This event is organized by Dr. Lilach Marom and Dr. Ann Chinnery, and hosted by Equity Studies in Education.
Presenters
• Gina Csanyi-Robah
• Dr. Shayna Plaut
• Dr. Margareta Matache
Date/Time
Wednesday, March 19
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Place
This event will be hybrid:
• Research Hub, EDUC 8515, SFU Burnaby
• Virtually via Zoom
Gina Csanyi-Robah, Vancouver educator and executive director of the Canadian Romani Alliance, will speak at SFU on March 19th to shed light on the ongoing struggle against anti-Gypsy discrimination in Canada. This event commemorates the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21st).
Csanyi-Robah will be joined by Dr. Shayna Plaut (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) and Dr. Margareta Matache (Harvard) to introduce the recently published landmark report, Confronting Major and Everyday Discrimination: Romani Experiences in Canada. This in-depth field study, a collaboration between the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the Canadian Romani Alliance, documents previously uncounted experiences of everyday discrimination—including racial slurs, stereotype-based questioning, social exclusion, and the systematic underestimation of Romani people in Canada.
The talk will also explore the lasting impact of the Roma Genocide during the Holocaust and the persistence of anti-Gypsyism affecting Romani communities today.
Attendees will gain insight into the historical and present-day challenges of Canada’s Roma population, with the opportunity to engage in an open discussion and ask questions.