FRIDAY, May 6th
Opening Remarks, Francesca D’Amico and Funke Aladejebi
Keynote Address
Introduction: Dr. Michele Johnson, Director, Harriet Tubman Institute
Introduction: Dr. Michele Johnson, Director, Harriet Tubman Institute
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Barrington Walker, Queen’s University
Panel 1 – At the Crossroads of Cultural Production and Black Social Movements
Panel 2 – Exploring the Personal and Political Through Historical Narratives
Panel 3 – Policing the Black Body Across the Black Atlantic
SATURDAY, May 7th
Panel 1 – State Practices, Violence, and Black Activism Throughout Africa and Its Diasporas
Panel 2 – Erasure and Black Resistance in Historical and Contemporary Canada
Panel 3 – New Frontiers in Praxis, Knowledge-Making, and Black Communal Resistance
Panel 4 – Black Healing Practices and Spirituality as Counter-Hegemonic Interventions
Panel 5 – Cumulative Discussion, Academics and Activists