It's a Brown New Word, Now What?
Last week my friend Shanee joined me at the Milton K Wong Multiculturalism lecture "It's a Brown New World, Now What?" with Dr. Kamal Al-Solaylee. First off, I just have to say how lucky we are to we live in a. city where these kids of events exist for free. SFU Public Square and the Laurier Institute partnered on the event and it was nice to grab some nosh ahead of the lecture. It was at the new theatre in Olympic Village, a space I'd never been to before. Milton Wong is an icon in the city (I was familiar with him through the dragon boat community). He was the chancellor of SFU from 1999-2005 and felt the responsibility of universities was to build a more just society. He was a champion for indigenous rights long before we all started talking about reconciliation. SFU has really built their reputation as becoming Canada's most community engaged university and there was a lot energy in the room, where people were excited to have this conversation. Dr. Pe