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Good work by Kwame. Dr Nasir Warfa, MSc, PhD Lecturer in Refugee Care & Current MA Coordinator Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees Centre for Psychoanalysis Studies University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ 44 (0) 1206 873333 http://www.essex.ac.uk/courses/details.aspx?mastercourse=PG00763&subgroup=1 On 21 June 2017 at 13:02, SumanFernando2 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Interesting link to Kwame McKenzie’s activity in Toronto. (Kwame was > well-known psychiatrist in UK latterly active in an anti-racist stance > before he emigrated to Canada) > > > > https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/20/11th-hour- > motion-says-racism-must-be-discussed-at-andrew-loku-inquest.html > > > > It seems that the tendency to *not* talk about ‘race’ and racism evident > I think in UK seems to be evident in Toronto too! I have noted this > tendency at meetings and conferences in UK over the past ten years or so—just > at a time when racism is increasing in all avenues of our multicultural > society including mental health. > > > > For those who do not know much about Toronto, Across Boundaries was > established about 20 years ago openly anti-racist but has had to pull back > on its anti-racism recently. > > > > I have just returned from a meeting at OISE (University of Toronto) where > this malady (don’t mention ‘race’ disease) was obvious and commented upon. > Have others on this list noticed it too? > > > > > > Suman > > Suman Fernando > > WEBSITE: http://www.sumanfernando.com > > >