CIARS in Conversation Podcast Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:03 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1327386 en-ca © 2026 CIARS in Conversation Podcast yes a334ec90-91f9-52ab-9479-9532e3eabef2 CIARS episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) CIARS https://storage.buzzsprout.com/08se2aasbvoghyc7b6qdxybpv7nc?.jpg CIARS in Conversation Podcast CIARS in Conversation Ep. 2 Anti-Muslim Racism Beyond Islamophobia: Examining the intersections of Anti-Blackness and Anti-Muslim Racism CIARS in Conversation Ep. 2 Anti-Muslim Racism Beyond Islamophobia: Examining the intersections of Anti-Blackness and Anti-Muslim Racism Anti-Muslim racism has had a sustained presence pre-dating September 11th, 2001, with heightened discrimination afterward, fueled by ongoing refugee crises, cultural imperialism, and the global ‘War on Terror.’ In its current form, anti-Muslim racism continues to intersect with multiple identity markers both within the Muslim community and across the political landscape of fear. With unprecedented public attention toward followers of Islam through media coverage and policies promoting religious repression, gendered and racialized Muslims are disproportionately affected by police violence and repressive “counter-terrorism” surveillance models.

This month’s CIARS In Conversation engages in key conversations pertaining to:

  • Examining the multiple and intersectional nature of Muslim identities, alongside the role Islam takes in shaping discourses, social change, and daily practices.
  • Understanding and addressing the historical and present-day manifestations of anti-Muslim racism within national and international geo-spaces.
  • Unpacking the compounding experiences of being Muslim and Black and how this speaks to the intersections of anti-Muslim racism and anti-Blackness resulting in the absentation of Muslim Black communities.
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This month’s CIARS In Conversation engages in key conversations pertaining to:

  • Examining the multiple and intersectional nature of Muslim identities, alongside the role Islam takes in shaping discourses, social change, and daily practices.
  • Understanding and addressing the historical and present-day manifestations of anti-Muslim racism within national and international geo-spaces.
  • Unpacking the compounding experiences of being Muslim and Black and how this speaks to the intersections of anti-Muslim racism and anti-Blackness resulting in the absentation of Muslim Black communities.
]]> CIARS Buzzsprout-6360205 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0400 6857 1 2 full false CIARS in Conversation Ep. 1 Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Schooling and Education CIARS in Conversation Ep. 1 Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Schooling and Education COVID-19 has exacerbated longstanding systemic injustices as highlighted by Black and racialized communities being further exposed and disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. With the return to school, neighbourhoods more highly impacted by COVID-19 tend to be the ones with more frontline workers who are not left with many ‘choices’ regarding their children’s educational options. 

 Moreover, the brutal murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor marked a resurgence of global uprisings. Canada is not immune to police brutality, and folks resisted systemic anti-Black racism with calls to defund and abolish police after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet and countless others. Educational activists, scholars and leaders have also long called for the dismantling of anti-Black racism from the education system which leads to the school-to-prison pipeline and disproportionate schooling outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and racialized students. 

The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies is proud to introduce a renowned group of speakers and moderators:

 Phiona Lloyd-Henry | Educator and Vice Principle, Peel District School Board; Former Instructional Coordinator for Equity and Inclusion Education and Coordinator, We Rise Together Action Plan

Nigel Barriffe | Executive Officer, Elementary Teachers of Toronto, President of Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Board Member, Canadian Anti- Hate Network and Organizer, Ontario Education Workers United

Anna-Kay Brown | Co-chair, Jane Finch Education Action Group, mother and community organizer

Co-Moderator: Janelle Brady | Anti-Racist Educator, Activist Researcher and Community Organizer, OISE U of T P.h.D Student and CIARS Coordinator

Co-Moderator: Julie Usih | Social Justice Education, OISE U of T M.A. Student

We upload a new episode every month! Find out more by following us on our social media!
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]]> COVID-19 has exacerbated longstanding systemic injustices as highlighted by Black and racialized communities being further exposed and disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. With the return to school, neighbourhoods more highly impacted by COVID-19 tend to be the ones with more frontline workers who are not left with many ‘choices’ regarding their children’s educational options. 

 Moreover, the brutal murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor marked a resurgence of global uprisings. Canada is not immune to police brutality, and folks resisted systemic anti-Black racism with calls to defund and abolish police after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet and countless others. Educational activists, scholars and leaders have also long called for the dismantling of anti-Black racism from the education system which leads to the school-to-prison pipeline and disproportionate schooling outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and racialized students. 

The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies is proud to introduce a renowned group of speakers and moderators:

 Phiona Lloyd-Henry | Educator and Vice Principle, Peel District School Board; Former Instructional Coordinator for Equity and Inclusion Education and Coordinator, We Rise Together Action Plan

Nigel Barriffe | Executive Officer, Elementary Teachers of Toronto, President of Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Board Member, Canadian Anti- Hate Network and Organizer, Ontario Education Workers United

Anna-Kay Brown | Co-chair, Jane Finch Education Action Group, mother and community organizer

Co-Moderator: Janelle Brady | Anti-Racist Educator, Activist Researcher and Community Organizer, OISE U of T P.h.D Student and CIARS Coordinator

Co-Moderator: Julie Usih | Social Justice Education, OISE U of T M.A. Student

We upload a new episode every month! Find out more by following us on our social media!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OISECIARS
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OISECIARS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciars_uoft/
Website: https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ciars/



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