Events

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]

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]

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]

An opportunity for young adult Black leaders (ages 18 to 35) of African ancestry to grow their leadership talents and strengths, and to foster cross-campus relationship building.

Join the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) on Wednesday, September 23, for the inaugural launch of CIARS in Conversation series, as we discuss Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Schooling and Education: Fighting the Global Racial and Health Pandemics.

DBDLI in collaboration with the Office for Students of African Descent are offering a virtual orientation event for Black students transitioning or considering attending St. Francis Xavier University!