Please note that these events will continue to be updated as more information is made available. Thank you for celebrating Black History Month at McGill, across Montreal, and beyond!
On this page you will find:
BHM 2021 EVENTS
These are the main events that the BHM 2021 organizers are hosting together for Black History Month 2021 at McGill. They are all in collaboration with different partners across McGill and Montreal, are free, and open to the public. For information about any of these events, please contact shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.
BHM 2021 GENERAL MCGILL EVENTS
These are events that are being organized across the McGill campus in celebration of Black History Month. We encourage everyone to check out all of the exciting events students, staff and faculty at McGill have organized! For information about any of these events please contact the organizers directly. To include your event on this list, please email shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.
BHM 2021 COMMUNITY EVENTS
These are community events happening across Montreal and beyond throughout the month of February. The list is a combination of events being organized in celebration of Black History Month as well as events and activities being organized by Black individuals and organizations across Montreal and beyond. There is so much magic happening across the city and we want everyone to experience it! For information about any of these events please contact the organizers directly. To include your event on this list, please email shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.
BHM 2021 EVENTS
Opening Ceremony
Date: Monday, February 1
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST (Virtual Doors Open at 4:15 PM EST)
Learn more here and register here.
Hidden Histories
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 12 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Black Mental Health Matters
Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
A Bite of History: A Conversation on Food, Ancestry & Healing
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
SPEAK B(L)ACK
Date: Friday, February 26
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
BHM 2021 GENERAL MCGILL EVENTS
Episode Launch of Professor Adelle Blackett's Talk: In Defence of Domestic Workers
Date: Monday, February 1
Time: 8 PM - 9 PM EST
Social Accountability and Community Engagement Office (SACE): Q&A with Executive Producer & Founder of Black Men in White Coats
Date: Wednesday, February 3
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM EST
Watch the documentary here and learn more and register here.
Black Law Students' Association of McGill (BLSAM): Coffeehouse: Black History Month Open Mic
Date: Thursday, February 4
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Learn more here and join the event here.
Being Black @ McGill Workshop Series - Session #1: Who We Are
Date: Friday, February 5
Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
An Evening with Professor Patricia Hewlin
Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: 5:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Being Black @ McGill Workshop Series - Session #2: Roots
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Trailblazers: The Black Pioneers Who Have Shaped Canada
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 11 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
The Great White North: Race and Reckoning in Canada
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Discrimination in the Healthcare Setting: Addressing Barriers to Access
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 6 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Learn more here.
In Conversation with Balarama Holness
Date: Friday, February 19
Time: 2 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
MASS Africa Speaks Conference
Date: Friday, February 19 - Saturday, February 20
Time: 6:30 PM - 5 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
BSN & CKUT Presents Black Talk
Date: Monday, February 22
Time: 11 AM - 11 PM EST
More details coming soon!
We Gon’ Be Alright, But That Ain’t Alright: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
Date: Monday, February 22
Time: 5 PM - 6 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Colourism, Texturism & Featurism: An Honest Conversation with the Black Community
Date: Tuesday, February 23
Time: 5 PM - 6:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Managing Your Career When Young, Gifted, and Black
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 5:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Renaming & Reclaiming Symbols of Oppression: Making History or Erasing the Past?
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Centering Blackness in Social Work: Challenging Silence, Erasure and Stereotypes
Date: Friday, February 26
Time: 11:30 AM - 1 PM EST
Learn more and register here:
Being Black @ McGill Workshop Series - Session #3: A Story Untold
Date: Friday, February 26
Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
McGill DABI's Seventh Annual Conference: "Post-Disruption: An Era of Reconstruction”
Date: Friday, February 26 - Saturday, February 27
Time: Varies
Learn more and register here.
ASSA X WIMESSA - Black History Month Trivia Night
Date: Friday, February 26
Time: 5 PM - 6 PM EST
Learn more here.
NSBE McGill Black Legacy Dinner 2021
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 12 PM - 5 PM EST
Learn more here.
Being Black @ McGill Workshop Series - Session #4: Staying Afloat
Date: Friday, March 12
Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Being Black @ McGill Workshop Series - Session #5: A New Day
Date: Friday, March 19
Time: 1 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
BHM 2021 COMMUNITY EVENTS
Social Justice & Black Community
Date: Monday, January 25
Time: 7 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Learn more here.
Black Theatre Workshop Vision Gala
Date: Saturday, January 30
Time: 7 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Grow with Us: The Black and Indigenous History of Agriculture
Date: Monday, February 1
Time: 12 PM - 1 PM CST (1 PM - 2 PM EST)
Learn more here.
Mois de l'Histoire des Noirs Lancement Virtuel/ Black History Month Virtual Launch
Date: Monday, February 1
Time: 1 PM - 2 PM EST
Learn more here.
Vanier University: 10th Annual Humanities Symposium “Reconnections”
Date: Tuesday, February 2
Time: 9:30 AM AST (8:30 AM EST)
Learn more here.
Enslaved and Free Black Presence, Experience and Representation in Quebec Winter
Date: Tuesday, February 2
Time: 3 PM - 4 PM AST (2 PM - 3 PM EST)
Learn more here.
Black Canadians: Contributions and Historical Figures /// Les Noirs au Canada: Contributions et grandes figures historiques
Date: Wednesday, February 3
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
The ABC's of Canadian Black History
Date: Thursday, February 4
Time: 12 PM - 1 PM EST
Learn more here.
Montréal en Action Webinar: Colonial Violence with Dr. Afua Cooper
Date: Thursday, February 4
Time: 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Black Professionals In Tech Network - BPTN: From Black History to Black Future
Date: Thursday, February 4
Time: 6:30 PM EST
Learn more here.
Le féminisme noir, c'est quoi ? Une capsule éducative présentée par Jade Almeida
Date: Friday, February 5
Time: 11 AM EST
Learn more here.
Webster: Un petit grain de sable
Date: Saturday, February 6
Time: 2 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
University of Toronto's 2021 Black History Symposium: Honoring the Diversity of Black Leaders and Agents of Change
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 10 AM - 12 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Designing Leadership in a Time of Change
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 2 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Grappling with the Colonial Archive: The Production and Circulation of Information in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Canadian Slavery
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM AST (9:15 AM - 10:15 AM EST)
Learn more here and register here.
Lectures Logos Readings: Exile and Alienation
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 7 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Montréal en Action Webinar: African Heritage in Quebec with Webster
Date: Tuesday, February 9
Time: 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Webster et Rito Joseph: Leçon d'histoire / African heritage in Quebec
Date: Tuesday, February 9
Time: 6 PM - 7 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Le dynamisme culturel des communautés noires à Montréal
Date: Thursday, February 11
Time: 12 PM - 1 PM EST
Learn more here.
Black Perspectives Live at Concordia: In Conversation with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s (SdBI) Program and Outreach Coordinator, Marlihan Lopez
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 3 PM - 4 PM EST
Learn more here.
Massimadi 13 à la maison: Festival films & arts LGBTQ+ Afro
Date: Friday, February 12 - Friday, March 12
Time: Varies
Learn more here.
Book Launch & Talk featuring Celina Caesar-Chavannes
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more here.
Black Theatre Workshop Poetry Jam
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 7 PM EST
Learn more here.
Standing on Strong Shoulders – A Moderated Black Panel Discussion
Date: Saturday, February 13
Time: 10:30 AM - 12 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Histoires de persévérance avec Kim Hyacinthe, Gayance et Woody Belfort
Date: Monday, February 15
Time: 6 PM - 7 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Histoires de persévérance avec Kim Hyacinthe, Gayance et Woody Belfort
Date: Monday, February 15
Time: 7 PM - 8:30 PM PST (10 PM - 11:30 PM EST)
Learn more here and register here.
Espace d’échange pour les femmes/personnes non-binaires noire.s dans les milieux universitaires
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 1 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Community Conversations: Addressing Anti-Black Racism in University
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 5 PM - 6:30 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Soirée d'ouverture avec Lilian Thuram
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 6 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Learn more here.
Art-thérapie : Se souvenir de qui nous sommes ✦ Massimadi 13 ✦ Festival films & arts Lgbtq+ Afro
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 6 PM - 7 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Montréal en Action Webinar: The Impact of the Pandemic with Dr. Alicia Boatswain-Kyte & Thierry Lindor
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Anti-Racism in Education: Through the Eyes of Dionte Jelks
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 7 PM PST (10 PM EST)
Learn more here and register here.
A Celebration of Black Women's Voices in the Journey to Gender Equality
Date: Friday, February 19
Time: 4:30 PM EST
Learn more here.
Conférence: Leadership noir au féminin
Date: Friday, February 19
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
CLAQ-Célébrons Les Afro-Québécoises 2e édition- Still I Rise
Date: Friday, February 19 - Sunday, February 21
Time: Varies
Learn more here and register here.
We Do This 'Til We Free Us
Date: Tuesday, February 23
Time: 6 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
MI-TEMPS | Aborder la santé mentale chez les jeunes racisé.e.s avec Régine Tardieu Bertheau
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 12 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Vocation Afro-Entrepreneur.e.s
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 6 PM EST
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Temoignage de 5 infirmières noires sur le racisme systémique
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 7 PM EST
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Four Hundred Souls - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha N. Blain in Conversation
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 8 PM EST
Learn more here.
An Afternoon with Lawrence Hill
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 4 PM - 5:30 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Being Wealthy vs. Being the Wealth: Careers and Ownership in the African Diaspora
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Learn more and register here.
Montréal en Action Webinar: The Impact of the Pandemic on Young Black Canadians with Bout du Monde
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 6 PM EST
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Conversation sur la santé mentale des personnes noires en contexte académique
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM EST
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Guest Author, Desmond Cole - Newmarket Public Library
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 7 PM EST
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Librairie D+Q presents Edem Awumey launching Mina Among the Shadows
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 7 PM EST
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Discussion sur le racisme dans nos universités & Performance de Waahli
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
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Les porte-voix | Raconter les cultures noires
Date: Thursday, February 25
Time: 7 PM - 9 PM EST
Mouvements sociaux de femmes noires, d'hier à aujourd'hui: engagement et pratiques
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Caraïbes, Afrique, capitalisme et néocolonialisme
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 2 PM - 3 PM EST
Learn more here.
Des Esprits Des Images: Montreal Film Premier and Talk
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 4 PM - 5 PM EST
Learn more here.
Black Deaf Artists Panel
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM EST
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Young, Gifted & Black - Celebrating Black Excellence and Entrepreneurship
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more here and register here.
Montreal Steppers Showcase: The Route to Canada
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM EST
Learn more here.