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BLACK HISTORY EVENTS BY HARRIET TUBMAN INSTITUTE:
Thursday, January 31, 2:30pm- 5:30pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Room 314
• Tubman Talks: “The Beaufort 3: Prince R. Rivers, Robert Smalls, and Stephen A. Swails: From Invisibility to Power,” a talk by Dr. Gregory Mixon (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
• Black History Month: A message from the Tubman’s Director, Dr. Gertrude Mianda
• Photo Exhibit: “A Vision of Vodou: Photos by Daniel Morel,” presented by CIDHICA – Montreal & Afro – Latin American Working Group.
Sunday, February 3, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Room 305
• Community Conversation:“Addressing Barriers for TCDSB Black/of African descent and racialized students,” presented by The Latinx, Afro-Latin-America, AbyaYala Education Network (LAEN)
Thursday, February 7, 2:30pm- 4:00pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Room 314
• Tubman Talks: “In Dubious Battle: Paradoxes in the Education of African Canadians,” a talk by Kwesi Firempong, Faculty of Education, York University.
Tuesday, February 12, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Glendon Campus, York Hall, Room A 301
• Film Screening & Discussion: “The Butler,” organized by The Glendon Black Students Alliance.
Wednesday, February 13, 8:00pm
Koerner Hall, Telus Centre for Performance and Learning
• The Nathaniel Dett Chorale 20th Anniversary Gala Concert “Voices of the Diaspora: Hosea.” A fusion of gospel, jazz and classical music by Dr. Stephen Newby, Composer-in-Residence.
Thursday, February 14, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Glendon Campus, York Hall, Room A 301
• Tubman Talks: “Le racisme et la réitération de la déshumanisation esclavagiste dans le système de santé canadien : une question d'éthique féministe appliquée,” a talk by Dr. Agnès Berthelot-Raffard.
Friday, February 15, 10:00am – 9:00pm
Keele Campus, Founders College, Founders Assembly Hall
• “Writing and Researching Blackness in the Academy”.
• Tubman’s Book Fair and Art Exhibit:
• Book celebrations, panels, roundtables, spoken word artists, & much more, co - organized by The Harriet Tubman Junior Scholar Fellows and the Department of Humanities.
• Undergraduate Roundtable: “Being in the Afterlife of Slavery,” presented by the Black Canadian Studies Certificate.
Sunday, February 17, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Rm. 314
• Podcast - Live Episode Launch:“Black Love and Relationships”, co – organized by Empresses on Fire, 3 Dreads & A Durag and The Harriet Tubman Junior Scholar Fellows.
Friday, February 22, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Keele Campus, Founders College, Founders Assembly Hall
• “Catauro de Patakies”: 4th Afro – Latin American Forum @ York University. Panels, roundtables, art exhibits & free concert with Afro – Cuban singer Maylin Ortega Zulueta.
Friday, February 22, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday & Sunday, February 23 – 24, 10:00pm - 6:00pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Rm. 305
• The Niche Project: A Social Service Pathway for Young Black Leaders, workshops organized by The Harriet Tubman Community Organization.
Tuesday, February 26, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Glendon Campus, York Hall, Room A 301
• Film Screening & Discussion: “Moonlight,” organized by The Glendon Black Students Alliance.
Thursday, February 28
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Keele Campus, York Lanes, 3rd floor, Rm. 314
• Tubman Talks:“The Niche Project: A Social Service Pathway for Young Black Leaders,”a talk by Akilah Hamilton, Harriet Tubman Community Organization.
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Keele Campus, Schulich School of Business
• Forum: “Collaborative business and education partnerships in a connected world,” presented by the Business and Education Collaborative Network, a Pamper Me Network project.
Contact information
Email: JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING
Phone: 416 – 736 – 2100 ext 33058
Thanks to all the faculty and community members, undergraduate and graduate students, support groups and organizations that made these Black History Month events possible:
Afro Latin American Working Group
Black Creek Community Health Centre
Business and Education Collaborative Network
Centre for Feminist Research
Department of Humanities, York University
Empresses on Fire
Founders College
Glendon Black Students Alliance
Le Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Haïtienne, Caribéenne et Afro-canadienne (CIDIHCA)
Le Centre de Recherché sur le Contact des Langues et des Cultures, de Glendon
L’École d’Affaires publiques et internationals de Glendon
Le College universitaire Glendon
Ontario Black History Society
Pamper Me Network
Rastafest
Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Roots 4 Change
School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Schulich School of Business
The Black Child & Youth Studies Network at York
The Harriet Tubman Community Organization
The Luso – African Group at Tubman
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale
UJIMA House
York University Black Students’ Alliance (YUBSA)
York University Graduate Student’s Association (YUGSA)
3 Dreads & A Durag
The Harriet Tubman Institute appreciates your engagement and support.