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Killing Us Softly
Challenging the everyday effects of racism and violence on the health and well-being of African Canadians
7:30pm
- 9:00pm
Thursday November 13 2014
Venue: Potter Auditorium
Address: 6100 University Avenue
Killing Us Softly: Challenging the everyday effects of racism and violence on the health and
well-being of African Canadians
-Public lecture by Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard-
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 7:30 PM
Potter Auditorium, 6100 University Avenue
FREE ADMISSION
In this JRJ Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard will discuss the effects of racism and violence on the health and well-being of African Canadians. Our research with African Canadians revealed that individual and systemic racism makes them sick, " it eats away at their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being." Yet, still they/we rise and fight back, using grass roots activism, agency-level service provision, community driven programs and/or academic research. Moving from research to action, Dr. Bernard will explore some of the ways that racism is killing us, and strategies that help us to resist, challenge, survive and succeed in societies that expect us to fail.
We are also very pleased to announce that Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard has just recently been awarded the Order of Nova Scotia.
Organized by the James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Distinguished Lecture Series.
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