Open letter to UofT VP Goel re: Promoting research funding from the Vale mega-mining company and other unethical corporate sources

April 21, 2020 Dear Vice-President Goel: We write with regard to the University of Toronto’s recent circulation of mining TNC Vale’s COVID-19 Challenge research funding invitation. Recognizing that the novel coronavirus is having an unprecedented public health, social, political, and economic impact globally and in Canada – and that there are urgent and ongoing needsContinue reading “Open letter to UofT VP Goel re: Promoting research funding from the Vale mega-mining company and other unethical corporate sources”

The List statement on anti-Blackness at the University of Toronto

U of T Faculty & Librarians, sign the statement here. In the wake of the latest episodes of lethal anti-Black police violence – the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and D’Andre Campbell – The List stands in solidarity with Black faculty, staff and students, and communities in this city andContinue reading “The List statement on anti-Blackness at the University of Toronto”

Supporting U of T staff in an era of Covid-19

Dear friends – please consider signing this important and time sensitive letter by FRIDAY APRIL 3RD @ NOON. Please also circulate widely through your networks. Many thanks! SIGN HERE! https://forms.gle/yrJdgMFnUz5pNYkRA March 31, 2020 Open Letter to President Gertler re: Supporting our staff in an era of Covid-19 Dear President Gertler, We write with regard to the COVID-19 crisisContinue reading “Supporting U of T staff in an era of Covid-19”

THE LIST Presents – Screening Surveillance October 24, 6:30-9:30pm @ Innis Town Hall

Screening Surveillance, a short film series that uses near future fiction storytelling based on research to highlight potential social and privacy issues that arise as a result of big data surveillance. We will be screening all three short films (15 min each) followed by a discussion with the series producer, sava saheli singh, and theContinue reading “THE LIST Presents – Screening Surveillance October 24, 6:30-9:30pm @ Innis Town Hall”