Shana Almeida
Biographic Data
| ID | 3924712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shana Almeida |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shana |
| FAMILY NAME | Almeida |
| SIGNATURE | ALMEIDA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3901-5520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Policing, Race, and the Re-Making of the Diverse City
Police reform has been a cornerstone of activism in Toronto for decades. Activists, organizations, and community groups have applied pressure to politicians, government officials, and other decision-making bodies specifically for them to intervene in a pattern of racialized violence on the part of the Toronto Police force. At the same time, external interventions of any kind have been vehemently resisted by Toronto Police and its Board of Commiss…
Making the invisible visible
Toronto the Good?
to these claims, by carefully tracing how, why, and under what terms racial inclusion can be complicit in projects of whiteness.As diversity discourse lives on, we are also witnessing an orchestrated full-on attack on everything (and everyone) in the field of critical race theory (CRT).This has translated into un/de-funded critical projects, denied tenures, hate mail, and the outright silencing of critical, often Black, Indigenous, and racialized…
Preserving white comfort and safety
In this paper four critical scholars/ activists reflect on the complex institutional and public responses to recent white supremacist events on Canadian campuses and the equity discussions they have affected. Specifically, we interrogate practices, which reify and reinsure positions of dominance and human/social hierarchy in four ways. To begin, (1) we interrogate freedom of speech and freedom of expression positions, as well as the reliance on c…
Mythical encounters
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to situate the idea that the City of Toronto is a leader on addressing issues of diversity, racism and democracy within the context of diversity discourse and the racial norms that are incited by it. Design/methodology/approach A genealogy and critical discourse analysis of City of Toronto documents from 1975 to 2017 involving consultations with racial Others on issues of diversity, race and/or racism was cond…
Preserving white comfort and safety
In this paper four critical scholars/ activists reflect on the complex institutional and public responses to recent white supremacist events on Canadian campuses and the equity discussions they have affected. Specifically, we interrogate practices, which reify and reinsure positions of dominance and human/social hierarchy in four ways. To begin, (1) we interrogate freedom of speech and freedom of expression positions, as well as the reliance on c…
Mythical encounters
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to situate the idea that the City of Toronto is a leader on addressing issues of diversity, racism and democracy within the context of diversity discourse and the racial norms that are incited by it. Design/methodology/approach A genealogy and critical discourse analysis of City of Toronto documents from 1975 to 2017 involving consultations with racial Others on issues of diversity, race and/or racism was cond…
Preserving white comfort and safety
In this paper four critical scholars/ activists reflect on the complex institutional and public responses to recent white supremacist events on Canadian campuses and the equity discussions they have affected. Specifically, we interrogate practices, which reify and reinsure positions of dominance and human/social hierarchy in four ways. To begin, (1) we interrogate freedom of speech and freedom of expression positions, as well as the reliance on c…
Toronto the Good?
to these claims, by carefully tracing how, why, and under what terms racial inclusion can be complicit in projects of whiteness.As diversity discourse lives on, we are also witnessing an orchestrated full-on attack on everything (and everyone) in the field of critical race theory (CRT).This has translated into un/de-funded critical projects, denied tenures, hate mail, and the outright silencing of critical, often Black, Indigenous, and racialized…
Making the invisible visible
Policing, Race, and the Re-Making of the Diverse City
Police reform has been a cornerstone of activism in Toronto for decades. Activists, organizations, and community groups have applied pressure to politicians, government officials, and other decision-making bodies specifically for them to intervene in a pattern of racialized violence on the part of the Toronto Police force. At the same time, external interventions of any kind have been vehemently resisted by Toronto Police and its Board of Commiss…
Racism (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)