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Updates from the TRUSU Equity Committee

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The Ongoing Harms of Residential Schools

March 31, 2021April 19, 2021 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism

Perched on the side of the number 5 highway, just a few minutes’ drive from the Thompson Rivers University campus sits the Kamloops Indian Residential School. This school represents 1 Continue reading →

centering race in social justice movements

Centering Race in Social Justice Movements 

March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism

Racial injustice is deeply woven into the fabric of society including movements to build social justice for other marginalized communities. Black, brown, Asian, Indigenous, and other racialized communities are often Continue reading →

Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccine Hesitancy In Racialized Communities 

March 4, 2021March 6, 2021 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism, Systematic Racism

Fear and distrust of the medical system is one of the main reasons why many people are hesitant to be vaccinated against diseases. While much of this vaccine hesitancy is Continue reading →

Anti-Chinese Racism

Chinese Canadians Aren’t “New” – They Helped Found Our Province

February 18, 2021April 19, 2021 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism

Anti-Chinese racism is on the rise during the COVID pandemic, but this discrimination is unfortunately not a new phenomenon – it’s deeply rooted in our history and the very creation Continue reading →

Racism in Facial Recognition

Systemic Racism In Our Pockets

January 26, 2021February 9, 2021 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism, Systematic Racism

Every day millions of people unlock their phones with facial recognition software – but what happens when that software fails? For many black, brown, Asian, Indigenous, and other racialized people, Continue reading →

Amnesty

Fighting for Global Human Rights: Fall 2020

December 22, 2020February 9, 2021 Posted in Equity, NewsTagged Urgent Actions

Defending human rights and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly regardless of who they are, what they look like, or what they believe is a fundamental value of the TRU Continue reading →

Sparking Community Equity Conversations 

October 31, 2020November 25, 2020 Posted in Equity, News

The TRUSU Equity Committee wants YOU to book a digital training with us for your campus or community organization! After being launched this Fall, the committee has engaged over 100 Continue reading →

Pride @Home Showcase

October 20, 2020November 24, 2020 Posted in Equity, NewsTagged Pride, Pride at Home, Pride Parade

For the past 9 years, the TRUSU Equity Committee has hosted the annual TRUSU Pride Parade to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and to publicly claim Thompson Rivers University as a Continue reading →

Pride at Home Participation Ideas

Pride @ Home Participation Ideas

September 23, 2020October 21, 2020 Posted in Equity, NewsTagged Pride

You’re invited to help publicly claim Thompson Rivers University as a space that welcomes and respects the LGBTQ+ community to live, work, and study! We will be gathering community submissions Continue reading →

9th Annual TRUSU Pride Goes Virtual!

September 23, 2020October 21, 2020 Posted in Equity, News

The 9th Annual TRUSU Pride Parade has been transformed into a digital celebration of the queer history of pride that started with the 1969 Stonewall riots, a space to celebrate Continue reading →

Amnesty

Fighting for Global Human Rights: Summer 2020 

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Posted in EquityTagged Urgent Actions

Defending human rights and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly regardless of who they are, what they look like, or what they believe is a fundamental value of the TRU Continue reading →

TRU Anti-Racism Task Force

Join TRU’s Anti-Racism Task Force! 

July 28, 2020October 21, 2020 Posted in EquityTagged Anti-Racism

Recent and long-standing issues of racial discrimination have focused TRU’s attention on the inequitable treatment of black, brown, Indigenous, Asian, and other racialized communities. Community institutions like TRU have a responsibility Continue reading →

Period Promise Donations at TRU

Donate to Period Promise at TRU

March 5, 2020March 26, 2020 Posted in Equity, NewsTagged Period Promise

Nobody should have to pick between feeding their family and being able to afford basic hygiene products. But nearly 1 in 4 Canadian women have struggled to buy period products Continue reading →

Greetings Around The World

September 3, 2019November 22, 2019 Posted in Equity, News

Welcome to TRU! Whether you’re a first-year and experiencing campus for the first time or a fourth-year in your last school semester, the TRUSU Equity Committee is pleased to see Continue reading →

Women of TRU

What We Heard: Women of TRU Project

March 27, 2019June 6, 2019 Posted in Equity, News

Starting on January 16, 2019 the TRUSU Equity Committee launched the Women of TRU project to raise awareness about gender issues in academia or on campus and to provide a Continue reading →

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