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Canadian Black Scientists Network – BE-STEMM 2023 conference

February 1 @ 8:00 am - February 4 @ 5:00 pm
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The four-day virtual, multidisciplinary program will feature research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine & Health (STEMM). The conference will include keynote talks by established and rising star Black scholars in STEMM, contributed talks by Black scholars, practitioners, students, and educators, across disciplines, panel discussions, and an opportunity to mentor emerging Black scientists in its ... Read More

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Re/Viewing, Re/Visioning, and Re/Imagining Black Canada Symposium

February 2 @ 9:00 am - February 3 @ 5:00 pm
Cadario Conference Centre, 15 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7 Canada
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“Unsettling the Great White North” is a collaborative two-day symposium (February 2-3, 2023) jointly hosted by the University of Toronto and York University. It builds on the recent publication of the co-edited volume, Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History (University of Toronto Press, 2022). Invited scholars from across both Canadian and American universities ... Read More

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10:00 am

Black History Month Launch: Black Futures

February 3 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Highland Hall, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Tr.
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4 Canada
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All are invited to help us Launch the BSE Black History Month "Black Futures" themed event. Join us for a day of African Drumming, dancing, fashion, prizes to be won and much more! 12:00p.m - Lunch and Learn with keynote speaker, Dub Poet D'Bi Young. D'bi is an African-Jamaican-Tkarontonian dubpoet, monodramatist and Black-queer-feminist decolonial scholar, ... Read More

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1:00 pm

Black Histories Wikipedia & Wikidata Edit-a-thon (2023)

February 3 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online

Representation matters: not just on our screens, but in the information and data we share. Join us for an online panel discussion and beginner-friendly editing sessions to help improve coverage of Black histories. Organized by library and archives staff and students at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto and York University — ... Read More

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