Learning to Hate: The Normalization of Intolerance
Presented By Dr. Barbara Perry
Monday November 22nd, 4-5:30pm
Session description:
The COVID-19 pandemic isolated the world in a way never done before, and as such, intensified the spread & spotlight of an equally virulent, pre-existing virus: hate. We saw a rising tide of anti-Black, anti-Asian racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia both on and offline, on and off our campuses, as we isolated & distanced ourselves from one another. As we return to campus, Dr. Barbara Perry, Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism at Ontario Tech University explores how we may begin to learn and live together again in the face of normalized divisiveness & intolerance.
About Dr. Barbara Perry
Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism
Barbara Perry is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, and the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. She has written extensively on hate crime. She is currently working in the areas of anti-Muslim violence, antisemitic hate crime, the community impacts of hate crime, and right wing extremism in Canada. She is regularly called upon by policy makers, practitioners, and local, national and international media as an expert on hate crime and right-wing extremism.