CUPE 3903 Day of Action – 18/07/18
Author: yellowsweatygorilla
The detachment of intersectionality from its Black feminist roots: A critical analysis of social service provision training material based in Ontario
Wong, E. H. S. (2018). The detachment of intersectionality from its Black feminist roots: A critical analysis of social service provision training material based in Ontario. In Intersectionality in Social Work (pp. 51-65). Routledge.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315210810
This chapter takes as a starting point the use of intersectionality in a range of social services training materials. The critical analysis shows that the training material detaches the concept of intersectionality from its radical political roots. This has potential negative implications for social work practices. Most importantly, in emphasising service provision over mass movement building, there is a failure to undertake the social work task of advocating for societal change, and the spirit of Black feminist thought and liberation movements from which intersectionality emerged is lost.
“The brains of a nation”: The eugenicist roots of Canada’s mental health field and the building of a white non-disabled nation
Wong, E. H. S. (2012). Not Welcome A Critical Analysis of Ableism in Canadian Immigration Policy from 1869 to 2011. Critical Disability Discourses/Discours critiques dans le champ du handicap, 4.
https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40261
This paper examines the literature published by the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene (CNCMH), a precursor to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), from 1918-1921, and its connection to eugenicist social policies. Specifically, this study involves a critical discourse analysis of the Canadian Journal of Mental Hygiene (CJMH) published by the CNCMH, which illustrates how the roots of Canada’s mental health field are linked to a nation-building project deeply intertwined with eugenicist notions of race and disability. Foundation myths that reinforce the Canadian nation were also imbued in the literature, including: Canadian identity as linked to white non-disability, Canada as tabula rasa, and eugenicist fears of the ‘over-population’ of ‘undesirables’. On the basis of these foundation myths, the CNCMH considered mental hygiene discourse and practice as a means to further Canada as a white nondisabled nation. The desire to further the Canadian nation in this manner led to the promotion of eugenicist social policies. Many of these policies – especially, immigration controls – were put into place by the Canadian government and remain to this day.
Refugee Welcome Banner at TFC Game
Refugees Welcome banner unfurled for the second match in the row after a community resistance led to MLSE overturning a previous decision to bar “Refugees Welcome” banners from the stadium. We were kindly invited to bring the banner over to RPB Supporters Group Section 112, where the banner received a raucous reception.
May Day 2015 – Part 2
May Day 2015 – Part 1
Cross-Canada Day of Action: No 4 and 4! Toronto
I also have a photo of some of the unsavoury characters that had staged a white supremacist counter protest. The flag the person is holding is the old Canadian red ensign.
Solidaridogs of CUPE
CUPE 3902/3903 Support Rally
I finally bought a used Olympus OM-D E-M5, which will serve as my primary camera. Very impressed with its capabilities considering its small size. I still need a prime lens, but the kit lens was fairly sharp for what it is. Sceneries are from Princess Point in Hamilton, ON.