A mural unveiled at SFU香蕉视频直播檚 Vancouver campus during Black History Month is shining a spotlight on Black women like Breonna Taylor, who was killed at the hands of U.S. police last spring.
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The 240-square foot installation also showcases the photography of Chantal Gibson, an arts and technology lecturer at the university.
It acknowledges the ongoing systematic violence against Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in countries like Canada and the U.S.
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The artists have repurposed the street-level library window for onlookers passing by.
Head librarian Ebony Magnus said, 香蕉视频直播渦n/settled is a resistance, it香蕉视频直播檚 our response, it香蕉视频直播檚 about monumental and unapologetic Black life.香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播淓specially now, when we hear too often about the over-policing and oppression of Black men, women, like Breonna Taylor and Regis Korchinski-Paquet, and children in the media and in our public spaces,香蕉视频直播� Magnus added.
Taylor was a Louisville medical worker, 26, killed by police officers in Kentucky during a botched raid on her apartment. Korchinski-Paquet was a 29-year-old multiracial Toronto woman who died in the presence of police in May.
The installation will remain on display until May 31.
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