Join Calumet and Stong Colleges as we celebrate Black achievement and recognize people and organizations creating change.
We have compiled an exciting list of activities for the CCSC community to recognize and celebrate Black History Month.
Make sure to keep checking this page for updates!
#BHMatYU and #BlackHistoryMonth
Throughout February make sure to check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ and York's social media channels.
You can also join the conversation with #BHMatYU and #BlackHistoryMonth.
Black History Month Blog
Tell us your thoughts on Black History Month. We encourage you to write or submit artwork or photographs and we will post to our BHM Blog.
BHM Reading and Viewing Lists
Tell us what you are reading and watching to recognize and celebrate Black History Month and we will share your choices in our BHM Reading and Viewing lists.
Write and Publish an Article for Excalibur Publications
If you are interested in writing an article, Women's Day is around the corner and Excalibur Publications is looking for content contributors! This year's theme is about BIPOC Female Leadership and article topics include dance, sports, policy, health, fashion and more!
If you're interested in getting involved, please contact Kiana at kb9@my.yorku.ca for more details
Dr. Bonita Lawrence Living in Reciprocity: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous-Black Relations
In this informative session Dr. Lawrence discusses relations between Indigenous peoples and Black people in Canada, as well as the social issues faced by these communities.
A recording of this event will be posted soon.
Scholars’ Hub @ Home | Dancin’ Feet: Harlem and basketball in the 1920-30s
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
12:00pm-1:00pm
Register for Dancin' Feet Harlem and basketball in the 1920's-30's
Dr. Danielle Howard, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
The New York Renaissance basketball team, an all-Black professional team, emerged within the social and cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Playing basketball during the epicenter of Black entertainment, this talk highlights a history of Black basketball players who used their bodies to orient themselves toward freedom and secure a cultural legacy.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
The Construction and Maintenance of Systemic Racism
Thursday, February 3, 2022
10:30am-12:00pm
Register for The Construction and Maintenance of Systemic Racism
This session will explore the history of race and racism and how it is maintained today in institutions across Canada. This workshop is designed to complement the anti-racism REDI series and is heavily information focused, aiming to give context to what is happening in our world today. Unlike other REDI sessions, the emphasis is less on skill-building and more on awareness-building and we strongly encourage participants to take this session in conjunction with other anti-racism workshops with a more action-oriented content.
Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Editing Session #1
Friday, February 4, 2022
1:00pm - 4:00 pm EST
Register for Editing Session #1
Every Friday in February, join your library for facilitated editing sessions on Zoom: you can learn the basics or get a refresher on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata, then learn and write alongside others who are passionate about improving digital coverage of Black histories and experiences. Register for the weekly editing sessions.
You can also join the event and edit at your own pace throughout the month. For full details, visit the Black History Edit-a-thon event page.
This event is organized by U of T Libraries, York University Libraries, X University Library, and Toronto Public Library. We look forward to seeing you!
Celebrate While We Educate: Come and Cook with CAMSA
Monday, February 7, 2022
12:00pm-1:00pm
Register for Come and Cook with CAMSA
#CWWE Cooking segment featuring Cameroonian Students Association
Celebrate While We Educate: Guess the Flag & Workshop
Monday, February 7, 2022
1:00pm-2:00pm
Register for Guess the Flag & Workshop
Guess the flag and workshop featuring the Glendon African Network.
#CWWE Presented by SCLD and the Black Student Associations
Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Monday, February 7, 2022 Kick Off Event
1:00 - 2:30 pm EST
Register for the kick-off event
Representation matters: not just on our screens, but in the information and data we share. This February, join your library in celebrating Black History Month by improving coverage of Black histories on Wikipedia - and new this year, Wikidata! No prior editing experience is required.
Join us Feb 7, 1–2:30 pm ET for a kick-off event featuring these speakers:
- Moderator: Mark Campbell, assistant professor of music and culture (U of T Scarborough)
- Cheryl Thompson, assistant professor of creative industries (X University)
- Collette “Coco” Murray, PhD candidate and African/Caribbean arts-based educator (York University)
Every Friday in February, join your library for facilitated editing sessions on Zoom: you can learn the basics or get a refresher on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata, then learn and write alongside others who are passionate about improving digital coverage of Black histories and experiences. Register for the weekly editing sessions.
You can also join the event and edit at your own pace throughout the month. For full details, visit the Black History Edit-a-thon event page.
This event is organized by U of T Libraries, York University Libraries, X University Library, and Toronto Public Library. We look forward to seeing you!
Say It Loud: A Roundtable on Accent Training for Racialized Actors
Monday, February 7, 2022
7:00pm
Register for Say It Loud: A Roundtable on Accent Training for Racialized Actors
The Department of Theatre at York University’s School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design is hosting A Roundtable on Accent and Language Training for Racialized Actors on Monday, February 7 at 7 p.m.
Join the conversation as four prominent accent/language coaches of colour for Theatre, Film and TV discuss inclusion in accent training and coaching for IBPOC actors: Lisa Cromarty, Michelle Lopez-Rios, Joy Lanceta Coronel, and Alicia Richardson (see bios below).
Hosted by York faculty member Eric Armstrong, topics for discussion will include strategies to better serve actors-in-training from Indigenous, Black, Asian, Latinx, and other communities.
How do we decolonize accent training and prepare students to tackle languages they may not know? Tune in as our panelists discuss the wisdom and tools they’ve gained along the way.
Thanks for additional support from the “Breaking Stereotypes” project associated with the Tier II York Research Chair in Theatre and Performance.
BIOS
Lisa Cromarty is anishaabe/oji-cree actor and voice coach residing in Northern Ontario and is a member of Wikwemikong Unceded Territory located on Manitoulin Island. She has trained at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and Canada’s National Voice Intensive. As a vocal coach trainee, Lisa was invited for two seasons to be mentored by the coaching team at the Stratford Theatre Festival as well as with the Head of Voice at the National Theatre School. Her acting work includes performances with 20WEST, APTN, Fox Pictures, CBC, Anova Pictures, the National Film Board, the National Arts Centre and the Debajehmujig Theatre Company, among others. She most recently played Cammy in Wild Indian, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021.
She currently teaches Voice & Text classes at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and has vocal coached at the National Theatre School and the Birmingham Conservatory. As of January 2022, Lisa is enrolled in a language master-apprentice program where she will be working one on one with a fluent anishinabemowin speaker in an immersion format to reclaim her ancestral language.
Michelle Lopez-Rios is a teatrista, voice coach, director, actor and activist. She is an Associate Professor of Voice and Speech and Artistic Director of Chicago Playworks at The Theatre School at DePaul. She is also an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework ®. Some favorite coaching credits include Familiar (Steppenwolf); Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 &3), Measure for Measure (Goodman Theatre); Julius Caesar, Mojada (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Foreigner (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); The Brothers Size, Lobby Hero, The Train Driver (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Renaissance Theaterworks); and Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet (Houston Shakespeare Festival). Together with Alvaro Saar Rios, she co-founded the Royal Mexican Players in 2004.
Joy Lanceta Coronel is a speech, communication, and dialect coach who has worked alongside Comedy Central, Center Theatre Group, Atlantic Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, American Players Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre, Williamstown Festival, NAATCO, Roundhouse Theatre, American Players Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has served as Speech faculty at HB Studio, University of Connecticut, AADA, University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, and the University of Essex. Joy also serves as an executive presentation coach for corporate professionals and a communication coach for victims of domestic violence. You may find her published articles covering topics like racial identity, cultural sensitivity, and inclusive coaching and teaching strategies at www.joylancetacoronel.com
Alicia Richardson is an actor/writer, and vocal coach who hails from Boynton Beach, Florida. She graduated from York University’s MFA Acting & Diploma of Voice Teaching Programs. Now a Permanent Resident of Canada, Alicia calls Toronto her home. Her body of work spans television, film, theatre, and voice-over. As a voice and dialect coach, Alicia has worked for Soulpepper Theatre Company (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; The Brother’s Size; Jesus Hopped the A Train), The Shaw Festival (Trouble in Mind), Cahoots Theatre (Our Place), and as a member of faculty at Sheridan College since 2016. For Sheridan: The Mill on the Floss; Metamorphoses; Really, Really; Three Sisters; Clybourne Park; The Glove Thief; This is War; The Hobbit.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
Moving Forward: How our alumni are strengthening Black communities
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
12:30pm-1:30pm
Register for Moving Forward: How our alumni are strengthening Black communities
Join us for a talk with LA&PS graduates who are active in various initiatives addressing anti-Black racism and contributing positively to Black communities, families, and students. Our Panelists:
- Craig Wellington, BA, English ‘88
Executive Director at Black Opportunity Fund - Kamika McLean, BA, Political Science and Law & Society ‘02
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at KSS HoldCo Inc. - Kevin Yarde, BA, Political Science ‘90
MPP – Brampton North at Government of Ontario
Hosted by Michele Johnson, Associate Dean, Students. Includes Q&A session.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
Celebrate While We Educate: Guess the Song
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
1:30pm-2:30pm
Guess the Song featuring York United Black Students Alliance.
#CWWE Presented by SCLD and the Black Student Associations
Recognizing Resilience in Communities
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
1:30pm-3:00pm
Register for Recognizing Resilience in Communities
Participants will engage in discussions about community resilience in the face of disadvantage and hardship, examining the ways barriers and discrimination shape our perspective of communities under duress. The workshop will help participants consider how to engage and foster inclusivity across multiple groups and spaces.
Celebrate While We Educate: Mental Health Talks
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
1:00pm-2:00pm
Register for Mental Health Talks
Mental Health Talks featuring Black Students in Psychology (BSIP) and Black Students Mentorship Program (BSMP)
Celebrate While We Educate: Guess the Flag
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
2:00pm-3:00pm
Guess the Flag featuring United Caribbean Islands
#CWWE Presented by SCLD and the Black Student Associations
Speed Painting: Black History Month
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
6:00pm-7:00 pm EST
During this session, you will learn how to make a quick nature landscape! Speed Painting is a calm and easy way to learn the methods for making a painting. Painting is a fun way to express yourself artistically. Take a break, decompress and partake in this self-care-oriented workshop!
To participate in this workshop, participants will need to have the following items:
· Acrylic Paint (Black, White, Red, Blue and Yellow)
· Brushes (Small pointed brush, Medium and big flat brush, and Medium angle brush)
· Canvas or Paper (any size)
· Cup of water
· Tissues
Creative Arts workshops are an opportunity for community members to take a break, decompress and partake in self-care-oriented sessions.
Each workshop is facilitated by an artist that will guide you through lessons and/or activities where you can explore, learn, and develop skills across various artistic mediums including poetry, visual arts, photography, sewing, baking and more.
Celebrate While We Educate: Dance Workshop
Thursday, February 10, 2022
3:00pm-4:00pm
Dance workshop featuring Nigerian Students Association at York U
#CWWE Presented by SCLD and the Black Student Associations
Black Women in Leadership
Thursday, February 10, 2022
6:00pm-7:00pm
Register for Black Women in Leadership
At Calumet and Stong Colleges, we strive to foster inclusivity and to celebrate diversity. Our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) team implements programs that allow students to learn about intersectionality and the ways in which we can achieve inclusion and equity within our school community. One of our programs includes a brand-new panel discussion called Black Women in Leadership!
We have invited Black women from diverse fields of work and education to engage in a conversation about their leadership experiences, careers, and advice. Our panelists will address intersectionality, their current leadership roles, initiatives they are part of, their challenging experiences, their efforts in supporting Black Indigenous People of Colour in the workplace and community, and opportunities and resources for aspiring leaders. Attendees will even have the opportunity to pose their own questions to panelists at the end. The event will take place via Zoom.
CERLAC presents The Michael Baptista Lecture Series 2021-2022 Envisioning Emancipatory Horizons in the Caribbean and Latin America: Unsilencing the Unthinkable - A Panel for Black History Month
Thursday, February 10, 2022
6:00pm-8:00pm
In Silencing the Past (1995), Haitian historian Michel-Rolph Trouillot argued that the unthinkable is “that which one cannot conceive within the range of possible alternatives, that which perverts all answers because it defies the terms under which the questions were phrased.”
He proposed the Haitian revolution was unthinkable because it was too radical to be formulated in advance of its deeds. What habits of thought, language, labour, identity divisions and knowledge sustain unthinkable(s) in the present and the region(s)? What transnational solidarities are needed in the here and now to challenge the enduring legacies and reinventions of colonial divisions and the deeply divisive, unequal, violent and hierarchical systems which threaten us? What might we learn from the Black struggles of the past and groups already at work on alternatives in different spaces? How are visual artists, writers and performers prefiguring imminent possibility?
In this panel scholars, activists and artists reflect on unthinkable(s) in the historical and contemporary social, racial, environmental, and political landscapes of the Caribbean and Latin America and, through their work imagine emancipatory horizons.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Editing Session #2
Friday, February 11, 2022
10:00am - 1:00 pm EST
Register for Editing Session #2
Every Friday in February, join your library for facilitated editing sessions on Zoom: you can learn the basics or get a refresher on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata, then learn and write alongside others who are passionate about improving digital coverage of Black histories and experiences. Register for the weekly editing sessions.
You can also join the event and edit at your own pace throughout the month. For full details, visit the Black History Edit-a-thon event page.
This event is organized by U of T Libraries, York University Libraries, X University Library, and Toronto Public Library. We look forward to seeing you!
Celebrate While We Educate: Panel Discussion
February 11, 2022
1:00pm-2:00pm
Panel discussion featuring all Black Student Associations
#CWWE Presented by SCLD and the Black Student Associations
Carrying it with Us: Documenting Black Histories for the Future
Monday, February 14, 2022
12:30pm EST
Register for Carrying it with Us
Join Open Forum curator/moderator Kerry-Ann James in a special conversation with Selwyn Jacob, producer, and director of over 50 National Film Board films, Sylvia D. Hamilton, a Nova Scotian award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer, and Jennifer Holness, a documentary filmmaker, producer, and writer for a motivating discussion on archiving Black life in Canada through documentary film. This intimate conversation will remind us of the power and richness of Black history, presence, and future.
Guest Speakers:
Sylvia D. Hamilton is a Nova Scotian filmmaker, writer and artist raised in Beechville, a community established in Nova Scotia, by free Black Refugee-Survivors from the War of 1812. Her films include Black Mother Black Daughter, Speak It: From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia, Portia White: Think on Me and The Little Black School House, among others. They have been broadcast in Canada and screened at festivals at home and abroad and are widely used in schools and universities. Her poetry book, And I Alone Escaped to Tell You was short-listed for a 2015 League of Canadian Poets Award. and was a finalist for the Nova Scotia Masterworks Award. =Excavation/Here We Are Here, her multi-media installation, has been shown at galleries and museums in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. In 1990 she co-created New Initiatives in Film (NIF), a program within the National Film Board’s Studio D, to provide filmmaking opportunities for women of colour and Indigenous women filmmakers. She chaired the Board of the Women’s Television Network Foundation (WIMF) as well as many arts-related juries. She’s held memberships and board/committee positions in a variety of local and national organizations including the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) and the Canada Council’s Racial Equity Committee.
Jennifer Holness writes, produces, and directs and often on the same project! She is the first Black woman in Canada to win a CSA (Gemini) for best writing and is the 2021 Indiescreen Producer of the Year award-winner. Jen loves to make documentary films and she recently directed her first feature documentary, Subjects of Desire, about Black women, and beauty. The film had its world premiere at SXSW, followed by Hot Docs where it was a Top Ten Audience Favourite. The film will air on Starz in the US and TVO on February 1st 2022. Subjects of Desire was selected as a TIFF Top Ten Film. Jen also produced Stateless (2020 Hot Doc’s Special Jury Prize). Her dramatic features Home Again and Love, Sex and Eating the Bones have won numerous festival awards, including the Best First Canadian Feature Award at TIFF. Her TV documentaries include, Speakers For The Dead (CBC), Badge of Pride (CBC & PBS), Brick By Brick (Omni), Yin Yin Jade Love (TVO). She created the TV series, Shoot The Messenger and the multiple award winning mini-series, Guns for CBC where she won a shared Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing. Jen is a key part of numerous committees including the chair of the Black Screen Office and co-chair of CISF. She’s a CMPA board member and chair of the REDIAC Action Committee for the organization. Jen has also co-created the 4-part doc series BLK: An Origin Story for History which will premiere February 26, 2022.
Selwyn Jacob joined the National Film Board’s BC & Yukon Studio in 1997 and went on to produce over 50 NFB films. His many credits include Crazywater, directed by Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive app Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas. Jacob’s most recent feature documentary credits include Mina Shum’s Ninth Floor, about the infamous Sir George Williams Riot of 1969 that was selected to TIFF’s 2015 annual top ten list of best Canadian films, and Baljit Sangra’s Because We Are Girls, exploring the impact of sexual abuse on a conservative Indo-Canadian family living in small-town British Columbia. Selwyn retired from the NFB in June, 2019, and his last production was Now Is The Time, directed by Haida filmmaker, Christopher Auchter. Selwyn has since returned to the private sector as an independent Producer/Director.
Acknowledging and Addressing Racism
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
1:30pm-3:00pm
Register for Acknowledging and Addressing Racism
This workshop will help participants gain an understanding of how to recognize racism, how it can manifest, and what its impacts are. Participants will learn about strategies to address barriers to inclusive spaces, and become familiar with relevant tools, policies and legislation within the York context.
Learn more about REI's Anti-Racism Workshop Series
BOLD Ideas: A Conversation with Everett Lawrence (E.L.) Adams II, Hope for my Hippocampus: Black Mental Health Between the U.S./Canadian Border
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6:00pm-7:30pm EST
Bold Ideas is a platform for citizens, activists and leaders to share their personal, career and life experiences and challenges with the community, and how they negotiated their life paths around these challenges.
E.L. Adams II graduated from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee with a master’s degree in Educational and Counseling Psychology. E. L. created programs based on his thesis to combine music and mental health, and to allow for deep and safe conversations. E. L. has supported adolescents, families, school boards and communities with mental health and encouraging others to get the support that they need to develop, grow and manage their well-being. In our Bold Ideas discussion, E.L. will discuss some of his experiences on both sides of the American and Canadian border. Given that the hippocampus plays a major role in learning and memory, E.L. hopes to share his unique account of a black experience from what is embedded in his hippocampus: the things he has learned and remembered that have had an impact on his own mental health. E.L.’s daily occurrences have shown him that there are more similarities than differences between the U.S. and Canadian borders when it comes to racism. Through his presentation, E.L. hopes to highlight how he has managed to preserve his peace and to continue functioning at an optimal level with hope that new memories can be created that include acceptance and value of a Black man.
#BLKPSYCH365 - Black Psychology and Community Psychology of the CPA
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
11:00am-1:00pm
The Sections for Black Psychology and Community Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) are excited to announce an upcoming event featuring Dr. Sonya Faber and Dr. Setorme Tsikata. Our theme is #BlkPsych365. We'll discuss new lessons for being a modern ally. During the Q&A several psychologists and therapists will be on hand to discuss Black Excellence and Black mental health. All are welcome!
| For any questions please contact: anita.shaw@unbc.ca |
Fostering Allyship and Anti-Racism Workshop
Thursday, February 17, 2022
TBA EST
Register for Fostering Allyship and Anti-Racism Workshop soon!
In partnership with United Caribbean Islands (UCI), York University's Black Students Association (YUBSA), Black Students in Psychology (BSIP) and Calumet and Stong Colleges.
Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Editing Session #3
Friday, February 18, 2022
1:00pm - 4:00 pm EST
Register for Editing Session #3
Every Friday in February, join your library for facilitated editing sessions on Zoom: you can learn the basics or get a refresher on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata, then learn and write alongside others who are passionate about improving digital coverage of Black histories and experiences. Register for the weekly editing sessions.
You can also join the event and edit at your own pace throughout the month. For full details, visit the Black History Edit-a-thon event page.
This event is organized by U of T Libraries, York University Libraries, X University Library, and Toronto Public Library. We look forward to seeing you!
FGS presents “Why Black History (Month) Matters”
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
12:00pm-1:15pm
Register for FGS presents "Why Black History (Month) Matters"
As we honour and celebrate Black History Month, there is importance in continuing the conversation around Black history, cultural and lived experiences.
Our moderator for this event is Dean & Associate-Vice President Graduate, Thomas Loebel. The panel will be made up of current faculty members and graduate scholars at York University.
This is a free event, however registration is required.
Have any questions? Please contact our Graduate Communications Manager, Anesa Albert at anesaa@yorku.ca.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
Intervening on Racism
Thursday, February 24, 2022
10:30am-12:00pm
Register for Intervening on Racism
Please note that we strongly recommend participants to have attended at least one of the workshops above before attending this session.
This workshop will be highly participation-based, and ask attendees to design strategies and practice tools to intervene on moments of racial discrimination, harassment, and microaggressions. Prior familiarity with these concepts is recommended.
Learn more about REI's Anti-Racism Workshop Series
Speed Painting: Black History Month
Thursday, February 24, 2022
3:00pm - 4:00 pm EST
During this session, you will learn how to make a quick painting! Speed Painting is a calm and easy way to learn the methods for making a painting. Painting is a fun way to express yourself artistically. Take a break, decompress and partake in this self-care-oriented workshop!
To participate in this workshop, participants will need to have the following items:
· Acrylic Paint (Black, White, Red, Blue and Yellow)
· Brushes (Small pointed brush, Medium and big flat brush, and Medium angle brush)
· Canvas or Paper (any size)
· Cup of water
· Tissues
Creative Arts workshops are an opportunity for community members to take a break, decompress and partake in self-care-oriented sessions.
Each workshop is facilitated by an artist that will guide you through lessons and/or activities where you can explore, learn, and develop skills across various artistic mediums including poetry, visual arts, photography, sewing, baking and more.
Black History Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon Editing Session #4
Friday, February 25, 2022
10:00am - 1:00 pm EST
Register for Editing Session #4
Every Friday in February, join your library for facilitated editing sessions on Zoom: you can learn the basics or get a refresher on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata, then learn and write alongside others who are passionate about improving digital coverage of Black histories and experiences. Register for the weekly editing sessions.
You can also join the event and edit at your own pace throughout the month. For full details, visit the Black History Edit-a-thon event page.
This event is organized by U of T Libraries, York University Libraries, X University Library, and Toronto Public Library. We look forward to seeing you!
York Circle @ Home: Cycles of inequality and exploitation in nation-building
Sunday, February 27, 2022
10:00am-12:00pm
Register for York Circle @ Home: Cycles of inequality and exploitation in nation-building
Hosted by Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Academic Chair of The York Circle, this virtual lecture series will showcase York’s leading faculty members engaging in lively panel discussions and Q&A sessions on key themes related to this year’s topic: “Oh Canada! The True North Strong and Free?” The series will be held over four sessions throughout the year.
Check out https://www.yorku.ca/about/blackhistorymonth/ for more events.
Orienting Yourself to Allyship
Monday, February 28, 2022
10:30am-12:00pm
Register for Orienting Yourself to Allyship
*Please Note: This session is a prerequisite for Allyship 2 that is offered on March 3, 2021*
In recognition of Black History Month and as the the kick of event of Inclusoin Week, 2022, this session offers a series of engaging activities and reflection exercises that challenge participants to:
- Contextualize their social location based on their identity.
- Deepen their understanding of allyship in a personal and institutional setting.
- Practice active allyship and develop strategies to have brave conversations.
This workshop is developed and delivered in partnership with Student Community Leadership and Development (SCLD).