This collection contains announcements that were posted on our website.
We are so excited to announce that we're hosting the “Africentric Praxis to Affective Transformation: The Way to Make Change Felt” Conference. [Details & Registration Inside]
We are pleased to share the successful submissions from our African Nova Scotian Voices Speaking competition, which encouraged applicants to get creative by submitting a 3-minute video celebrating International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21). [Videos Inside]
A memorial written by George Elliott Clarke: Charles R. Saunders had lived in Ottawa, 15 years, 1970-1985, before he set foot in Africadia. And once he did, he only left so he could pack his Ottawa suitcase and return to the only place that he could ever again call home: Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Full-text Inside]
Join us for an online financial education workshop, facilitated by Dr. David Devine, designed to help communities make informed financial choices to foster financial stability. [Details Inside]
Do you identify as a person of African Descent? We want to hear from you and support your ideas! DBDLI presents African Nova Scotian Voices Speaking, a creative project for the International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21). Selected submissions will receive $100! [Details & Instructions Inside]
We are inviting faculty at post-secondary institutions, students, community organizations and the public to join us again this year, on March 27, 2021, for a one day event highlighting Black scholars and Black research. The symposium will be held online... [Register Inside]
This series carry on Viola's legacy of entrepreneurship, education and social action, inspiring the leadership that lives within all of us. Episode 2 recognizes how her business achievements inspired a local African Nova Scotian business woman, and features some of the people responsible for her free pardon. [Video Inside]
We appreciate the collaboration with the Canadian Anti-Racist educator, Dr. George Dei of the University of Toronto. The lecture and interactive conversation with Shaniqwa Thomas, law student, author and emerging scholar, helped all attending the webinar explore decolonizing education and its implications for the Nova Scotia Inclusive Education Policy.
Join the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) on Friday, November 27, for a conversation with Dr. George J. Sefa Dei moderated by Ahmed Ilmi and Rukiya Mohamed, discussing The Spatiality of Blacknesses in Academia.
DBDLI presents a series of community talks. These talks carry on Viola's legacy of entrepreneurship, education and social action, inspiring the leadership that lives within all of us. Produced by the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. [Video Inside]