Honouring
This story was originally posted in The Queen’s Gazette. Members of the Queen’s, Kingston, and Canadian medical communities gathered to mark the unveiling of a new Queen’s Remembers plinth commemorating those impacted by a 1918 ban that prevented the admission of Black students to Queen’s medical school up until 1965. In 2019, the university moved […]
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An Ontario court has granted Western University permission to remove the name of an emeritus history professor from six academic prizes funded by his estate following criticism that he espoused radical, racist views. Kenneth Hilborn taught history and international relations at the London, Ont., university from 1961 to 1997. After his death in 2013 at age 79, […]
Black balloons will be displayed in communities across B.C.’s southern Interior on April 14, in commemoration of the six-year anniversary of the opioid crisis being declared a public emergency. This acknowledgment, in which Interior Health hopes private businesses will also take part, is for all who have died and is a reflection of international Black […]
The James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies celebrates 25 years of excellence Dr. OmiSoore Dryden organized and co-hosted the event with Charla Williams, great-niece of James Robinson Johnston. The atmosphere was one of joyful celebration in the McInnes Room of the SUB on March 10 for the James R. Johnston Chair in Black […]
The atmosphere was one of joyful celebration in the McInnes Room of the Student Union Building on March 10 for the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies 25th Anniversary Celebration. Members of the Johnston family — descendants of chair namesake Mr. James R. Johnston, the first African Nova Scotian person to earn a […]
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