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Student Life Events at St. George

Black Students Talk With Black Profs! (Virtual)

Oct 4, 2022 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM

Registration Deadline: Oct 4, 2022 05:30 PM

  • Goal Statement: Welcome new and returning African Black Caribbean undergraduate students (domestic and international) to a supportive African Black Caribbean community at U of T;
  • Learning Outcome: African Black Caribbean students who participate will be able to discover a supportive African Black Caribbean community to help them persevere;
  • Description: The "Black Students Talk with Black Profs!" series is an opportunity for African Black Caribbean students to meet each other and relatable African Black Caribbean professors, and discuss how to thrive as a Black student at this predominantly white institution;
Participating Staff & Faculty:
  • Dr. Janelle Joseph is an award-winning Assistant Professor in Critical Studies of Race in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. She is Founder and Director of the Indigeneity, Diaspora, Equity, and Anti-racism in Sport (IDEAS) Research Lab;
  • Dr. Andrea S. Allen, Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies. Her research has addressed matters of race, sexuality, gender, violence, and religion in Brazil and the African Diaspora. Through a focus on LGBTQ Brazilians;
  • Dr. Maydianne Andrade, Professor of Biological Sciences at UTSC, President and co-Founder of the Canadian Black Scientists Network (CBSN), and Founder and Co-Chair of the Toronto Initiative for Diversity & Equity (TIDE);
  • Dr. Nisrin Elamin, Department of Anthropology and African Studies. Her doctoral research was an ethnographic examination of the ways Saudi and Emirati corporate investments in land reconfigured everyday social relations between landless and landholding stakeholders in central Sudan;
  • Sophie Harding currently works in Undergraduate Medical Education Enrolment Services (UME ES) as the Associate Registrar, Admissions. She has over 20 years of experience in student recruitment, admissions, and community engagement at U of T and York University, and advancing EDI within / outside of the university;
  • Dr. Pablo D. Herrera Veitia has his PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of St. Andrews and is a recipient of the Nasir Jones Fellowship. He is also a Afro-Cuban rap music producer and has collaborated on several major academic research projects on rap and reggaeton music in Havana;
  • Modele Kuforiji is the new Student Life Coordinator, Black Student Engagement, with Mentorship & Peer Programs in the Division of Student Life. He completed a Masters at the University of Amsterdam where he continued to use his Afro Latino identity lens to explore ideas of "Space and Place" and what that means for those who are creating it;
  • Dr. Tamorah Lewis is a physician-scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children. She is the Division Head of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology and leads a translational research program in neonatal precision therapeutics;
  • Guinsly Mondésir is a Virtual Reference Librarian at Scholars Portal, Robarts Library. He loves libraries! His dream is to have enough funds at the age of retirement to have a library building under his name in a Canadian University.
Participating African Black Caribbean Student Clubs:
  • Afro Dance & Culture Club U of T;
  • Black Future Lawyers UTSG;
  • Black Students' Association;
  • Black Students in Design;
  • Caribbean Studies Students Union;
  • Connections: A Group for Black Women.
Accessibility Notes.
  • Language: Conversation will happen in English. 
  • Closed Captioning: Auto-generated captions which can be turned on and off will be utilized in this presentation.  
  • Participation Expectations: Participants will be invited to join in the conversation by unmuting themselves and speaking and/or typing in the chat. All camera use is voluntary. 
  • Privacy: Conversation will not be recorded. 
  • Technology: Information on how to use MS Teams is provided in the registration confirmation email.

For more information please contact Adonica Huggins (pronouns she / her, Black staff), Student Life Coordinator, Academic and Peer Programs at adonica.huggins@utoronto.ca.