Monday, February 6, 2023
1:00pm-3:00pm
The Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office (ARCDO) at the University of Toronto invites you to join us for our Black History Month Symposium – What Has Changed: The Role of Attitudinal Barriers to Advancing Black Inclusion on February 6, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Objectives:
- Understand attitudinal barriers that manifest in current and historical perceptions about Blackness and Black communities;
- Identify and discuss the role of post-secondary environments and attitudinal barriers that impact efforts to address systemic anti-Black racism;
- Identify and discuss the strategies, tools and resources to strengthen advocacy and EDI transformation efforts to address intersectional forms of anti-Black racism in post-secondary environments
Panel Discussion:
Panelist: Dr. Andrew Campbell (he/him)
Assistant Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Panelist: Teeanna Munro (she/her)
Project Coordinator, Black Perspectives Office
Concordia University
Panelist: Nancy Simms, MA & ADR (she/her)
Ed.D. Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
Moderator: Cherilyn Scobie Edwards (she/her)
Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office
University of Toronto Scarborough
To register, please visit the ARCDO website.