News & Posts

3 June 2020
Press Release: Black Lives Matter

Resource Centre for the Arts (LSPU Hall) stands in solidarity with Black communities and all marginalized communities who are facing systemic racism

June 25 2020
Promoting Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism in Businesses and Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

Diversity Summit 2020

Jude Benoit, Sobia Shaikh
This online event is a pan-provincial forum designed to explore the contribution that diversity plays in supporting the sustainability of businesses and communities throughout the province. The Event will be streamed live on Rogers.
23 March 2020

An Open Letter to Our Governments on COVID-19

In all responses to COVID-19 we must prioritize those who are most physiologically and socially vulnerable to this virus and the social response to it.
15 February 2020

Addressing Islamophobia and Racism

Jennifer Selby, Sobia Shaikh, and Delores Mullings
Selby and Shaikh, “Squeezing through the Cracks: Anti-racism in NL Politics," and Mullings, "Connection the dots : Linking white Canadian politicians to the Islamophobic and anti-Black racist discourse."
13 January 2019
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From St. John’s to B.C.: Rallies show support for arrested Indigenous activists

Sobia Shaikh, Kerri Claire, Meghan Hollett,
Peaceful protests held in support of 14 land defenders and elders arrested at anti-pipeline blockade in western Canada