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Black history in Canada: watch CBC roundtable with Prof Andrea Davis, grad host Amanda Parris

 

LA&PS Grad Amanda Parris  hosted a panel discussion of Black women discussing Black history in Canada that featured Professor Andrea Davis, which was broadcast live on Facebook.

The discussion covered topics that included: How much do we know about black history in Canada? Who were the key figures? What do we lose when we don’t include black stories in our history?

You can watch the program on Facebook, YouTube or click to watch below.

Panelists

Nikki Clarke
President, Ontario Black History Society

Afua Cooper
James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University
President, Black Canadian Studies Association

Andrea Davis
Chair of Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
Associate Professor of Black Cultural Studies

Karen Flynn
Associate Professor, Departments of Gender and Women’s Studies and African-American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Full information available at CBC’s page on this event.