PODCAST: What does real safety on campus mean?

In the aftermath of a violent attack at the University of Waterloo, a report and a group conversation about the possibility (or impossibility) of safety on campus and beyond

A photo of the University of Waterloo campus featured on the school’s website

In this episode:

  • A conversation with Alicia Wang, a reporter and senior editor at Imprint, the official campus newspaper at the University of Waterloo, who has been covering last week’s attack and its aftermath.

  • A chat with five people connected to Waterloo Region, the University of Waterloo, women and gender studies, and Indigenous and Queer movements:

    -Ruth Cameron, African Caribbean and Black (ACB) Network of Waterloo Region

    -Fitsum Areguy, AIDS Committee of Cambridge Kitchener Waterloo & Area (ACCKWA)

    -Ann Marie Beals, Land Back Camp, ACB Network of Waterloo Region

    -Beverly Bain, Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of Toronto

    -Amy Smoke, Land Back Camp, sessional instructor at University of Waterloo

Some relevant links/resources related to this episode:

Open Statement of Solidarity with Professor and Students Targeted in Violent Attack at the University of Waterloo

Stabbing at Hagey Hall — Imprint (University of Waterloo student newspaper)

Gender Studies: Foundations and Key Concepts — Jstor

Land Back Camp

African Caribbean and Black Network of Waterloo Region

Scholars Strike Canada

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