Dear Mr. Hope, I write out of concern for a poster that was approved for posting during the Student Elections last month. The poster was brought to my attention by Faculty members who were offended by it. The poster in question featured a student wearing a replica of a Plains Indigenous headdress, and the tagline… Read More

I’m boning up on my colonial theory as I write my dissertation, and I’ve been thinking more and more about my own relationship to colonialism(s) and how they manifest in Canada. I’ve written, previously, about my hesitation about using the term ‘settler’ without qualifying, locating, historicizing and complicating its use. My fear is that in… Read More