RST is thrilled to host Yvonne Wallace as our 2021/22 Artist in Residence, and Curator for the Advance Theatre Festival 2022/23. Yvonne Wallace (Ucwalmicw) is
For our next installment of Theatre in Multiculture: Perspectives, Ruby Slippers Theatre interviews Nina Lee Aquino. Nina discusses how systemic racism and intersectionality have affected
Racism is not just a few ignorant bad apples. Racism is systemic by its very nature; it cannot flourish without power. So “reverse racism” for white people? Not even possible, because racialized peoples in Canada do not have the power to enforce it on a systemic level. To make parallels with Australian philosopher Kate Manne’s work on misogyny and the patriarchy, white supremacy is the social order of white dominance maintained through the subordination and servitude of racialized peoples, while systemic racism is the many structures, forms, and methods employed to keep people of colour in their place.
Veenesh Dubois discusses how systemic racism has affected her career in the theatre industry. “There are so many people out there that have these great
Louisa Phung discusses systemic racism in the Canadian Theatre industry.
Ruby Slippers Theatre announces the launch of The Flying Monkey vlog for the 2020/21 Season with the Theatre in Multiculture: Perspectives series, featuring video interviews
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RST acknowledges that we are uninvited guests on the stolen lands of the Coast Salish People, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We are committed to working in solidarity with people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and person of colour as accomplices in transforming the white colonial patriarchy into something more compassionate and equitable.