Black History Month Symposium – What Has Changed: The Role of Attitudinal Barriers to Advancing Black Inclusion

This year’s Black History Month Symposium takes place on Feb. 6, exploring the topic “What Has Changed: The Role of Attitudinal Barriers to Advancing Black Inclusion.” The panel will discuss barriers that impact efforts to address systemic anti-Black racism in post-secondary environments. FIFSW Dean & Professor Charmaine Williams will provide opening remarks with Njoki Wane, Professor & Chair, Department of Social Justice Education at OISE.

Event 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.

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