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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA">[la version française suit] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">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:
<a href="http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences">
http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">ACLA Executive<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Chères/chers collègues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA">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 :
</span><a href="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" target="_blank"><span lang="FR-CA">http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/statement-federation-humanities-and-social-sciences</span></a><span lang="FR-CA">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="FR-CA">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Comité de direction de l’ACLA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Meike Wernicke,
</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Assistant Professor / Professeure adjointe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel: 604-827-2070</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#003366;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Communications Officer, Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060">Agente de communication, Association canadienne de linguistique appliquée<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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