The four-day Universities Studying Slavery conference that took place in Halifax Oct. 18-21 produced a resolution calling on Canada to join the Caribbean Community and Common Market political and economic union—CARICOM—in fulfilling reparatory justice through creating a National Reparations Commission. The resolution was proposed by Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton, filmmaker, writer and Inglis Professor Emeritus […]
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USS day 3: Gospels of freedom, ecologies of resistance
It’s Friday, Oct. 20 in the ballroom at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. Dr. Afua Cooper speaks to the international crowd at the Universities Studying Slavery conference after coffee, tea and eggs, and presents a poem written for this moment. Cooper is a distinguished historian and poet, Killam Research Chair in Black and African Diaspora […]
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USS day 2: Outside conference windows, the Atlantic Ocean is a symbol of loss
Day two of the Universities Studying Slavery conference in Halifax began with breakfast in view of the harbour at the Halifax Marriott Hotel. This Thursday Oct. 19 morning, the former president of Ghana, His Excellency John D. Mahama, spoke to a full ballroom about emotionally connecting Ghana to Nova Scotia through the waters of the […]
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USS day 1: King’s partners with Black Cultural Centre and former president of Ghana visits Africville
Day one of an international conference studying reparations, slavery and education began Wednesday, Oct. 18 in Cherry Brook—an historic African Nova Scotian community just outside of Halifax—at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. The Universities Studying Slavery conference is Oct. 18-21 in Halifax Get the full weekend program here Keynote speeches Thursday, Oct. 19 […]
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Dal and King’s host first appearance of Universities Studying Slavery conference in Canada
The Universities Studying Slavery—USS—conference is happening outside of the United States for the first time, and it’s happening in Halifax. From Wednesday Oct. 18 to Saturday Oct. 21, keynote speakers and panel sessions will take place at the Black Cultural Centre—BCC in Cherry Brook and the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel to consider the theme: “Slavery, […]