The Jack Layton Chair seeks to advance Jack’s legacy of humanitarian leadership by promoting progressive social change and strengthening political capacity at ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥. The Chair aims to help students explore their sense of engagement in justice issues and is a collaborative partnership between the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Community Services.
We are committed to anti-racism
The Jack Layton Chair condemns the racist, colonial and neoliberal brutality wrought on Black, Chinese/Asian and Indigenous peoples. We call for an end to institutionalized and interpersonal violence against Black, Chinese/Asian and Indigenous peoples within the educational system and other governing institutions. It is past time to break down and reconstruct social, institutional, and systemic barriers that prevent Black, Chinese/Asian and Indigenous peoples from thriving. We are committed to the fight against anti-Black, anti-Chinese/Asian and anti-Indigenous racism and will work in solidarity until liberation.