A Piece of Inspiration

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.   

                                                   -Maya Angelou

Community Spotlight

In this issue, we highlight a letter written by the VPAA condemning bullying on our campus, blogs written on topics related to diversity and equity, work done off campus by the CDO and the formation of a Diversity Committee comprising of faculty and staff.

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Allies at MIIS

Allies at MIIS is an activist group but never have we been as challenged as we were this semester. Our challenges came primarily from trying to figure out how to best address the fallout from the cyberbullying incident on campus.

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Food for Thought – How to Take a Stand? Sometimes We Must Interfere.

It’s easy to champion the cause of a community of people far removed from us. It’s significantly riskier to stand up against acts of prejudice or bias when it is happening within our closer circles.  We risk being outcast or ostracized by our own social group. But would it help you to know that 75-95% (Luxenberg et al., 2015) of people in schools disagree with bullying?  

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Reflection and Response – Anti-Bullying Approaches

When we say bullying, it usually conjures up images of middle and high school students engaging in some very aggressive behaviour which leaves victims scarred for life. Bullying has reached epidemic proportions, unfortunately now very prevelant in the political realm. Social media has contributed to its spread and has even modified the way bullying plays out in social, educational and political spheres.

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From the Desk of the Chief Diversity Officer

I am pleased to present the second issue of The Black Mirror. I received many positive comments on the first issue and our readership is growing with more people asking to be added to the mailing list. Our readers seemed to have enjoyed knowing about the good work of many in our community and appreciated the incorporation of different voices in the newsletter. Continue reading

MIIS Speaks – Poverty Appropriation

By Jacob Dwyer and Pushpa Iyer

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first “MIIS Speaks” poll on the topic of poverty appropriation. Sixty-eight MIIS students, faculty, staff, and alumni filled out this survey. We were encouraged by the level of participation and especially the number of comments that were left at the end of the survey. Continue reading

A Piece of Inspiration

An individual has not started living
until he can rise above the narrow
confines of his individualistic concerns
to the broader concerns of all humanity.

                                 — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Community Spotlight

In this issue, we highlight the experiences and plans of those who participated in a Decolonizing Knowledge workshop in Washington DC, Prof. Anne Campbell’s approach to assigning readings for her courses, and brief reports of the events organized and hosted by our student clubs. Continue reading