Why South Africa is still so segregated
A good overview of apartheid in South Africa from Vox – when it started and its legacy today.
In the Gutter and Other Good Places
The 1993 documentary, In the Gutter and Other Good Places, by filmmaker Christine Richey is about bottle-pickers in Calgary. The film is a wonderful example of how one can change their views [...]
Intimate Partner Violence
Statistics Canada released 3 new reports on IPV in Canada. Here.
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Check out the details on the AACS and their annual conference in Louisville, KY – lots of ways for students to participate (here). If the world is travelling by then, you should consider going.
Lots of great resources for LGBTQ+ on Vancouver Island
The Chair in Transgender Studies at UVic is proud to host this resource and information site for Trans, Nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and other gender-diverse people and their allies on Vancouver Island.
Where women go missing in Canada – VPRO Documentary
VPRO is a Dutch public broadcaster. Documentary is here. From the description: In Canada, indigenous women are six times more likely to die violently than white women. The Highway of Tears is an [...]
What is Queer Ecology: Is Nature Queer?
A great YouTube series by the CBC. Another great resource called “Making space for LGBTQ+ and wildlife communities in urban spaces”.
For too many girls, teenage years are a time of unwanted attention from older men
A really important article in the Guardian. The attached videos are difficult, but important, to watch.
Bystander Training
Ihollaback.org a great organization. I just finished the Bystander Training (only takes an hour) very, helpful and well worth it.
How the global steel industry is cutting out coal
In a great article in the Narwhal, Sharon J. Riley reviews how steel companies are starting, too slowly for some perhaps, to think of the environmental costs to their operations.