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SO THE FORUM WAS GREAT, STUDENTS ATTENDING HAD MUCH TO SAY AND THE CFS AND SFUO GATHERED A LOT OF INTERESTING INFORMATION AND TESTIMONIES.
COME TO THE FORUM : PART II, IN THE TERMINUS (2nd floor, UCU) FROM 6PM TO 8PM, ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 18TH!
Why?
In August 2008, at the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario general assembly, representatives of over 300,000 college and university students voted to strike a Task Force on Campus Racism. This campaign of the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario follows the 2006-07 Task Force on the Needs of Muslim Students which identified not only incidents of Islamophobia but also racism and other forms of discrimination on college and university campuses across Ontario.
The CFS-Ontario Task Force will be at our Town Hall event on March 4th, and across the province, to take statements from racialized students, faculty and staff of the University of Ottawa about their experiences on campus and possible solutions to racism. Participants’ statements can range from individual incidents to experiences of and perceptions about systemic racism in all aspects of the college and university experience.
Following these hearings the Task Force will prepare a report which states the main issues and problems, making recommendations for the university and various institutional and governmental agencies.
CFS Ontario Task Force website
