Sat, Sep 26
|Online Convsersation
Homecoming: Has the Grass Ever Been Greener? (Anti)Blackness in Canada in the Era of COVID-19
At McGill
Time & Location
Sep 26, 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online Convsersation
About the Event
Register Here
Join the McGill Black Alumni Association for a conversation between advocates and activists striving to dismantle the structures upholding anti-Blackness in Canada. By analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black communities, this event seeks to problematize and disrupt the Canadian status quo.
DetailsFeaturing:
Desmond Cole, activist, journalist and author of The Skin We're In
Emilie Nicolas, human rights advocate and columnist for Le Devoir
Anthony Morgan, manager of Toronto's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit
Annamaria Enenajor, partner at Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe and advocate for cannabis amnesty
The link to join the event will be sent to registrants 24 hours in advance. Spots in this virtual event are limited, so entry into the event will occur on a first come, first served basis.