{"id":357856,"date":"2021-12-02T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/?page_id=357856"},"modified":"2023-01-25T23:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T04:35:34","slug":"context","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/academic-plan\/context\/","title":{"rendered":"Context & Related Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n

This academic plan was developed in the context of three significant areas of social challenge and opportunity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The global COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated a period of intensified remote learning and working beginning in March 2020 and extending into the 2021\/22 academic year.<\/li>
  2. Worldwide solidarity against anti-Black racism, initiated mainly in response to repeated incidences of entrenched and persistent police brutality, but also as a reaction to institutional violence more generally.<\/li>
  3. The ongoing commitment to centre reconciliation efforts to promote the resurgence of First Nations, M\u00e9tis, Inuit, and all Indigenous peoples.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Accordingly, this Academic Plan focuses on healing and recovery in myriad ways. We have heard from colleagues that building connections will be important for our academic work in the years to come. In the short term, this will help us recover from our extended period of isolation and social distancing. On a more profound level, building connections will be an important first step in confronting the twin legacies of settler colonialism and the forced migration of peoples of African descent through enslavement and colonization. These particular histories inform the institutional choices that we make in terms of curriculum; hiring and representation; and funding and resource allocation. In our consultation visits, colleagues expressed a desire for LA&PS to address anti-Black racism, support Indigenous scholars, and enhance inclusion as foundational principles within our academic mission. We take up that challenge here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    \n

    Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n