Media invited to gospel music performance and talk and annual Word, Sound Power event featuring Canadian dub poet, writer and Juno award winner Lillian Allen TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2026 – Media have two opportunities to attend live gospel music at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ’s Keele campus this evening, with two Black History Month events featuring the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Gospel Choir (YUGC), one […]
Education, particularly math education, is not a neutral space for Black students. It continues to be a space where there are fewer expectations of success. That was one of the messages that emerged during the Black History Month panel on education, Black Educators and Black Education, at the Harriet Tubman Institute at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ.
It was at the now-closed Brockton High School near the new Dufferin Mall on what was then called Awde Street, where a young Carl James met with other community organizers on a September Saturday.
Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist, a freedom fighter, a spy, nurse and conductor on the Underground Railroad and although there is a lot written about her movements in the United States, tracing her path in Canada has proven trickier.
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2021 – Canada likes to believe it’s different from its neighbours to the south, that there is less systemic racism, but ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Professor Lorne Foster says the Black experience tells a different story.
¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ expert is available to explain gospel music popularity and history TORONTO, February 10, 2020 – Gospel music is so ingrained in pop culture today that gospel choirs are everywhere from the Superbowl and Grammys to detergent and car commercials, says Karen Burke, one of Canada’s leading authorities on gospel music’s history and performance […]
¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ scholar available to discuss Blackness in Canada research project TORONTO, February 6, 2020 – It’s no accident that Professor Lorne Foster – one of Canada’s top scholars on racial profiling and anti-racism laws – chose to kick off his research project exploring Black Canadian identity during Black History Month. Black History Month is a […]
¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ hosts Black History Month Symposium TORONTO, February 6, 2019 – The voices of some of Toronto’s most recognized Black Canadian leaders in politics and social activism will be heard at a two-day symposium celebrating Black History Month at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ on Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. Desmond Cole – an activist, freelance […]
TORONTO, February 13, 2018 – Three noted leaders from different walks of life, but sharing the same goal of activism against racism, will engage in a conversation at the Black History Month event hosted by ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ at the Tribute Communities Recital Hall, February 15. The event, “Everyday Activism, Critical Resistance: A Conversation with Angela […]
