[ACLA-CAAL] BCSA Open Letter regarding Congress incident

[Wernicke, Meike]

[la version française suit]



Dear Colleagues,



We would like to inform you about an incident that occurred during Congress 2019, involving a member of the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) and two other Congress attendees. The attached BCSA Open Letter includes an account of the incident. The Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences has responded with the following statement: http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences.



Our association is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and we stand against any form of discrimination, racial profiling, and harassment as we wait for an account and further action from the Federation.



ACLA Executive



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Chères/chers collègues,



Nous voudrions vous faire part d'un incident qui s'est déroulé lors du Congrès 2019, impliquant un membre de la Black Canadian Studies Association et deux autres congressistes. La lettre ouverte du BCSA ci-jointe témoigne de l'incident. En réponse, la Fédération des sciences humaines a fait la déclaration suivante : http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ideas-idees.ca%2Fmedia%2Fmedia-releases%2Fstatement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences&data=02%7C01%7C%7C57743cfbb6424592aa5a08d6eac79c94%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636954540381232592&sdata=2VBSwH1h50k%2B55HvMVUxNkHRWeKWJWQstAk59wK9eH8%3D&reserved=0>.



Notre association adhère aux principes d'équité, de diversité et d'inclusion et nous dénonçons toute forme de racisme et de discrimination dans l'attende d'un compte-rendu et d'actions supplémentaires de la part de la Fédération.

Comité de direction de l'ACLA




Meike Wernicke, PhD
Assistant Professor / Professeure adjointe
Department of Language & Literacy Education | Faculty of Education
Musqueam Campus of the University of British Columbia
6445 University Boulevard | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Ponderosa Commons | Office 3145 | Tel: 604-827-2070
meike.wernicke at ubc.ca<mailto:meike.wernicke at ubc.ca> | lled.educ.ubc.ca<http://lled.educ.ubc.ca/>


Communications Officer, Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics
Agente de communication, Association canadienne de linguistique appliquée
www.aclacaal.org<http://www.aclacaal.org/>


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