About Me
Dr. Christopher Taylor,
PhD
Christopher Stuart Taylor completed his PhD at Western University (Canada) in History and Migration & Ethnic Relations (MER). He currently teaches at the University of Waterloo in the Department of History and the Arts First program. He is also a facilitator with the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit.
His book, Flying Fish in the Great White North: The Autonomous Migration of Black Barbadians, is available from Fernwood Publishing.
He also worked in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and began his career as a Policy Coordinator Intern in the Deputy Minister's Office at the Ministry of Labour. He was the Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator in the Ministry of the Attorney General's Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility Office; a Senior Policy Advisor at Ontario's Anti-Racism Directorate; and Manager of Social Justice & Change Cluster at the Ontario Correctional Services College.
Course Description
White supremacy and anti-Black racism did not ‘begin’ with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, D’Andre Campbell, or Regis Korchinski-Paquet. White supremacy and anti-Black racism are the building blocks of present-day society.
So why are so many people struggling trying to figure out what they are and how to challenge them?
This course will explore the historical roots of anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the Americas. Particular emphasis will be placed on Canada’s settler colonial status; however, we will be pulling content from across the Black Atlantic. Following this historical grounding, the course will provide ‘real-world’ strategies on how to combat the ominous stench of white supremacy and anti-Black racism that is embedded deep within our society.
ARTS130: Inquiry and Communication
This course provides an introduction to diverse intellectual modes of inquiry in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on the development of communication skills. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to build social awareness, ethical engagement, and communication competencies in comprehension, contextualization, and conceptualization. Students will be expected to engage with the work of others, articulate positions, situate writing and speaking within contexts, practice writing and speaking for situations beyond the classroom, engage in basic forms of research, and workshop, revise, and edit writing.
[Note: Course not open to those who have met ELPE or the Undergraduate Communication Requirement.]
Prereq: First-year Arts students; Not open to Accounting and Financial Management students