A Scholar Strike for Black Lives in Canada is taking place on Sept 9th & 10th, 2020. For these two days, organizers are encouraging academics and all university/education workers to pause teaching and all administrative duties. They have used this time to organize public digital teach-ins on police brutality and violence in our communities from both historical and contemporary perspectives that are available to everyone.
Scholar Strike organizers recognize the precarious labour status of workers in Canada, and they invite university workers to participate in this labour action as much as they are able to engage. They understand that some will not be able to participate fully, but there are many ways to engage with this protest, from amplifying the message on social media to using the digital public teach-ins during class time.
Acknowledging that Canada’s university and college campuses stand on the ancestral and traditional territories of Indigenous peoples, they are making these calls to action in the spirit of our collective commitment to work towards liberating Black, Indigenous and transnational frameworks and knowledges, while actively working for a liberated global future.
Please visit the website for more detailed information, program summary, and ways you can get involved: www.scholarstrikecanada.ca
Please visit the Facebook event page for listing of available digital teachings/classes: Facebook event here.