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Summer 2024

Breaking barriers

A landmark move to combat caste discrimination in Canadian academia

Shilpashree Jagannathan

In the heart of the city, while more than 385,000 South Asians go about their lives, the University of Toronto (U of T) has quietly set a precedent. Amid the clamour for social justice and equality, U of T’s teaching assistants have negotiated with their union to include caste as a discriminatory practice—a move that […] More »