In this recent podcast episode recorded live at London Public Library, anti-racism activist Rowa Mohamed discusses Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality.
Rowa Mohamed recently graduated with a degree in health sciences from Western University. She is highly invested in many social justice and anti-racism efforts in city — a community provocateur with a passion for equality.
CRHESI co-coordinator James Shelley is facilitating a series of live community conversation events at the London Public Library. Over the next few weeks, topics directly explore issues of equity and inclusion. These events are terrific opportunities to connect with fellow experts within the CRHESI ecosystem and to listen and learn from the London community at large.
Gerda Zonruiter
What is the Cost of Poverty in London?
Monday, March 13, 2017, 7:00pm at Central Library (Full details)
Gerda Zonruiter (@gerda_zonruiter) is currently developing a big research question: what is the ‘price tag’ of poverty for the London community? Join us for a conversation about the inspiration and intent behind the study, and to explore the various methodological and value questions raised by such an analysis.
Javeed Sukhera
Trauma-Informed Thinking for Everyone
Monday, March 20, 2017, 7:00pm at Central Library (Full Details)
In working with individuals arriving in London from Syria, Javeed Sukhera (@javeedsukhera) has recently had countless conversations with people who have endured refugee camps, witnessed violence or murder, lost their families, experienced torture, or faced sexual assault. He argues that to effectively help one another, we need to be acutely aware of how trauma affects human psychology and physiology.
Abe Oudshoorn
Are We Actually Moving the Needle on Poverty?
Monday, March 27, 2017, 7:00pm at Central Library (Full Details)
Abe Oudshoorn (@abeoudshoorn) discusses poverty reduction efforts in London from a high level of analysis. For all the reports and programs we fund as a society, are we getting an adequate return on our investment? Do we have a ‘poverty industrial complex’? As tax payers and charity givers, we spend millions of dollars to address poverty… But does it all really make any difference?
Jacqueline Specht
Human Rights in Education: Do we really mean all students?
Monday, April 3, 2017, 7:00pm at Central Library (Full Details)
Jacqueline Specht joins us to take a critical look at the strategy employed to structure school classrooms in Ontario compared to other Provinces. If a student cannot be denied the right to participate in a classroom on the basis of their gender, race, or culture, Jacqueline argues that our approach to segregating students with disabilities is a violation of their basic human rights.
We hope you will be able to join us for some or all of these conversations. However, if you can’t make it, be sure to tune in and follow along on the new CRHESI Podcast (also available on iTunes)
These knowledge-sharing events are open to the public. Know someone else who might be interested in coming? Invite them along or forward this email to them.
In this podcast episode, CRHESI coordinator James Shelley talks to Matt Ross about understanding local high school graduation rates. Ross, co-founder of the London Youth Advisory Council, was recently the data lead on a report investigating the barriers to high school completion. The report was funded by London’s Child and Youth Network.
Homes4Women London is a two year pilot project to provide housing for women in London who are experiencing homelessness.
Homes4Women is funded by the London Community Foundation. The program delivery partners are Women’s Community House, Canadian Mental Health Association – Middlesex: My Sister’s Place, and the Healthzone Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic. Program evaluation funded by Women’s Community College: Women’s Xchange.
Extended knowledge translation support for this project is provided by the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion. Watch some brief evaluation video snippets and browse an interactive photovoice installation here: crhesi.ca/videos/homes4women/
Through a series of concurrent research initiatives and evaluation analysis, this pilot project yielded meaningful knowledge for better understanding and addressing the barriers that women specifically face in accessing adequate housing. The project also raised important issues for implementing Housing First strategy with a gendered lens.
Everyone with an interest in looking at secondary education with an equity and inclusion lens is invited to join CRHESI coordinator James Shelley in conversation with Matt Ross (founder of the London Youth Advisory Council) at the London Public Library on Monday, February 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Matt Ross (@mattasross) was data lead on a 2016 research project to understand London’s high school graduation rates. He joins us to talk about the complexity and nuance of understanding graduation rates, and what the research has taught him about the challenges and opportunities facing students today. The research suggests that using graduation rates as a sole parameter for educational success fails to capture important dimensions of why the system doesn’t work for some students.
See website for full event details. This event is hosted in collaboration with the Central Conversations series at the London Public Library.
