Combined Honours Journalism and Human Rights Student at Carleton University. Comms at @opirgcarleton and former coordinator @cusarise and @jackorgcarleton
Toronto, Ontario
Joined September 2016
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Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Canada did NOT "lift" the #bloodban! Activists got us to this point. Please. Listen to us now. THREAD 🩸⬇️🌈
Hi folks! I'm raising money on behalf a pregnant single Black mom in our community at risk of eviction and in need of funds to support her family.
URGENT: she needs $1800 by next Thursday. Please donate and share widely: gofund.me/4ceee789
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Here's an article I wrote for @CBCIdeas about the Black community of #Priceville in southwestern Ontario that was thriving in the 1850s but had effectively disappeared by the 1880s, and what the treatment of the Black settlers says about race, erasure & citizenship in #Canada.
.@cbcideas Blacks once thrived in this #Ontario village. So, why do so few traces of them remain? cbc.ca/radio/ideas/pricevill… #Priceville #GreyCounty
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
I studied history at university and took a number of modules on nazi history. When I asked my lecturer what happened to Black Germans, he responded that there “wasn’t really any.” And this is how erasure happens seamlessly in the classroom.
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Nothing like learning the morning of the election that your on-reserve polling station is not showing up and you have to travel to vote. Every voter must wait for a 2-car barge. 2.5h wait on normal day. Thanks for heads up @ElectionsCan_E #cdnpoli #canadaelection2021 @CBCnews
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
What.....the fuck is this?? Canada disenfranchising on-reserve voters is extremely on brand and absolutely unacceptable. @ElectionsCan_E how will this be addressed? #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
Nothing like learning the morning of the election that your on-reserve polling station is not showing up and you have to travel to vote. Every voter must wait for a 2-car barge. 2.5h wait on normal day. Thanks for heads up @ElectionsCan_E #cdnpoli #canadaelection2021 @CBCnews
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Yes hi hello, faculty, I'm talking to you. Did you know that if you deny an accommodation request because it "fundamentally alters" the course that what you are actually saying is that your pedagogy is inaccessible and you don't care?
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
My cousin got killed in a hit and run in Ottawa on Friday in broad daylight.. police have done nothing and it hasn't been reported in the news.. ANYWHERE!
This is our reality.
We need to do better 🧡🧡
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Are you a journalist and want to be a guest lecturer?
#jschoolscanada #canadaÉcolesJ, the umbrella group for Canadian journalism schools, is seeking occasional guest lecturers.
Sign up!
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Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Just had a journalist I don’t know reach out to me with a list of questions about Kamloops (including inquiring about the emotional toll it had on me)—asking for written responses to their questions by a strict deadline.
Do not do this. This is harmful reporting.
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Thread: I am going to get off Twitter for a bit because these violent events trigger me. I've watched classmates compare the Quebec City mosque shooting to 9/11 when discussing media coverage of the former. Here's a guide for journalists/newsrooms covering the attack in #lndont.
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
False-equivalence is not fairness. I repeat, false-equivalence is not fairness. I am hearing so many stories from friends in newsrooms that are the antithesis of journalism and standards and practices when it comes to reporting on Palestine.
Please read this incredibly important, timely and beautifully written article. I'm so grateful to know you and proud to fight to make change alongside you @tobinng
It's been a tough year for Canadian journalism, to say the least. But amid layoffs, newsroom closures, and an industry-wide racial reckoning, digital startups might signal a new direction.
My first for @CANADALAND:
canadaland.com/digital-start…
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
A bunch of us are hearing reports that journalists who signed the open letter asking for fair, nuanced coverage of Gaza are being told they can’t cover it because they showed a lack of objectivity.
If you're in that position, here's what to do: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
How many pro-Israel journalists covered the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories without being questioned while Palestinian journalists were sidelined from coverage because they would be “biased”? Let’s talk about that.
ATTN ONTARIO FOLKS: You can now book for the Pfizer/Moderna vaccine if you are 18+ with a mental illness / mental health disorder and/or substance use disorder. I'm in for early June.
I recommend booking over the phone, pretty quick so far. Register now: covid19.ontariohealth.ca/
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
Share, RT, and help us spread the word to Canadian students and educators!
Students interested in media: apply to one of three Media Girlfriends Scholarships for $10,000. Deadline is April 30, 2021. More details below, and on the @scholartree_ca website.
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
The 2021 Spry Memorial Lecture "Changing the Spectrum: Race, media and building democracy in Canada" is happening Friday, April 23 and features panelists @DesmondCole and @TanyaTalaga, along with moderator @candiscallison. RSVP: ow.ly/U1D250E5AAF @SFU_DDI @FCATatSFU @SFU
Gowlene Selvavijayan retweeted
#WorldHijabDay
My thoughts:
Let me start this by saying I have been wearing a headscarf since I was 20 years old. That's more than two decades.
I am the "first" woman who wears hijab to be on national television as a sports regular commentator.