Description

Situated squarely within a post-George Floyd moment – where we were traumatized and the ugly face of systemic racism stared us in the face – this presentation asks: what is the work anti-racism? In this junctural moment, I will argue, the work of anti-racism crosses three distinct yet interrelated areas. The primary work of anti-racism, I first contend, is to enable people to critically situate themselves in time and space and at the same time question the adequacy of that location; second, to fully humanize ourselves and others; third and finally, to open cracks so that a better, environmentally friendly, peaceful, wide-awake and fully conscious future is brought into existence. These three areas have direct implications for the work of the Air Canada Professor on Anti-racism, in the context of teaching and learning within the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education and beyond.    

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Awad Ibrahim

Full professor and recipient of the Air Canada professorship on anti-racism

Awad Ibrahim is a Curriculum Theorist with special interest in economy of hospitality (Derrida), cultural studies, Hip-Hop, youth and Black popular culture, social foundations (i.e., philosophy, history and sociology of education), social justice and community service learning, diasporic and continental African identities, ethnography and applied linguistics. He has researched and published widely in these areas. Professor Ibrahim obtained his PhD from OISE, the University of Toronto, and has been with the Faculty of Education of the University of Ottawa since 2007. 

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Date and time
Nov 2, 2022
All day
Format and location
Alex Trebek Alumni Hall (ATK)
Bimodal: Zoom and Alex Trebek Alumni Hall
Language
Bilingual : French and English
Audience