Join us in the celebration of another year of Black History Month at McGill!
Black History Month at McGill is organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). The 2024 edition will feature two main events in partnership with our University Libraries and Department of History and Classical Studies in the Faculty of Arts.
See the full details of McGill Equity Team Events
Black History Month 2024 Opening Ceremony
Thursday, February 1, 2024
5 PM - 8 PM
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Schulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West
The 2024 Opening Ceremony will feature a performance by Montreal Steppers, a local performance collective, followed by a talkback panel discussion about the performance and Black art and culture more broadly. The talkback panel discussion will be moderated by Wellysanè Minyangadou Ngokobi and will include Professor Alex Blue V, Professor Angélique Willkie, and Kayin Queeley.
Learn more here and register here.
Black History Month 2024 Keynote Lecture
Thursday, February 8, 2024
5 PM – 8 PM
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Schulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West
The 2024 Keynote Lecture will feature Professor Melanie J. Newton, Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto who will deliver a lecture titled, This Mess of a Colonial Legacy”: Revolutionary Relationalities, Arrivant Statehood and Afro-Indigenous Futures. This event will be livestreamed and recorded here for guests to tune in virtually.
Learn more here and register here.
Black History Month 2024 McGill Black Community Gathering
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
12 PM - 3 PM
University Centre | 3rd Floor | The Ballroom | 3480 McTavish Street
The 2024 McGill Black Community Gathering is organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) in collaboration with the Black Students' Network of McGill (BSN), the McGill African Students Society (MASS), and the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU). It is an opportunity for all Black students, staff, and faculty members to join us for lunch and to connect, celebrate, and create community.
Learn more here and register here.
Indigenous Winter Speaker Series x Black History Month 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
2 PM - 4 PM
Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West
As part of the Winter Indigenous Speaker Series and Black History Month 2024 at McGill, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) are proud to collaborate for a joint event, welcoming Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Assistant Professor of the University of Victoria for a talk titled, A Feminist Geography is an Indigenous Geography. All are invited to attend the lecture, which will be followed by a Q&A period and a catered reception. For more information about the event, please contact indigenousinitiatives [at] mcgill.ca.
For more information about the events or Black History History Month at McGill, please contact Shanice Yarde at shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.