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Jan. 27, 2025
For Immediate Release

WATERLOO — Black History Month is celebrated every February to honour the legacy of Black Canadians. ³Ô¹ÏÍø has experts available to comment on Black History Month topics, including history, immigration, culture, spirituality and identity. 

The following list includes ³Ô¹ÏÍø experts who are available to speak at this time but does not represent the full breadth of expertise that exists at the institution. For a comprehensive inventory of ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s faculty researchers, consult the  database. For more information, visit ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Black History Month feature, which celebrates the university’s thriving Black community.

• : Afrodiasporic community music-making practices, pan-African children’s music repertoires and social justice in music education.
  
  
• : health and racial equity, social justice, inclusive technology design.
  
  
• : spirituality and storytelling from an Afro-Indigenous perspective, church history, dogma.
  
  
• : African ideals of family, postcolonial and critical race theories, mental illness, disability and stigma among immigrant communities.
  
  
• : migration, immigration, race, racism, anti-Black racism, community engagement, health inequities, social justice.
  
  
• : intersectional and anti-colonial theories, community-based health and well-being research with Black, Indigenous and racialized communities, equity in the education and health sectors.
  
  
• : race and rights in the 19^th-century United States, African American history, rights and activism in the American midwest and west, anti-slavery movement.