Reckoning

Terri E. Givens is a political scientist and a consultant to corporations and educational institutions. She is currently Professor of Politics at University of British Columbia. A sought-after expert and speaker, she has lectured and served on panels at international and national conferences on topics as diverse as immigration politics, the radical right, minorities, the globalization of public policy and how to manage life in academia. Dr Givens is a popular writer, blogger and social media enthusiast and can be found online, on Facebook and LinkedIn. Destiny Kirumira is a Ph.D. student at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University. Destiny received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Alberta in 2018 and completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary in 2021. Her research documents the architecture of Black settlements forming the Black prairie landscape in Canada. Destiny is an inaugural IBET scholar for McGill’s Faculty of Engineering. Destiny is also a visual artist who has used her artwork to address questions surrounding race, Blackness, identity, and politics, collaborated with local Black organizations such as Pink Flamingo and been recognized by TIME through the TIMEPieces initiative.

Introduction: From Vulnerability to Creating Change: Radical Empathy in action


1. What does change mean in a post-George Floyd world?


2. Creating Change: From the Individual to Networks


3. Creating Diversity at a Predominantly White Institution


4. Reckoning with the history of Slavery and racism at Colleges and Universities – Destiny Kirumira


5. From statements to action – how have businesses responded to the Black Lives Matter Movement?


6. NGOs


7. Governmental Actions: Local, Federal and International


8. Individual Stories from Inclusive Leaders


9. Reckoning – Creating a new era of change