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Chin Banerjee Memorial Lecture on Anti-Racism

Robyn Maynard to deliver the inaugural Lecture titled “Rehearsals for Living”

Join us on 13 October 2022, 7-9 pm, Room 1420-1430, SFU Harbour Centre

The annual Professor Chin Banerjee Memorial Lecture in Anti-Racism, co-hosted by SFU’s Institute for the Humanities, Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation,  West Coast Coalition Against Racism (WCCAR), and South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD), is to commemorate the life, work, and political activism of Professor Chin Banerjee, who passed away on July 29, 2020. Chin leaves behind a legacy of activism in the service of the humankind. He inspired many people to fight for a better world of secular democracy and human rights, and his example and inspiration lives on. This year’s inaugural lecture will be given by Robyn Maynard, influential author of Policing Black Lives. Robyn will be talking about her new book (coauthored by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson), Rehearsals for Living, a captivating book that is part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial between two razor-sharp writers convening on what it means to get free as the world spins into some new orbit.
SPEAKER
Robyn Maynard is an author and scholar based in Toronto, where she holds the position of Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms in Canada in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Toronto-Scarborough.
MODERATOR
Glen Coulthard is Yellowknives Dene and an Associate Professor in the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program and the Departments of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
EVENT DETAILS: Thursday, October 13, 2022
7:00PM–9:00PM, Room 1420–1430
SFU Harbour Centre (registration not required) Learn More
CONTACT: Huyen Pham Communications Coordinator insthum@sfu.ca
The Institute for the Humanities respectfully acknowledges the traditional, unceded and continually occupied territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ ̓ əm (Kwikwetlem) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples.

18 May: Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day

To commemorate the 13th Anniversary of Mullivaikkal, a gathering and candlelight vigil was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 4 to 7 pm on 18 May 2022. Those present paid homage to the thousands who were killed during the height of Tamil Genocide in Mullivaikkal. There were speeches at the event after which people lit candles as a mark of respect for the genocide victims and as a mark of protest; the latter was also pronounced by some people wearing black, simultaneously mourning and protesting. Among other organizations, SANSAD, led by Premrajah Chelliah, stood in solidarity with the #May18 remembrance and protest.

We are thankful to Ajay Bhardwaj for the photographs taken at the Art Gallery today.