ONLINE: EQ203: Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression Workshop

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Who: Students, Faculty and Staff

What: This foundational workshop introduces participants to the power dynamics of racial and colonial oppression situated within a Canadian and global context. Learners of all walks discover the language of social justice, and explore models to create more equitable communities. Individual activities, group exercises, and discussions allow us to examine decolonizing, intersectionality, positionality, privilege and oppression in Canadian cultural, political and historical contexts. The session will also provide context and examples of racism and anti-racist interventions within post secondary institutions in Canada. Participants explore internalized, interpersonal and institutional racism. The frameworks, attitudes and values of anti-racism are central to the workshop. Participants are encouraged to continue continue their learning journey beyond the scope of the session with provided digital and print resources.

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop a working understanding of intersectionality
  • Learn skills for self reflection, and interpersonal accountability
  • Understand the fundamentals of anti-oppressive practice and anti-racism
  • Gain an understanding of the intergenerational impact of racism and colonialism
  • Learn key attitudes for practicing anti-racism
  • Learn to reflect on assumptions, attitudes and behaviours
  • Learn to ask questions that foster learning and address biases
  • Understand and interrogate the dynamics that shape their lives in relation to others
  • Learn strategies and solutions to addressing internalized, interpersonal and institutional oppressions
  • Gain an understanding of the language surrounding anti-racism to facilitate independent learning
  • Reflect on practical implications of anti-racism in personal and professional lives

Online, 3-hour workshop in a small group setting

This workshop will be facilitated by Rania El Mugammar. Rania is a Sudanese Canadian Artist, Arts Educator, Equity, Anti-oppression, Liberation and Meaningful Inclusion Educator and Consultant, performer, speaker and published writer.
Rania is an experienced anti-oppression, equity, inclusion and liberation educator and consultant who is unflinchingly committed to decolonization and freedom as the ultimate goals of her work.