Past Events › Black History 365

In celebration of Black History Month, the Office of Student Recruitment and University of Toronto’s Black Founders Network gives high school students a glimpse into what it takes to core, accelerate and scale a business. Join us for Building a Black Entrepreneurship Toolkit! Our U of T Black alumni entrepreneurs will share their experiences about how they developed their business--and then answer any questions you have about becoming an entrepreneur.  

The Office of Residence and Student Life (New College), in direct partnership with the African Studies Course Union, the Black Students' Association, the Caribbean Studies Students' Union, and the Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office (ARCDO), is hosting a reflection to consider present conditions and imagine futures for Black students at U of T. During this reflection, student leaders from each student association and Jodie Glean (Executive Director (Interim), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), will facilitate dialogue on four themes: how the…

Alumni, students, faculty and members of the public are invited to the next lecture in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) Alumni Association’s 2021-2022 Alumni Series.  Housed within the FIFSW, The Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB) is the first Centre of its kind in the world—and is quickly becoming a catalyst and focal point of a coordinated effort to address structural inequities that contribute to homicide disproportionately  experienced by Black people throughout our global communities. Join…

Join us in a discussion and launch of Professor Funké Aladejebi’s book, “Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers”. Organized by the Department of History and co-sponsored by the Black Research Network, this virtual roundtable will feature faculty and students who will speak on aspects of the book that are critically important from different disciplinary perspectives. Speakers include: Professor Funké Aladejebi, Department of History Professor Chris Johnson, Women & Gender Studies Institute Professor Melanie J. Newton, Department of…

Join Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute as they host  filmmaker Vikram Dasgupta and film subject Siphe November, and screen their acclaimed documentary, Beyond Moving  — in recognition of Black History Month. This event includes a film screening and audience Q & A. *This event is open to faculty, staff, students and external community. 

Join the National Society of Black Engineers at U of T for Canada's first Black student-run hackathon, a beginner-friendly hackathon open to all U of T students regardless of racial or academic background. *Applications are open until February 1st, 2022.   

Presented by Hart House and Fresh, Bold and So Def at the University Hip Hop Museum, join us for a curated conversation by three phenomenal women making space, enriching the narrative and uncovering the feminist history and continuing contributions of women in the cultural production of all facets of Hip-Hop aesthetic. Speakers include: Dr. Francesa D'Amico-Cuthbert (Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto) and; Martha Diaz MD (Community organizer, media producer, archivist, curator, educator and social entrepreneur) and; Lynnée Denise (Professor, Black Music…