{"id":70540,"date":"2020-10-28T13:38:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=70540"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:43:46","slug":"healthy-cities-anti-racist-city","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/healthy-cities-anti-racist-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Hosts Healthy Cities Panel \u2013 Imagining an Anti-Racist City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Carleton Hosts Healthy Cities Panel \u2013 Imagining an Anti-Racist City\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"absolute bottom-0 w-full z-[1]\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 312\">\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M26.412 315.608c-.602-.268-6.655-2.412-13.524-4.769a1943.84 1943.84 0 0 1-14.682-5.144l-2.276-.858v-5.358c0-4.876.086-5.358.773-5.09 1.674.643 21.38 5.84 34.646 9.109 14.682 3.59 28.935 6.858 45.936 10.449l9.874 2.089H57.322c-16.4 0-30.31-.16-30.91-.428ZM460.019 315.233c42.974-10.074 75.602-19.88 132.443-39.867 76.16-26.791 152.063-57.709 222.385-90.663 16.7-7.823 21.336-10.074 44.262-21.273 85.004-41.688 134.719-64.193 195.291-88.413 66.55-26.577 145.2-53.584 194.27-66.765C1258.5 5.626 1281.34 0 1282.24 0c.17 0 .34 27.596.34 61.3v61.299l-2.23.375c-84.7 13.718-165.93 35.955-310.736 84.931-46.494 15.753-65.427 22.076-96.166 32.15-9.102 3-24.814 8.198-34.989 11.574-107.543 35.954-153.008 50.422-196.626 62.639l-6.74 1.876-89.126-.054c-78.135-.054-88.782-.161-85.948-.857ZM729.628 312.875c33.229-10.985 69.248-23.523 127.506-44.207 118.705-42.223 164.596-57.709 217.446-73.302 2.62-.75 8.29-2.465 12.67-3.751 56.19-16.772 126.94-33.597 184.17-43.671 5.07-.91 9.66-1.768 10.22-1.875l.94-.161v170.236l-281.28-.054H719.968l9.66-3.215ZM246.864 313.411c-65.041-2.251-143.047-12.11-208.432-26.256-18.375-3.965-41.73-9.538-42.202-10.074-.171-.214-.257-21.38-.214-47.046l.129-46.618 6.654 3.697c57.313 32.043 118.491 56.531 197.699 79.143 40.313 11.521 83.459 18.058 138.669 21.059 15.584.857 65.685.857 81.14 0 33.744-1.876 61.306-4.93 88.396-9.806 6.396-1.126 11.634-1.983 11.722-1.929.255.375-20.48 7.769-30.999 11.038-28.592 8.948-59.288 15.646-91.873 20.147-26.36 3.59-50.015 5.627-78.35 6.698-15.584.59-55.209.59-72.339-.053Z\"><\/path>\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M-3.066 295.067 32.06 304.1v9.033H-3.066v-18.066Z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>On Oct. 13, 2020, Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty of Arts and Social Science<\/a> (FASS) hosted <em>Imagining an Anti-Racist City<\/em> as part of their <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/healthy-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Healthy Cities<\/a> 2020 Panel Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Cities Oct 23: Imagining an Anti Racist City\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0660zWNfBPs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The series explores the many factors\u2014from nature and housing to climate and art\u2014that make a healthy city in 2020. The Carleton community came together to explore insights on the current moment and how to create transformational change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c2020 has made the terms \u2018health\u2019 and \u2018city\u2019 more resonant than ever,\u201d says&nbsp;Carleton <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Studies<\/a> &nbsp;Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/people\/sanogo-aboubakar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aboubakar Sanogo<\/a>, who was moderating the virtual event.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWith a combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, it has revealed the many ways in which systemic racism profoundly structures our way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-69985\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/healthy-cities-1200w-2.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo\" class=\"wp-image-69985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-2-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanogo was joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/people\/chen-xiaobei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xiaobei Chen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/daniel-mcneil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel McNeil<\/a>, two Carleton professors engaged in critical race studies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ca\/en\/city-hall\/mayor-and-city-councillors\/rawlson-king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rawlson King<\/a>, Ottawa\u2019s first-ever Black city councillor and Carleton alumnus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panellists were asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation that explored one or more of the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do you think the work you do around race, racism and anti-racism help us make sense of the urgency and the stakes of the contemporary moment?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you think are the nature and forms of racism that prevent or create obstacles to the emergence and existence of an anti-racist policy in the city?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What kinds of initiatives, ideas, approaches, methodologies, strategies, or tactics can help further an anti-racist project in the city?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What roles and responsibility do both the city and the university have in working towards the advent of an anti-racist city?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentations were followed by a question-and-answer discussion that explored ideas of corporate multiculturalism, minority representation in government and how to deconstruct colonial institutions that are embedded into Canadian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-69988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/healthy-cities-1200w-3.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Xiaobei Chen\" class=\"wp-image-69988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/healthy-cities-1200w-3-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof. Xiaobei Chen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Missed the live event? 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