Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack, issues 10 demands
HALIFAX — The Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack and the university is failing to support them.
In a statement on systemic racism endorsed by the council Wednesday night, the student executive says Indigenous, Muslim and other racialized women are under attack and the university has failed to adequately support marginalized students.
The statement lists 10 demands, including calling on the Halifax university to issue an apology to two students they say were subjected to “bureaucratic processes that uphold racist and colonial institutional policies.”
Masuma Khan, a Muslim student leader who wears a hijab, and Kati George-Jim, an Indigenous student and member of Dalhousie’s board of governors, have both been embroiled in high-profile disputes with the university’s administration.