BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250821T121301EDT-4933j8nd2v@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250821T161301Z DESCRIPTION:Join us in the celebration of another year of Black History Mon th at ɬŔď·¬!\n\nBlack History Month at ɬŔď·¬ is organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). The 2024 edition will feature two main events in partnership with our Uni versity Libraries and Department of History and Classical Studies in the F aculty of Arts.\n\nBlack History Month 2024 Opening Ceremony\n\nThursday\, February 1\, 2024\n 5 PM - 8 PM\n Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Sc hulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West\n\nThe 2024 Opening Ceremony will feature a performance by Montreal Steppers\, a local performance collecti ve\, followed by a talkback panel discussion about the performance and Bla ck art and culture more broadly. The talkback panel discussion will be mod erated by Wellysanè Minyangadou Ngokobi and will include Professor Alex Bl ue V\, Professor AngĂ©lique Willkie\, and Kayin Queeley.\n\nClick here to r egister.\n\nMeet the Panelists\n\nAlex Blue V is a Professor in Art Histor y and Communication Studies at ɬŔď·¬. His research examines the intersect ions of race\, sound\, space\, and place\, often employing heavily ethnogr aphic methods to demonstrate the influence of race on sound\, and the infl uence of sound on race. Additionally\, he is interested in narratives of d eath\, dying\, and afterlives in relation to Black sound and musical cultu re. Blue is currently working on two book projects. The first\, titled A M atter of Death and Life\, is an ethnographic (or “necrographic”) study of the narratives of death and dying in contemporary Detroit hip-hop\, and ho w artists employ various forms of death as praxis in music making. The sec ond\, which he is co-authoring\, is an ethnographic study of country rap\, also known as “hick hop\,” that examines issues of race\, gender\, class\ , nationalism\, and identity\, primarily (but not entirely) in the souther n United States. Blue received his MM in Jazz Studies from University of N orth Texas\, and his PhD in Ethnomusicology from University of California - Santa Barbara. \n\nAngĂ©lique Willkie pursued a 25-year career in Europe in dance\, circus and music. Performer\, dramaturg and mentor\, she is act ive in Montreal’s professional dance community and is the 2022 recipient o f the Prix de la danse de MontrĂ©al\, catĂ©gorie Interprète. She participate s actively in conversations on equity\, diversity and inclusion on the Boa rds of Festival TransAmĂ©riques\, La Chapelle scènes contemporaines and Esp ace Perreault transmissions chorĂ©graphiques. Associate Professor of Contem porary Dance at Concordia University\, her research interests focus on int erdisciplinary creation and decolonial dramaturgies. She holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Ecologies of B/black Performance\, was Chair of the President’s Task Force on Anti-Black Racism and is Special Advisor to the Provost on Black Integration and Knowledges. AngĂ©lique is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.  \n\nKayin Queeley is the founder and dir ector of the Montreal Steppers which was formed in 2019 and has since conn ected with more than 15\,000 participants and offered over 500 workshops i n schools across the country. These workshops center the importance of Bla ck Lives\, Black history/futurity and stories in hopes to inspire\, streng then solidarity\, to reimagine a just world where we can breathe\, live\, succeed\, and thrive differently and together. Kayin was named a CBC Black Changemaker in 2023 for his dedicated community work. He is an educator\, choreographer and writer. He has created and produced several original pr oductions that explore Black diasporic life and resilience in Canada in th e afterlife of slavery. He is also a Case Manager in Crisis Response in th e Office of the Dean of Students at ɬŔď·¬ and has worked to su pport students in his various roles at ɬŔď·¬ as well as other institution s over the past 10+ years. Kayin was born and raised in Saint Kitts and Ne vis and completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at the State Univ ersity of New York College at Plattsburgh before making a home in Montreal .  \n\nMeet the Moderator\n\nWellysanè Minyangadou Ngokobi is a doctoral s tudent in Educational Studies at ɬŔď·¬. Her research focuses o n bettering teacher education programs so that they best prepare pre-servi ce teachers to facilitate the culturally diverse classrooms here in Montre al and worldwide. As an advocate for critical cultural awareness in learni ng environments\, she leads and is involved with various initiatives and c ommittees geared towards EDI and anti-racism at ɬŔď·¬\, consis tently seeking to center and empower student voices in conversations they are too often excluded from.\n  \n DTSTART:20240201T220000Z DTEND:20240202T010000Z LOCATION:Tanna Schulich Hall\, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, CA\, QC\, M ontreal\, H3A 1E3\, 527 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Black History Month 2024 Opening Ceremony URL:/equity/channels/event/black-history-month-2024-op ening-ceremony-354390 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR