ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Presents: Healthy Cities – Imagining an Anti-Racist City
What defines a healthy city in 2020? Join ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for a series of expert panels to explore the many factors – from nature and housing to climate and art – that make a healthy city in 2020. This edition of Healthy Cities, titled Imagining an Anti-Racist City, features a panel discussion with three ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ researchers engaged in critical race studies, and Ottawa’s first-ever Black city councillor.
When: Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m.
Where: Online via Zoom
Registration/RSVP Link: /fass/healthy-cities/
Panelists:
Xiaobei Chen (ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
Chen’s current research and community engagement are around anti-Chinese, anti-Asian racism associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daniel McNeil (ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ History Department)
McNeil’s research interests include Black Atlantic studies, cultural criticism and theory; decolonial studies; diaspora studies; immigration and Indigenous and Canadian studies.
Ottawa City Councillor, (Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward)
King was elected the first-ever Black city councillor in a historic by-election held April 2019 for Rideau-Rockcliffe, in the City of Ottawa. In his first year in office, he was successful in securing funding for the city’s Anti-Racism Secretariat. King holds both a Bachelor of Journalism and Law, and a M.A. in Communication from ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´.
Moderator:
Aboubakar Sanogo (ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Film Studies Program)
Sanogo’s research interests include African cinema, Afro-diasporic cinema, documentary film theory, history and aesthetics, world cinema, film preservation and restoration, film archiving and film heritage, colonial cinema, auteurism, postcolonialism, race and cinema and the relationship between film form, history, and theory.
Media Contact
Steven Reid
Media Relations Officer
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
Follow us on Twitter:
COVID-19 Updates:
Related News
President of Finland: Rebalancing the World Order in an Age of Fragmentation
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs will host Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, for a public discussion on global affairs. A day after meeting ...
Scarborough Charter Secretariat Open House
Earlier this year, ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University became home to the Scarborough Charter on Anti‑Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The Secretariat supports a ...
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University Ravens Celebrate Historic Men’s Basketball Win
ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University will be celebrating the historic Ravens men’s basketball team’s 18th U SPORTS national championship with a special event.