Department of Humanities, Culture and Expression and Black Canadian Studies invites you to The 10th Edition of Griots to Emcees Spoken Word Showcase Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 Place: LIVE on ZOOM Showtime: 7PM Join the 10th Class of Griots to Emcees for a special live & virtual showcase of Spoken Word! ----- GRIOTS TO EMCEES: SPOKEN WORD, […]
These awards has been created by colleagues and friends of Dr. Andrea Davis, to honour herservice as Chair of the Department of Humanities. Dr. Davis teaches and supervises inliteratures and cultures of the Black Americas and holds cross-appointments in thegraduate programs in English; Interdisciplinary Studies; Gender, Feminist and Women’sStudies; and Social and Political Thought. She […]
Book Launch & Celebration for Horizon, Sea, Sound: Caribbean and African Women's Cultural Critiques of Nation (2022). Andrea Davis in conversation with Christina Sharpe, and reflections by Eve Tuck, Rinaldo Walcott, and Ola Mohammed. Presented by Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University and Another Story Bookshop with support from Canada Research Chair in Black […]
Article from LA&PS Newsletter DARE project leads to first-of-its-kind Black Canadian database of Readings and Films A research project aimed to redress ideologies and systems of anti-Black racism in the University has culminated in a first-of-its-kind database of Black Canadian readings and films. The project, titled “Teaching Against Anti-Black Racism and Toward Black Inclusion,” was […]
Angels: 215 >, 1820 – 1979 “The Past is Always Our Present” A cradle board hangs from a treeA beaded moss bag is folded in a small chestA child’s moccasin is tuckedInto a skunk Pipe bagChildren’s shoes in a ghost dance.A mother clutches thesePalms held against her faceA river runs between her fingers. A small […]
York University Black Canadian Studies (BCS) certificate program student Michelle Molubi has been recognized at the annual Humanities Education and Research Association (HERA) conference with the top undergraduate research paper honour. For Molubi, a humanities student in her final year, the $1,000 prize from HERA represents the culmination of hard work and meaningful research within the Black […]
Andrea Davis, Associate Professor of Humanities in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and special advisor on LA&PS’ Anti-Black Racism Strategy, is one of the 10 recipients of a 2021 3M National Teaching Fellowship. The fellowships were created in 1986 by the Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education to recognize “educators […]
National Indigenous Peoples' Day: In solidarity with ... Panel shared with Bonita Lawrence, Andrea Davis and Ruth Koleszar-Green, and was organized by the Office of the Vice President, Equity, People & Culture on June 21, 2020
TORONTO -- George Floyd’s killing at the hands of police in Minneapolis and the ensuing wave of global protests have prompted many Canadians to take a deeper look at systemic racism, and national data reveals the stark racial divide in this country. The most recent census data from 2016 shows that Black Canadians face far […]
