Africa and Black Diaspora Studies (ABLD) @McMasterU includes an Interdisciplinary Minor, a Seminar Series, & a network for students & scholars and the community
Joined January 2024
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5 Apr 2025
We're excited to gather again for '#BlackFuturities2025: We Listen and We Don’t Judge' for open discussion & visioning about the future of Black Studies in Canada. Space is limited so register soon @: blackfuturities2025.eventbri… @McMasterU @UoG_ARTS
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Apr 30
ABLD joins colleagues, family, and friends in mourning the loss and celebrating the phenomenal life of Dr. Juliet Daniel. The Black community @McMasterU is forever changed—and forever indebted to her tireless advocacy, presence, and labour of love. Rest well, Juliet.
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16 Jun 2025
Highlights from the key note speaker Dr. Funké Aladejebi at this year's Black Futurities Conference hosted by @abldmcmaster @uofg @McMasterU @McMasterSocSci
We listen and we don't judge 🙌🏿
#BlackFuturities #ABLDatMac #BlackCanadianStudies #HamOnt
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Join us to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day. Learn about a project working to “re-neighbour” Haudenosaunee and Inuit communities impacted historically by the local residential school and Hamilton Sanatorium.
Keynote speaker: Dr. Vanessa Watts
Register: info@harrc.ca
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3 Jun 2025
Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health, Global Peace and Social Justice Program, McMaster University) invites you to attend "Mental Health in Hamilton’s Black Community: A Symposium". Register at this link:
eventbrite.ca/e/mental-healt…
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2 Jun 2025
RT @CBCHamilton: Hamilton non-profit marks 5 years of support for Black-owned businesses, hopes to make bigger impact. t.co/1nd4UDi…
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31 May 2025
Attending #BlackFuturities2025 was a powerful reminder of the importance of gathering in community to listen deeply, ask hard questions & dream boldly about the future of Black Studies in Canada. Grateful to @AlphaAbebe & team for curating the event.@abldmcmaster
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30 May 2025
Panel 3: Making Space: Entering the Field.
Dr. Jessica Bundy
Marcus Singleton
Tiyondah Fante-Coleman
Sarah George
Sonia Lewis
Adigun Ajibola
#ABLDatMac #BlackStudies #HamOnt #BlackFuturities
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abldmcmaster retweeted
30 May 2025
Lean into a collectivist mindset. @abldmcmaster
Comments from "Zooming Out: Black Studies Trajectories, Traditions & Futures."
#ABLDatMac #BlackFuturities #BlackStudies #HamOnt
30 May 2025
Panel 1: Zooming Out: Black Studies Trajectories, Traditions, & Future. @abldmcmaster
Dr. Cheryl Thomas
Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon
Dr. Ornella Nzindukiyimana
Dr. Tya Collins
#ABLDatMac #HamOnt #BlackStudies #BlackFuturities
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30 May 2025
Black Futurities Conference is underway hosted by @McMasterU @abldmcmaster & @uofg @SSHRC_CRSH @alphaabebe
A national hybrid discussion-based conference on the future of Black studies in Canada.
#ABLDatMac #HamOnt #BlackStudies #BlackFuturities
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30 May 2025
Panel 1: Zooming Out: Black Studies Trajectories, Traditions, & Future. @abldmcmaster
Dr. Cheryl Thomas
Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon
Dr. Ornella Nzindukiyimana
Dr. Tya Collins
#ABLDatMac #HamOnt #BlackStudies #BlackFuturities
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abldmcmaster retweeted
20 May 2025
I had the great opportunity to talk with Dr. John Drabinski about music, performance, politics, & Black Studies on the @blstpodcast.
@McMasterU @abldmcmaster
@McMasterSocSci @AAIHS
#BlackStudiesPodcast #TheBlackStudiesPodcast #ABLDatMac #HamOnt #Ghana
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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abldmcmaster retweeted
26 May 2025
Looking forward to the Black Futurities Conference hosted by @McMasterU @abldmcmaster & @uofg
Bringing students, scholars, community members & everyone in between to have conversations about Black Studies in Canada & globally.
#BlackFuturities #ABLDatMac #HamOnt #BlackStudies
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29 May 2025
🗣️ 1 DAY TO GO
Black Futurities 2025 is TOMORROW!!!
We’re gathering to build, reflect, and reimagine Black Studies in Canada.
✨ Don’t miss it.
🔗 Register now – link in bio.
#BlackFuturities2025 #BlackStudiesCanada
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24 May 2025
Black Futurities 2025: We Listen, We Don't Judge is almost here!
See last year's energy, and get ready to be part of the conversation this year. 🔥
🗓️ May 30, 2025
📍Toronto Online
🔗Blackfuturities2025.eventbri…
#BlackFuturities2025 #BlackStudiesCanada
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6 May 2025
We’ve got an incredible lineup for Black Futurities 2025: We Listen and We Don’t Judge, and you won’t want to miss it!
Join us on May 30 in downtown Toronto or online.
Check the schedule. Meet the speakers. Register now.
#BlackFuturities #WeListenWeDontJudge #BlackStudies
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21 Apr 2025
The Black Futurities Reading Group kicks off April 25!
Fridays at 12PM — we read, reflect & reimagine Black Studies in Canada ahead of #BFC2025.
Register via QR code.
#BlackFuturities #ABLDatMac
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abldmcmaster retweeted
7 Apr 2025
Another semester of teaching and learning comes to an end.
Creating a learning environment for exploration takes effort & time. Thanks to the students & guest lecturers @DanicaSavonick @shaunaseab @EfuaGreddy
Finished the last day of class with @blstpodcast
#ABLDatMac #HamOnt
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5 Apr 2025
Applications invited for a Postdoc Research Fellow to work w/the African Caribbean Faculty Association of McMaster network on expanding the ecosystem for research and teaching on Africa and Black Diaspora Studies @abldmcmaster @McMasterU. Due: April 15. @bajanjules27
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