i have time conflict that day, but we all want to know and participate, one way or the other. if you go, please bring some notes for me. thanks!
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http://thinknotfear.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/
“Understanding Difference, Challenging Anti-Asian Racism”
Members of UVic and the greater Victoria community are invited to a teach-in organized by an ad hoc group of students, faculty and staff concerning the “‘Too Asian’?” article in the November 11 edition of Maclean’s, http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/10/too-asian/
Date: Wednesday, December 1
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Place: David Strong Building C103, http://www.uvic.ca/buildings/dsb.html
Tentative Program
1. Opening Remarks
2. Students “Talking Back” and Discussion
Students – domestic and international, undergraduate and graduate – will share 5-minute presentations about the Maclean’s article and lived experiences as “Asian” and/or “Canadian,” followed by audience responses.
3. Video Presentation, “An Audio-Visual Analysis of W5 ‘Campus Giveway’” (1980)
Audience will watch clips of a rebuttal to the CTV W5 show in 1979, in which Chinese Canadians were portrayed as stealing the rightful places of the “real” (white) Canadians in postsecondary education. The show sparked a well-known struggle for equality led by the Chinese Canadian National Council.
4. Panel Discussion: “An Open and Responsible Dialogue about Race and Diversity”
Members of UVic and the Greater Victoria community will give 5-minute presentations on topics such as the history of immigration and racism in B.C., recruitment of international students on Canadian campuses, and diversity and equity issues.
5. Concluding Plenary Session: “What can we do next?”
Audience share views of collective vision and goals.