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The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade to release two-part episode on anti-Black racism

On June 12, The New Normal podcast with Maydianne Andrade will debut Enough, the first episode of a special two-part episode on anti-Black racism.

The special episode will feature “open, transparent conversations about anti-Black racism, about policing, about violence and how we move past this to a healthy, more whole society,” says Professor Andrade, who is a Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and the 91Թ Scarborough’s vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity.

Guests will include of the Faculty of Medicine, , , and alumnus Dorian Grey, who volunteered with the Imani academic mentorship program.

The New Normal is created in collaboration with a 91Թ Communications team led by producer Lisa Lightbourn. You can  or . You can also  or .

Members of the 91Թ community who need support are encouraged to contact the  and the equity, diversity and inclusion offices at  and 

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