Black History Month 2024 McGill Community Events

On this page you'll find a working list of Black History Month events organized by other faculties, departments, units, offices, and associations across campus. We appreciate everyone's ongoing commitment to celebrating Black History Month at McGill and we encourage everyone to participate and support! To add an event to this list, please email shanice.yarde [at] mcgill.ca.

Click here to learn more about the feature events organized by the Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic). 

Click here to learn more about the events and initiatives organized by University Libraries.

See the full list of McGill Community Events

Gospel Festival Workshop

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Strathcona Music Building | Pollack Hall | 555 Sherbrooke Street West
Learn more here.

Le Moment Pitch 2024 - Conference & Finals

Date: Friday, February 2, 2024
Time: 12 PM - 8 PM
Location: Hotel Omni Mont-Royal | 1050 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Register here.

Historical Approaches to Black Studies

Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM
Location: Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West
Learn more here and register here.

People of African Descent in the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities for the Realization of Human Rights

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2024
Time: 5:45 PM - 7:00pm
Location: New Chancellor Day Hall | Moot Court | 3644 Peel Street
Learn more here.

Why Representation in Medicine Matters

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Time: 6 PM - 8 PM
Location: Maquis Yasolo | 3763 Notre-Dame Street West
Learn more here and register here.

Black Politics in Dark Times: Revisiting Fear of a Black Nation After Ten Years

Date: Monday, February 12, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Location: (Hybrid) | McLennan Library Building | 4th Floor | Rare Books and Special Collections | 3459 McTavish Street
Learn more here and register here.

Breaking Barriers to Empower Black Entrepreneurs

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 5 PM - 7 PM
Location: Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West
Learn more here and register here.

Growing your Career in the Financial Sector - The Skills Needed to Advance and Succeed

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 7 PM
Location: Armstrong Building | Room 370 | 3420 McTavish Street
Learn more and register here.

Rice Competition

Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: University Centre | 3rd Floor | The Ballroom | 3480 McTavish Street
Learn more here and register here.

Black History Month After Party at Gert's

Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time: 8 PM
Location: Gert's Bar & Cafe | 3480 McTavish Street
Learn more here.

Black History Month at the Research Institute-McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC): Expert Panel

Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Montréal General Hospital | 6th Floor | Osler Auditorium | 1650 Cedar Avenue
Learn more and register here.

Black History Month Event: Joy, Liberation, and Vitality in Black Maternal Health

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Thomson House | Ballroom | 3650 McTavish Street
Learn more here and register here.

Africa Speaks Conference 2024: African Music and its Industry

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Time: 2 PM
Location: Phi Centre | 407 Saint-Pierre Street
Learn more and register here.

McGill Jazz Orchestra I: Celebrating the Music of Duke Ellington

Date: Monday, February 26, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Elizabeth Wirth Music Building | Tanna Schulich Hall | 527 Sherbrooke Street West
Learn more here and buy tickets here.

Black History Month Film Screening and Discussion: Black Life: Untold Stories - Revolution Remix

Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: School of Population and Global Health | Room 1140 | 2001 McGill College Avenue
Learn more here and register here.

Black History Month at the Research Institute-McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC): Celebration of Black Culture

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: MUHC Research Institute | Cruess Auditorium | 1001 Boulevard Décarie
Learn more and register here.

Celebrating Black Voices Through Writing

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Arts Building | Room 150
Learn more here and register here.

Verses of Unity: Echoes Through Poetry and Art/ Les échos d'unité à travers la poésie et l'art

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 5 PM - 7 PM
Location: 680 Sherbrooke Street West |18th Floor | Room 1825
Learn more and register here.

Schulich in Concert: Charles Tolliver's Africa/Brass

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Strathcona Music Building | Pollack Hall | 555 Sherbrooke Street West
Learn more here and register here.

Beyond Barriers: Dan-A-Nou's Mission for Inclusive & Accessible Dental Care

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Location: 2001 McGill College Avenue | Suite 100 | Room 102
Learn more and register here.

Practices of Resistance in Times of Crisis: Representation & Reality: Forging Bonds Between Local Activism and Academia

Date: Friday, March 1, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Location: Thomson House | 3650 McTavish Street
Learn more here.

 

Gospel Festival poster

Gospel Festival Workshop

The Schulich School of Music of McGill University is honored to welcome choir director, songwriter and educator Karen Burke for a special public workshop as part of its Gospel Festival. Kicking off Black History Month, this event brings together all Schulich choirs and is open to the entire Montreal community. Everyone is invited to share in the joy of singing together!

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Strathcona Music Building | Pollack Hall | 555 Sherbrooke Street West
 

Poster: Historical Approaches to Black Studies

Historical Approaches to Black Studies

Featuring three scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, this Black History Month roundtable organized by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada will explore perspectives and approaches to Black Studies with a particular emphasis on its uniqueness in the Canadian context. The roundtable will be followed by a Q&A and a reception. The panel will include Sarah Riley Case, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law and Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies, and will be moderated by David Austin, Lecturer in the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.

Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4 PM - 6 PM
Location: Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West

Peter of Black Politics in Dark Times event

Black Politics in Dark Times: Revisiting Fear of a Black Nation After Ten Years

Join the McGill Library for a talk by David Austin. Drawing on the new edition Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal, this talk will discuss the book's genesis and sixties Black radical politics in relation to contemporary freedom struggles. RSVP required!

Date: Monday, February 12, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Location: (Hybrid) | McLennan Library Building | 4th Floor | Rare Books and Special Collections | 3459 McTavish Street
 

poster of the event

Breaking Barriers to Empower Black Entrepreneurs

Join the McGill SCS community and our panelists Tiffany Callendar, FACE Co-founder and CEO, and Kerlande Mibel, Founder and President of International Black Economic Forum for a dialogue on breaking barriers to empower Black entrepreneurs.

The panelists will share insights and strategies that could help pave the way for more inclusive and thriving entrepreneurship among the Black community and promote creativity for a future where barriers are challenged. The discussion will be followed by a networking event where light refreshments will be served.

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Time: 5 PM - 7 PM
Location: Leacock Building | Room 232 | 855 Sherbrooke Street West


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