Keynote Address: “Canadian Thought and the Language of Concern” A.B. McKillop, Chancellor’s Professor at Carleton University and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada will deliver the conference keynote address. One of Canada’s foremost historians of culture and ideas, Professor McKillop has published widely in the areas of higher education, religion, intellectual history…
THE POWER OF HARRIET T! WRITTEN BY MICHAEL MILLER RECOMMENDED FOR GRADES 4–8 MAINSTAGE | FEB. 4 – 22, 2013 TICKETS: $10-$20 This is the powerful, true story of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom and inspired hope for thousands more. Born a slave in Maryland in 1820, Harriet escaped to freedom at the age of 29. Not content just to be free, she risked her newfound…
Join author Frank Mackey on Thursday November 29th at 7pm at the Accents on Eglinton Bookstore for a special discussion of his book titled "Black Then: Blacks and Montreal, 1780s – 1880s."
See an excerpt of his book here.
Low Mutterings of Islamic Chants: Hearing Omar’s Islamic Inscriptions on the Black Atlantic.
Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
Time: Nov 28th, 4:00 pm End: Nov 28th, 6:00 pm
Interest Categories: United States Studies, Humanities, Historical Studies (UTM), Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC), English (UTSC), English, Diaspora/Transnational, Critical Theory, Communication and Culture (UTM…
After growing up as one of the only non-white members of her community [in Alberta] Karina Vernon was inspired to research and expose the writings of early black settlers in Canada.
Vernon’s current research interests include black Canadian prairie writing, and, the investigation of urban "renewal" and gentrification processes on collective memory in Canada.
05/13/2013 (All day) – 05/15/2013 (All day)
02/04/2013 (All day) – 11/22/2013 (All day)
12/08/2012 – 19:00
12/01/2012 – 17:00
11/29/2012 – 19:00 – 21:30
11/28/2012 – 16:00
11/13/2012 – 15:00 – 17:00
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