensions and expulsions aided by the overuse of Police in schools. Clifton's objective is to engage in solution-based discourses that provide methodologies to decrease criminalization of youth, reduce barriers to education and break the generational cycle of incarceration. His research hopes to facilitate the creation a paradigm shift of reform that empowers systematic changes to the punitive system of retributive justice that will manifest into the significant use of the restorative social justice model that emphasizes healing, reconciliation and community involvement. His research also plans to explore the removal of the stigmatization of criminality that will many positive repercussions for Canadian society including the assimilation of individuals who have paid their debt to society facilitating their transformation to becoming productive members of society with the ultimate beneficiary goal of the elimination of criminal recidivism. Clifton's active community engagement and advocacy at 91��ɫ continues to embolden his academic and civil pursuits as an impactful changemaker.

Keywords: Race, racism, discrimination, oppression, criminality, policing discourse of denial. liberation, freedom, social justice, education, stigmatization, incarceration, recidivism, reconciliation, restorative justice.

Fanny Teissandier

rebsl — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 01:56:07 +0000

I am a Master's student in Social Anthropology, focusing my thesis on the activism of Malian undocumented migrants in the Paris region. My work hopes to shed light on migrants' experiences of state violence and practices of resistance. In particular, I will be studying the political discourses that emerge from migrant collectives, which tie contemporary structures of state racism to France's historical and ongoing colonialism on the African continent. I will also pay close attention to how police repression shapes an urban sensorium that targets migrants and racialized people through technologies of violence such as random police checks, surveillance, verbal and physical harm, and even chemicals (tear gas). My analysis of resistance strategies will similarly highlight the multiple sensory dimensions of migrant activism, notably in the artistic expressions of music, dance and urban art.

Jamie Robinson

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:33:22 +0000

Jamie is an Associate Professor for 91��ɫ’s Theatre, Dance and Performance Department where his research continues to explore inclusive and accessible Theatre for both artists and audiences. He is currently researching a digital & theatrical exploration of pluralism, from an Afro-centric lens. He was co-editor of the Winter 2023 Canadian Theatre Review issue on “Casting practices in Canadian Theatre”, and co-collaborator/moderator for Canadian theatre casting symposiums (2021, 2023, 2025). Directing credits include Canadian Stage’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Toronto’s High Park, and previous Artistic Director of The Guild Festival Theatre in Scarborough, Ontario. Select Theatre acting credits include: A Doll’s House (Canadian Stage), Moonlight Schooner (Necessary Angel), Much Ado About Nothing & Measure for Measure (Canadian Stage in High Park), Risky Phil (Young People’s Theatre. Dora Award Winner, Outstanding Performance), Richard III (Metachroma Theatre. METAward nomination), and four seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, along with numerous film/television roles such as: The Greatest (Amazon/MGM), Brilliant Minds (Warner/NBC), Skymed (Paramount), Condor (AT&T), Believe Me (Showcase), Hudson & Rex (Rogers), Expanse (SyFy), Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury).

Keywords: Theatre, film, pluralism, racism, african, carribean, spanish, andalusia, toronto, diversity, convivencia, religion, jewish, muslim, christian

Melissa McLetchie

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:49:57 +0000

Melissa McLetchie is a doctoral candidate of Caribbean descent in the Department of Sociology. She grew up in the City of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario and for over 20 years has been in a relationship with a man who has a history of imprisonment. Melissa uses her experiences of supporting her incarcerated loved one to guide her academic research. Her unique social location as an insider/outsider to both street culture and academia gives her work a raw and unique perspective into the collateral consequences of imprisonment and the Canadian “justice” system. Melissa recently completed a Mitacs-funded qualitative research study exploring the experiences of women supporting an imprisoned loved one in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.