While over 50 Canadian institutions have signed on to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education, Caroline Samii-Esfahani of University Affairs reports that none of Québec’s French-language universities are among the signatories. Université de Montréal student Sarah Vuka Makani said that this inaction leaves Black students feeling overlooked. Representatives from institutions such as HEC Montréal, Université Laval, and Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue told University Affairs that they chose not to sign the Charter for a variety of reasons, such as budget constraints and overlap with existing agreements and policies.
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