This letter originally appears in a text about decolonizing academia published in Dec 2018 by Clelia O. Rodriquez’s “Decolonizing academia: Poverty, pain, and oppression” (p. 119). Published by Fernwood Publishing. Dear white administrators in academia: You, as the sole protectors of intellectual property, are claiming politics of diversity in a built-in, impenetrable, and dismissive apparatus…
Tag: INEQUALITY
Move along: Outsiders telling the stories of Others (micro-documentary)
Directed and produced by: Dallas Hauck and Elaine Laberge
Preface: Pushing privileged pillars in Canadian higher education
By Elaine Laberge I have nothing to protect me: no armour, healthy bank account, powerful allies, dedicated mentors, or map to traverse hostile academic landscapes. I don’t know where all the dangers lie or what lies in wait should I transgress. That is, beyond being outed and ousted from academia. Beyond being sidelined, tossed away, devalued, disowned, Othered,…
Dr. Elaine J Laberge 