Who Has Power?
Who is apart of my government?
Justin Trudeau
- Prime Minister
Equity Regulations:
- Provides Canadians with explicit protection from discrimination, hate speech, and hate crimes on the basis of gender identity or expression.
- Banned Conversion Therapy.
- Funded organizations that serve and advocate for 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians
Who is the head of my school?
Shirley Chan
- Superintendent of tdsb
Sir Oliver Mowat COllegiate Institute
Leslie Anne Klinger
- Principal of Sir Oliver Mowat
In my personal experience:
- Seeks and addresses equity issues
- Enforces rules and regulations in the wrong areas
Who teaches me?
Mr. Camastra
Ms. Mattina
Majority of my teachers have been openly heterosexual, and cis-gendered
Majority have been of white decent
Ms. Drakich
Who runs the biggest corporations?
Runs Facebook (Mark Zuckerburg)
- Diversity and Inclusion through the workplace
- A lot of pressure on Zuckerberg to address issues of equity and ethical use of technology on his platforms
Runs Snapchat (Evan Spiegal)
Runs Amazon (Jeff Bezos)
Dominant Class
- White race
- American/Canadian
- Male
- Middle aged
- Heterosexual
- Able - bodied
Imaginary Box
- Diversity and Inclusion efforts within corporate structure.
- Bezos Earth Fund: He pledged 10 billion dollars to combat climate change and focus on equity in environmental solutions
Sundar Pichai
- CEO of Google
less renowned
than Zuckerberg or Bezos
- Indian ethnicity
- Brown skin
- American/Canadian
- Male
Privilege = red lines
Non - Privilege = purple lines
Who writes the news I read?
CBC
Catherine Tait
- CEO of CBC
CTV news
Ivan Fecan
- CEO of CTV
OMar Sachedina
- Main Journalist for CTV
Micro implications: Seeing a person of an Indian decent doing phenomenal is very nice to see but Omar was born and grew up in Canada. Can immigrants who come with cultures and customs from places like India be as successful as he is?
Who are the celebrities I follow?
Adam Sandler
Justin Beiber
- Hetero sexual
- cis-gendered
- male
- upper class
Macro-Implication: The most famous celebrities' often don't represent the South Asian Communities and it can feel like its impossible to be that successful and of my culture
Shared support for the Black Lives Matter Movement on his platform
- acknowledged past mistakes related to cultural appropriation
- expressed support for the LGBTQ+ community on many occasions
Canadian
Cristiano Ronaldo
Who are the authors I'm reading?
Rick Riordan
- Author of Percy Jackson
JK Rowling
- Author of Harry Potter
- White (authors are british)
- Female
Has made comments sparked accusations of transphobia
- supports sex-based rights and the implications for women and girls.
Mary Shelley
- Author of Frankenstein
Olivia Chow
- Mayor of Toronto
Holds Power in the;
Federal...
Provincial...
Municipal
less renowned
- Chinese-Canadian
- Female
Known for:
- Equity
- Diversity
- inclusion advocasy
It is quite interesting to see how at each level of governments, the equity regulations and views differ.