The Bravest Road: Why BIPOC/IBPOC is essential to understanding Canada’s racial history

In a <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-term-bipoc-is-a-bad-fit-for-the-canadian-discourse-on-race/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Globe and Mail</a> op-ed published on May 28, University of Toronto professor and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (PETF) fellow, Joseph Heath, questioned the relevance of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-bipoc.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">acronym, BIPOC</a>(for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), for Canada. As current and former PETF scholars (*), we want to distance ourselves from this enterprise, which furthers a reactionary discourse that discredits the knowledge produced by non-white scholars and activists: notably Critical Race Theory, Decolonial and Postcolonial theories, and Black Feminist thought. <a href="https://medium.com/@rptarticles/the-bravest-road-why-bipoc-ibpoc-is-essential-to-understanding-canadas-racial-history-f0126c6b73e4">Website</a>