Dr. Jennifer Long and the students of Ethnographic Research Methods, a 3rd-year anthropology course at MacEwan University, partnered with Recover - the City of Edmonton’s urban wellness initiative – to work with the materials produced from the Edmonton Police Commission Public Hearing’s that lasted eight days with over 160 registered speakers.
Dr. Jennifer Long and the students of Ethnographic Research Methods, a 3rd-year anthropology course at MacEwan University, partnered with Recover - the City of Edmonton’s urban wellness initiative – to work with the materials produced from the Edmonton Police Commission Public Hearing’s that lasted eight days with over 160 registered speakers.
According to Mayor Iveson, Edmontonians and Black Lives Matter organisers wanted to be involved in “discussions about systemic racism at the city and particularly around policing policies” (Mertz, 2020, para.1). Check out Mertz’s article (link) to learn more about the purpose and background to these hearings.
According to Mayor Iveson, Edmontonians and Black Lives Matter organisers wanted to be involved in “discussions about systemic racism at the city and particularly around policing policies” (Mertz, 2020, para.1). Check out Mertz’s article (link) to learn more about the purpose and background to these hearings.
The goal of this partnership was to develop a set of public-facing materials for the Community Safety & Well-being Task Force (link).
The goal of this partnership was to develop a set of public-facing materials for the Community Safety & Well-being Task Force (link).
