February is Black History Month in Canada and across the world. The theme for 2025 is “Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations.” At a time when long-overdue equity initiatives are already coming under direct threat from various quarters, including within the post-secondary sector, it is essential to celebrate our diversity, to …
September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and is also Orange Shirt Day. This day is both important and difficult, as a time for remembering Indigenous children and families harmed by Canada’s residential school system, for recognizing the continued effects of settler colonialism and intergenerational trauma, and for reacting by taking meaningful action. …
ULFA statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day Read More »
On this International Women’s Day, ULFA would like to recognize the considerable work done by the women who work at our University. As our colleagues at SNAC+ (the Support Network for Academics and Students of Colour + Allies) recently made clear, labour issues are equity issues. Like other forms of labour, academic labour is gendered …
There are no words adequate to express the horror and sadness of the discovery last week of the remains of two hundred and fifteen missing Indigenous children in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory.
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