The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade to release two-part episode on anti-Black racism
Published: June 10, 2020
On June 12, The New Normal podcast with Maydianne Andrade will debut Enough, the first episode of a special two-part episode on anti-Black racism.
The special episode will feature “open, transparent conversations about anti-Black racism, about policing, about violence and how we move past this to a healthy, more whole society,” says Professor Andrade, who is a Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and the Ƶ Scarborough’s vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity.
Guests will include of the Faculty of Medicine, , , and alumnus Dorian Grey, who volunteered with the Imani academic mentorship program.
The New Normal is created in collaboration with a Ƶ Communications team led by producer Lisa Lightbourn. You can or . You can also or .
Members of the U of T community who need support are encouraged to contact the and the equity, diversity and inclusion offices at and
To learn more about anti-Black racism:
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