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Black History Month at 海角社区

Black History Month aims to celebrate and centre Blackness throughout the history, the present, and the future of 海角社区 and beyond.


2025 Black History Month Programming听

As with past years, the Equity Team hosts two Black History Month events: the Opening Ceremony open to all students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members, and the 海角社区 Black Community Gathering open to Black students, staff, and faculty at 海角社区 to gather and celebrate in-person.听

The keynote address for this year's Opening Ceremony will be delivered by architect Shane Laptiste. Laptiste is the principal and co-founder of the award-winning Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA). His architectural interests investigate community informed architecture that is responsive to the cultural and spatial needs of the impacted users. He has a particular interest in the ways in which Black communities have and continue to respond to space and the environment. He is a licensed architect in Ontario and Quebec and holds BSc(Arch) and MArch degrees from 海角社区, where he also serves as a studio instructor.听听听

Join us throughout the month of February for a variety of events organized by the 海角社区 Equity Team and the wider 海角社区 community!

Questions? Contact lynda.bulimo [at] mcgill.ca.听

2025 Black History Month Partners and Sponsors听

Black History Month is organized by 海角社区鈥檚 Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic), in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture.听

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Read more about 海角社区's Black History Month in the 海角社区 Reporter

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海角社区 is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

For more information about traditional territory and tips on how to make a land acknowledgement, visit our Land Acknowledgement webpage.


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