“People of African Descent: Recognition, Empowerment and Equity” Conference

Welcome

Behnaz Mirzai (Associate Professor, Department of History, Brock University)

 

Jack Lightstone (President and Vice-Chancellor, Brock University)

 

Douglas Kneale (Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University)

 

Mark Spencer (Chair, Department of History, Brock University)

 

Opening remarks

Brian McMullan (Mayor of St. Catharines)

 

Plenary round-tableĀ 

Ali Moussa-Iye (History and Memory for Dialogue Section, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris)

 

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados; and Vice President of the UNESCO Slave Route Project)

 

The conference was sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, McMaster University and Brock University.