Events
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4th Annual With1VoiceNight: Shoot for Change Anti-Racism Game
AthleticsBlack History MonthSaturday, February 8, 2025 , 06:00 PM - 10:00 PMThe Nipissing University Black Association for Student Expression (NUBASE), in partnership with Lakers Basketball, invite you to attend the 4th Annual Shoot for Change Anti-Racism Game at the Robert J. Surtees Student Athletics Centre. The Women’s game will take place at 6 p.m. followed by the Men’s game at 8 p.m.Black History Month Panel
Virtual EventsBlack History MonthTuesday, February 4, 2025 , 01:00 PMThis webinar delves into the distinction between commemoration and memorialization of Black History Month. We’ll explore how Black history is not just a past to be remembered, but a presence that shapes culture, activism, and legacy. This session invites you to engage with leaders in the field, reflecting on how we can honour Black history every day, beyond February.Black Excellence Event
Black History MonthFriday, February 7, 2025 , 05:00 PM - 09:00 PMTo commemorate Black History Month, Nipissing ARTS and Culture and the Nipissing University Student Union, are hosting a Black Excellence Event that will highlight the significant contributions of Black Canadians, with a particular focus on the legacy of Canada’s first Black Mayor Saint Fermin Monestime, Mayor of Mattawa.Black History Month Film Event: What We Deserve: Restorative Justice and Reparations
GeneralBlack History MonthWednesday, February 12, 2025 , 06:30 PM - 09:00 PMIn recognition of Black History Month, we invite you to a special film screening of What We Deserve–a documentary exploring centuries of unaddressed harm faced by the victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and their descendants. Through poignant reflections and insightful commentary, the film champions calls for restorative and reparative justice.
Following the screening, participate in a live Q&A session with award-winning filmmaker Shelley Jarrett, moderated by Dr. Charles Anyinam, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing.
Resources
About Black History Month
February is Black History Month, providing an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities. You can learn more about Black history in Canada from the Government of Canada.
Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI)
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) has created a commemoration guide for Black History Month that you can use to celebrate and recognize the diverse experiences of Black Canadians: Commemoration guide: Black History Month.
In addition to this guide, CCDI offers other existing resources about many topics pertaining to Black Canadians. Please see a list of some of these resources below:
Toolkits:
Resources
- Addressing Anti-Black Racism Action Plan: Community Consultation
- Edmonton Anti-Black Racism Action Plan
Webinars
Websites
- The Micropedia of Microaggressions - the first encyclopedia of microaggressions.
- Canada Black-Owned Business & Black Entrepreneurs Directory - Afrobiz
Training
Films and Documentaries
Podcasts
- Portraits of Black Canadians
- Secret Life of Canada (check out the episode “The Province of Jamaica”)
- Party Lines - “Who Feels Served and Protected?”
- Colour Code: A Podcast About Race in Canada
Books and Articles
- Benjamin, Ruha. Race after technology: abolitionist tools for the new Jim Code. Massachusetts: Wiley, 2019.
- Coates, TaNehisi. Between the world and me. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
- Cole, Desmond. The skin we’re in: a year of Black resistance and power. Toronto: Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), 2020.
- Collins, Patricia Hill. Black feminist thought: knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. New York: Routledge, 2015
- Cooper, Afua. The hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal. Brantford, Ontario: W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library, 2019.
- Diverlus, Rodney; Hudson, Sandy; Ware, Syrus Marcus. Until we are free: reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada. Toronto: CELA, 2020
- French, Whitney. Black Writers Matter. University of Regina Press, 2019.
- Hasford, Julian. “Dominant cultural narratives, racism, and resistance in the workplace: A Study of the experiences of young Black Canadians." American Journal of Community Psychology 57, no. 12 (2016): 15870. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12024.
- Hooks, Bell. Black Looks Race and Representation. New York: Routledge, 2015.
- Kendi, Ibram X. How to be an antiracist. New York: One World, 2019.
- Martis, Eternity. They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus and Growing Up. McClelland & Stewart. 2020.
- Maynard, Robyn. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from slavery to the present. Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2018.
- Mensah, Joseph. Black Canadians: History, experiences, social conditions. Halifax: Fernwood Publ., 2002.
- Oluo, Ijeoma. So you want to talk about race. Basic Books, 2020.
- Razack, Sherene. Race, space, and the law: Unmapping a White settler society. Brantford, Ontario: W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library, 2017.
- Rhoden, William C. Forty million dollar slaves: The rise, fall, and redemption of the Black athlete. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007. • Roberts, L.M.; Mayo, A.J.; Thomas, D.A. Race, work, & leadership: New perspectives on the Black experience. Harvard Business Review Press. 2019.
- Walker, Barrington. Race on trial: black defendants in Ontario’s criminal courts, 1858-1958. Toronto: Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2011.
- Walker, Barrington. The history of immigration and racism in Canada: essential readings. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2008.