Statement RE: School of Social Work
January 31
Today the School of Social Work, in collaboration with the Ryerson
University Social Work Students’ Union – SWSU, is
hosting the first part of their Racism Talks Series. So let’s talk. Let’s talk about
the fact the School of Social Work deliberately excluded the Black Liberation
Collective and Indigenous Students Rising to form this partnership with the
Students’ Union; a space that is notably respectable in its politics and work. Let’s
talk about how this Series comes off the activism of Black and Indigenous students
who fought last year to address anti-Black and anti-Native racism within the
School.
The School of Social Work cites this Series a way to move forward, yet they do this
without including the very students who demanded they make a move in the first
place. So we hope at this Series the School of Social Work actually addresses their
anti-Black and anti-Native racism. To those attending, thinking of attending, and
presenting at these events we feel it important for you to know what this these
talks really are.
