Ready to RISE Toronto, ON, Sept. 29, 2017 (GLO

Toronto, ON, Sept. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This weekend, the Federation will host the second national Racialized and Indigenous Student Experience Summit (RISE) in Toronto – the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, the Ojibway/Chippewa, and the Anishinabek people. For decades, post-secondary students across Canada have been at the forefront of organising against racism and colonialism on their campuses and in their communities. RISE presents the opportunity for over 150 racialised and Indigenous students to come together and work toward creating and sustaining inclusive, supportive and safer campuses for all to attend. Students will share and learn from each other’s experiences and further students’ vision for combatting racism and colonialism on and off campus.

In addition to open discussion spaces, we are proud to host the following panels and workshops:

• Anti-Oppression Workshops
• We Are All Treaty People
• Surviving White Supremacy
• Resistance 150
• Solidarity Within BIPOC Communities
• Islam on Campus: Muslim, Political and in Your Face
• Intersections in Racialised and Indigenous Identities
• Not My Rainbow: Challenging Homophobia and Transphobia Through a Pre-Colonial Lens
• Le colonialism dans la communauté francophone au Canada
• Campaigns for Racialised and Indigenous Students
• The Filipino Canadian Community: History, Struggles and Resistance
• Resisting Canada 150 and Backlash Against Indigenous Discourse
• Race-based Data Collection
• Implementing TRC Recommendations on Your Campus
• Panel: We Will Win
• Resisting Racism and Colonialism Through the Student Movement

We look forward to welcoming the many students, activists and community-based organisers from around the country. This year’s RISE Summit will build on the work of students so far and will continue to develop our national vision to decolonise and eradicate racism from our campuses and communities.

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Juhi Sohani Canadian Federation of Students / Fédération canadienne des étudiant-e-s 613-232-7394 j.sohani@cfs-fcee.ca