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Dr. Malinda S. Smith
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Associate Vice President Research, Full Prof Political Science | Inclusive Research Excellence, Epistemic Pluralism | Coauthor, The Equity Myth (2017); CoEd, Critical Concepts:An Intro to Politics (2023); Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy (2022)
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A thoughtful response: Kende Kefale. “Pluralism Without Power-Sharing Is Theatre: A Response to Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Smith” on @linkedin.com (5 Nov 2025), www.linkedin.com/pulse/plural...
Pluralism Without Power-Sharing Is Theatre: A Response to Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Smith
Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Malinda S. Smith’s recent University World News article, "Epistemic pluralism is productive, not peripheral for HE," is both a necessary diagnosis and an urgent call to acti...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Thank you so much, Heather!
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Thank you so much, Andy! It was an uplifting evening. So wonderful to see you in-person. It’s been too long!
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Headline is part of an imported debate in Canada about “EDI” (Using the America or corporate acronym “DEI”). Empirical questions:
1) How many federal, provincial, municipal govts use “DEI”?!
2) Are US and Canadian legislation and practices the same?
3) Conflation of ameliorative programs w/ discrim.
Screenshot of the headline of a National Post article entitled, DEI is 'illiberal, anti-merit,' says analyst as Poilievre pushes to end government DEI programs 'Governments should not have bureaucracies whose job it is to discriminate based on skin colour, ethnicity, gender,' says Mark Milke“.
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM