Contextualizing Waterloo: Gender-Based Violence and White Supremacy on Campus and Beyond (October 5th, 2023)

A Studies in National and International Development presentation by Dr. Barbara Perry and Dr. Shana MacDonald

The stabbing of a faculty member and two students in a gender issues class at the University of Waterloo in the summer of 2023 has brought renewed urgency to anti-violence work on campus. This panel brings together experts in white supremacy and feminist media studies to situate the attack within the broader rise of the far right in Canada, emphasizing how central attacks on feminist, queer, and trans people are to this movement. This episode features an interactive session focused on understanding the context in which we find ourselves and the opportunities to mobilize for change.