Embracing Diverse Realities

What I see is different from what you see!

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  • Karine Coen-Sanchez

Keywords:

anti-Black racism, Canadian higher education, critical consciousness, educational transformation, intersectional identities, polite racism, racialized experiences, systemic barriers

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Karine Coen-Sanchez

Karine Coen-Sanchez is a Doctoral Candidate in Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include Experiential Education, Place-based Learning, Civics Education, Youth Engagement and Activism and Interdisciplinary Learning. An engaged activist, organizer, and scholar, Coen-Sanchez has worked tirelessly to forge relationships and initiate systemic change among Black and racialized graduate students in Canada. She has steered numerous anti-racism initiatives on her home campus as well as on a national stage, including stakeholder mobilization efforts, the development of institutional diversity and inclusivity statements, and the hosting of community-building events. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Advisory Committee to Address Anti-Black Racism.

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Bonilla-Silva, E. 2006. Racism without Racists: Color-blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Coen-Sanchez, Karine. 2020. “I can’t breathe: feeling suffocated by the polite racism in Canada’s graduate schools.” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/i-cant-breathe-feeling-suffocated-by-the-polite-racism-in-canadas-graduate-schools/

Coen-Sanchez, Karine. 2023a. “How EDI policies are failing international students” https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/how-edi-policies-are-failing-international-students/

Coen-Sanchez, Karine. 2023b. “Not all educators are Teachers.” https://troymedia.com/education/not-all-educators-are-teachers/

Desmond, M., and M. Emirbayer. 2009. “What is racial domination?” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 6(2), 335–55.

Holt, T. 2002. The Problem of Race in the 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Kymlicka, W. 1995. The Rights of Minority Cultures. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Scarborough Charter on anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education: Principles, Actions, and Accountabilities. 2021. National Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities. https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/

Tatum, B. D. 2017. “‘Why Are All the Black Kids Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?’ and Other Conversations about Race in the Twenty-First Century.” Liberal Education, 103(3-4).

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Published

2024-09-25

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 1 (2024): Dialogues and Reflections: The Scarborough Charter

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Reflections and Commentary

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