Interview guest Amir Al-Azraki, the coordinator of Studies in Islamic and Arab cultures and professor of Arabic language, literature and culture at Renison University College, discusses Islamophobia after a motorist hit and killed several members of a Muslim family. Waterloo jumps 17 spots overall in the QS World University Rankings, an annual publication that ranks more than 1,300 institutions worldwide. Six convocation ceremonies will take place online over two days this week. And Waterloo marks National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Links in this episode:
QS rankings: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021
Spring convocation 2021: https://uwaterloo.ca/convocation/
National Indigenous Peoples Day:https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/indigenousinitiatives/indigenous-history-month#knowledge-building
Iskwē: https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/iskwe-kws
Deantha Edmunds: https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/events/lunchtime-performance-deantha-edmunds-canadas-first-and-only
CJPME Stats on Islamophobia in Canada: https://www.cjpme.org/islamophobia
Int'l Civil Liberties Monitoring Group report on Islamophobia in Canada: https://asia.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2021/06/Noor-ICLMG-ISSA.pdf
