From Vulnerability to Vitality: Building Sustainable English-Speaking Black and African Visible Minority Communities in Quebec

This one-day conference with presentations and workshops will bring together representatives from the government, education and community sectors to address challenges and solutions for building sustainable minority communities with special reference to the experience of the English speaking Black population of Quebec as a subset of the Black Canadian experience.

Confirmed Speakers

• John Buck, President and Chief Executive Officer, CEDEC
• Dr. David Firang, Assistant Professor, Trent University
• Dr. Phillip Howard, Assistant Professor, McGill University
• Dr. Lerona Dana Lewis, Course Lecturer, McGill University
• Dr. Marie McAndrew, Emeritus professor, Université de Montréal
• Dr. James McIntosh, Professor, Concordia University
• Dave McKenzie, GDIA, MA, Founder and Coordinator, Community Service Initiative, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
• David Walsh-Pickering, Provincial Employment Roundtable Manager, Youth Employment Services​

Organizers

• Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC)
• Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN)
• Institute for Community Entrepreneurship and Development (ICED)

We recognize the support of the Government of Quebec, the Government of Canada, Concordia University, and the Black Studies Center.