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Language and Power

'Race' & Racism: How an Idea Was Given Destructive Power

Natalia L.
What Do We Mean When We Talk About Imperialism?

Beau H.
Sorry Nation - The Age of Apology A Global Industry

Alexis E.
A Brief History Of The Word 'Race'

Basil L.
"Yellow Peril" & "The Model Minority"

Beau H.
Let's Debunk Race!

Grace L
We hear a lot about so-called jihadi terrorism these days... Is it a real threat?

Basil L.
Changing The Narrative

Robin P.
Do Canadians Know Their Own History?

Trent M.
Historicizing Whiteness

Alexis E.
Impact over Intent: The Fact that the Manitoba Act of 1870 is an Unfulfilled Treaty is Important!!

Dev G.
Imperialism & Settler-Colonialism

Charles L.
Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination

Katie A.
Race: Not What You'd Think

Tenaya L.
Messages from Japanese Canadians who Survived Internment

Linda M.H.
Prioritizing Antiracism

Mallory C.
Race: History & Ideas

Caleb H.
Stuart Hall's The West & The Rest

Kailee H
Terra Nullius and the Doctrine of Discovery in New France
The (Alleged) Biological Basis of Racialization And Of The Term 'Race'

Anonymous
The Harm of White Supremacist-Born Stereotypes, Exclusions, & Representations

Natalia L.
The Ongoing GRIP of Colonialism in our Language & Knowledge

Natalia L.
Understanding Settler Colonialism: The Importance of Deconstructing the Settler and What to do with this Knowledge

Dev G.
Whiteness Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty

Jayden W.
Racialization as a Social Process / Race: The History of an Idea

Jill P.
Canada's Reconciliation Fantasy

Alicia P.
Rethinking Definitions of Racism

Sydnie L
How White Canadians Created Drug Legislation Through Moral Panic and Racialization

Linda M.H.
The Discourse of Race in White Supremacist Society

Taelor B.
Antisemitism

Alexa N.
Haa-huu-pah: Where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission falls short

Bronwyn C.
The Unchallenged Assumptions of Modern Treaty-Making

Bronwyn C.
Understanding Gendered & Racialized Power & Oppression at Red River: Foss Vs Pelly

Maddi B.