Will students be required to stage a poverty protest to pass his social justice course?
Retired Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) founder John Clarke has landed at York University to teach young minds how to be social justice warriors, the Toronto Sun has confirmed.
The native of Britain, long known for bringing a rent-a-mob to various anti-government protests, has been named the Packer Visitor in Social Justice in the faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
The post is for a two-year term.
Clarke, who retired from OCAP in January 2019, told the Toronto Sun Tuesday he’ll be teaching a (fourth-year) course in social justice and political activism. He will also be giving a social justice lecture and participating in speaking engagements about social justice.
Yank Dagonas, acting chief spokesman at York University, said the Packer Visitor is chosen by a committee of five people representing all departments in the Liberal Arts faculty — after drawing up a long list of community members involved in social justice.
Clarke wouldn’t disclose his salary for the part-time job but said we won’t be seeing him on the Sunshine list.
An online fundraising effort this past January managed to collect $25,000 for his retirement.
”I’m not in it for the money,” Clarke said.
Clarke landed in jail in 2000 for his involvement in the Queen’s Park riots and was jailed again a year later for actions outside the office of former Tory cabinet minister Jim Flaherty.
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