diversity statements
land acknowledgments
health and safety policies

These are some of the things that universities conveniently ignore when they want to stop student protests against genocide.

Nativeness and nonnativeness in English usually operate as linguistic categories for whiteness and nonwhiteness, respectively.

You do not need to explain your cause to someone who is dedicated to misunderstanding your cause.

Sadly, many workplaces conceptualize anti-racism as the hiding of racism rather than the elimination of it.

It is funny how those who subscribe to a referentialist language ideology, which posits that language is a straightforward carrier of meaning, now believe that phrases like 'ceasefire now' somehow communicate a message of violence.

Leadership in organizations is like, 'We value diversity, but you need to change your accent if you want to advance in your career.'

There cannot be selective anti-colonialism.

You are either against all colonialism or not.

The question is not whether education should or should not be political.

The real question is why education *must be* political.

This is one of the best explanations I’ve seen online about the ongoing conflict in Congo, please have a watch.

Intersecting research with international students with the genocide in Gaza

A new post from me and Dr Sylvie Lomer on our Research with International Students website

researchintlstudents.com/2024/05/09/int…

Weaponizing one type of oppression to delegitimize another type of oppression is so laughable, but also dangerous.

If the neoliberal university treats students as customers and these students are critiquing how the university financially operates, then it must realize that the 'customer is always right.'

Organizational commitments to DEI come to an end when DEI interferes with the economic interests of organizations.

'I don't have an accent,' said the person who is privileged enough to have never experienced accent discrimination.

The oppressed do not need to be resilient.
The oppressor needs to stop oppressing.

If you are still saying “war” and “conflict,” please note that they are actually pronounced as “genocide.”

Like racism in general, linguistic racism affects racialized groups in different ways.

While the language practices of some groups are deemed 'deficient,' those of other groups may be classified as 'exotic,' 'funny,' and so on.

Listening can be just as performative as it is about truly learning about people's perspectives and concerns.

Those in power might say that they are 'listening and learning' and then do absolutely nothing.

Successful day 1 for UofT students, and incredible solidarity from our community.