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Addressing Anti-Black Racism at McGill

The Action Plan seeks to initiate a process of acknowledgment of our University’s historic connections to the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring legacies.

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Black History Month 2025: Opening Ceremony

The 2025 edition of Black History Month at McGill focuses on spaces and design and their significance to Black communities, while also offering a diverse selection of events, as always. It begun with the opening ceremony on Thursday, February 6, 2025, from 5:00-8:00pm.

The keynote address was delivered by architect Shane Laptiste, a McGill graduate who is the principal and co-founder of the award-winning, Toronto-based Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA). Please click on the link below to watch the video.

Poster of the Black History Month 2025 community events

2025 BHM McGill Community Events

Black History Month aims to celebrate, honour, increase knowledge, and amplify the voices of Black communities by recognizing their rich history and achievements, fostering connection, and bringing together McGill students, staff, and faculty, and alumni and members within and beyond the Montreal community. 

In addition to events hosted directly by the McGill Equity Team, there are numerous events hosted by the Black Community during the month and beyond. Please click the link below for a full list of these events.

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McGill University 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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