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The Institutional Histories: Reckoning with the Past – Reimagining the Future symposium will take place on Jan. 15, 2024.
This symposium is organized by the Office of the Associate Vice President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Laurier as part of the Laurier Legacy Project. The purpose of this symposium is to listen, learn, and engage with research from other postsecondary institutions, and examine how it has informed our understanding of institutions’ histories and legacies. There will also be discussion of how research findings can be mobilized to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion.
This symposium will be held in Zoom webinar format and is open at no charge to all who register.
Panel Abstract: This panel features scholars whose works recovers histories of marginalization, resistance, and activism at postsecondary institutions. The discussion will touch on histories from Wilfrid Laurier University’s archives; stories of eugenics education at the University of Guelph and its impacts on those targeted by eugenics policies in Southern Ontario, and the students who led the Sir George Williams Occupation at Concordia University.
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Panel Abstract: This panel features scholars researching university origins, historical legacies of university namesakes, and how universities in settler colonies acquired the land on which they are situated. This session includes discussions of the legacy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Land Grab Universities in settler colonies; the University of Toronto endowment lands; and the use of funds held in trust for First Nations to bail McGill College out of bankruptcy.
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Panel Abstract: Panelists will discuss how the research findings of scholars examining critical institutional histories can be mobilized towards institutional change that advances equity, diversity, and inclusion at post-secondary educational institutions.
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