{"id":7179,"date":"2021-04-21T10:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:24:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:24:33","slug":"anti-racism-and-solidarity-in-teaching-practice-workshop-now-open-to-all-lfs-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-7179","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Racism and Solidarity in Teaching Practice Workshop (now open to all LFS Graduate Students)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear LFS Graduate Students,<\/p>\n<p>As you might be aware we are undoubtedly living in trying times: in addition to the unprecedented\u00a0challenges of Covid-19, it is unfortunate that some members of our societies have been recently experiencing heightened\u00a0racism and oppression resulting in what some researchers are calling the &#8220;double pandemic&#8221;. However, racism\u00a0against various ethnic or minority groups is not new: it is a historical, long-standing social problem that permeates and threatens the fabric of our societies. To date, a lot still remains to be done to address this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>As an LFS TA or graduate student, have you ever wondered how racism relates to teaching and learning? Are you well-equipped to appropriately respond to such issues? To further reflect and learn more, please join us at the next session on:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anti-Racism and Solidarity in Teaching Practice Workshop\u00a0(for LFS TAs)<br \/>\nNow open to all LFS Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mon, Apr 26 (10 AM &#8211; 12\u00a0PM PDT)<\/p>\n<p>via Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Register here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/LFSTA_AntiRacism\"><strong>http:\/\/bit.ly\/LFSTA_AntiRacism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facilitator: Colin Dring, ISLFS<br \/>\nLearning Objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guided reflection on participants&#8217; own roles and fears as educators, and develop an introductory understanding of concepts such as anti-racism, privilege, allyship, and solidarity especially in the context of online teaching and learning;<\/li>\n<li>Identification and intensive unpacking of harmful phrases that can lead to further marginalization of racialized or excluded students;<\/li>\n<li>Introduction of teaching strategies, practical tools, and relevant resources for anti-racist teaching practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>LFS TA Coordinators (Tebby and Lennie)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear LFS Graduate Students, As you might be aware we are undoubtedly living in trying times: in addition to the unprecedented\u00a0challenges of Covid-19, it is unfortunate that some members of our societies have been recently experiencing heightened\u00a0racism and oppression resulting in what some researchers are calling the &#8220;double pandemic&#8221;. However, racism\u00a0against various ethnic or minority&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7180,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions\/7180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}