Join us in the celebration of another year of Black History Month at ۲ݮƵ!
Black History Month at ۲ݮƵ is organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). The 2024 edition will feature two main events in partnershipwithourUniversity LibrariesandDepartment ofHistoryand Classical Studies in the Faculty of Arts.
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Black History Month 2024 Opening Ceremony
Thursday, February 1, 2024
5 PM - 8 PM
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Schulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West
The 2024 Opening Ceremony will feature a performance by , a local performance collective, followed by a talkback panel discussion about the performance and Black art and culture more broadly.The talkback panel discussion will be moderated by Wellysanè Minyangadou Ngokobi and will includeProfessor Alex Blue V,, and Kayin Queeley.
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Black History Month 2024 Keynote Lecture
Thursday, February 8, 2024
5 PM – 8 PM
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Schulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West
The 2024 Keynote Lecture will feature who will deliver a lecture titled, This Mess of a Colonial Legacy”: Revolutionary Relationalities, Arrivant Statehood and Afro-Indigenous Futures.This event will be livestreamed and recorded for guests to tune in virtually.
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Black History Month 2024 ۲ݮƵ Black Community Gathering
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
12 PM - 3 PM
University Centre | 3rd Floor | The Ballroom | 3480 McTavish Street
The 2024 ۲ݮƵ Black Community Gathering is organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) in collaboration with the Black Students' Network of ۲ݮƵ (BSN), the ۲ݮƵ African Students Society (MASS), and the Students' Society of ۲ݮƵ University (SSMU). It is an opportunity for all Black students, staff, and faculty members to join us for lunch and to connect, celebrate, and create community.
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Indigenous Winter Speaker Series x Black History Month 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
2 PM - 4 PM
Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West
As part of the Winter Indigenous Speaker Series and Black History Month 2024 at ۲ݮƵ, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) are proud to collaborate for a joint event, welcoming , Assistant Professor of the University of Victoria for a talk titled, A Feminist Geography is an Indigenous Geography.All are invited to attend the lecture, which will be followed by a Q&A period and a catered reception. For more information about the event, please contact indigenousinitiatives [at] mcgill.ca.
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For more information about the events or Black History History Month at ۲ݮƵ, please contact Shanice Yarde at shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.