Queen's Department of English is delighted to introduce our 2023 Writer-in-Residence Francesca Ekwuyasi! Click through to learn more about Francesca 🧵1/2

We're #hiring Research Coordinators, Research Assistants & Community Researchers! Check out the job descriptions (scroll to bottom) and apply by Sep 22! dal.ca/faculty/jrj-ch… -RM

found in our halls, come through!

Save the date! Don't miss the first talk by our 2023 Writer-in-Residence, Francesca Ekwuyasi. Learn more about Francesca here: ekwuyasi.com 🧵1/2

black studies events: fall 2023...dropping all the knowledge and grooving to all the vibes… For more information see: queensu.ca/gnds/fall-2023…

CAN’T WAIT 🥰

we have begun!

At a special event, Queen’s unveiled a new plinth to honour those affected by a 1918 ban of Black medical students. It was an opportunity to acknowledge past wrongs and look toward a future of greater respect, representation, and justice. Learn more: queensu.ca/gazette/storie…

Honour. Dignity. Hope Past. Present. Future “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope” - MLK “We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now” - MLK “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better” - Maya Angelou

Black Studies and The Revolutionary Demand of Happiness Present: It’s a Vibes Ting, A sound-based lecture disguised as a live musical performance.

Katarokwi folks, pull up tomorrow and support migrant struggles for regularization, freedom of movement and the abolition of borders! International comrades from Abolish Frontex and LegalisierungJetzt are supporting as well!

Behind the scenes🎬 “Honour. Dignity. Hope” Honouring the past. Dignity in the present. Hope for the future. A rock hard past, chiseled & hewn by Chaka’s skilful hands, forged in the fire of adversity & polished into a beautiful future that lies ahead - #BlackMDQueens #YGK

We're looking for amazing volunteers to support an upcoming event!! Must be available in-person Thursday, September 28th, from 3-9 pm. Apply by Friday September 22, 2023 at 5:00PM To apply email Aaliyah Strachan with a statement of interest at [email protected]

Ready to catch a Vibes? 👀 Pull up Thursday September 28th at The Isabel Bader to see wah gwaan. eventbrite.ca/e/715750959387…

PYNE (aka Alanna Stuart) is a music artist, researcher, curator, and documentarian based in Montreal, Canada and Kingston, Jamaica. See her live in Kingston this Thursday.

A is for Acholi is the winner of the Dorothy Livesay Prize for Poetry! Thank you, BC and Yukon Book Prizes!

Excited to share that AAG Caribbean Geography Specialty Group of American Association of Geographers is launching this series. Future talks on Caribbean urban geog, disasters, postcolonial politics are planned and with details to be announced soon. Be sure to register and attend. Spread the word!

thank you for the vibes.

TODAY! #ChairChat #Oct3 see you there!

#BlackStudies has always guided us through difficult conversations. #AngelaDavis