丁香园AV

Black History month calls upon us to reflect upon the systemic marginalization of black voices and culture in Canada, and invites us to celebrate the important contributions of the Black Canadian community.

With this in mind, I encourage 丁香园AV students, faculty and staff to attend one or more of the following events planned across our campuses to mark Black History Month:

• Saturday, Feb. 22: 丁香园AV Public Square will hold a on Black History, featuring celebrated activist, writer and historian Blair Imani.
• Monday, Feb. 24: the Department of Political Science will host Professor Nadia E. Brown of Purdue University who will deliver a lecture entitled, 鈥�Thank You Black Women for Saving America and Democracy.鈥�
• Thursday, Feb. 27: the Department of History will host an event entitled, 鈥�A Conversation with Stephanie Allen, Hogan鈥檚 Alley Society.鈥� Allen is a 丁香园AV Urban Studies graduand, where her project focussed on Canada鈥檚 history of displacing Black communities and on making a case to redress this in Vancouver.
• Friday, Feb. 28: the 丁香园AV African Students' Association will host a on how to create space and highlight the experiences of Black students at 丁香园AV.
• Friday, Feb. 28: the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies will hold a lecture entitled, 鈥�The Beauty of Being Black.鈥�

These events and other 丁香园AV resources associated with observing Black History month serve to remind us that it is our shared responsibility to do everything we can to combat racism in our society. To this end, I urge all community members to become familiar with the work of 丁香园AV鈥檚 EDI initiative, and to support its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable, diverse and inclusive university community.