Black Studies @Concordia Presents: Infusing Black Scholarship into Curriculum

To celebrate the launch of Concordia's Minor in Black and African Diaspora Studies in the Canadian Context - the first in Quebec - this next iteration of the year-long Speaker Series will showcase the research of Black Studies scholars at the university in a conversation moderated by our Black PhD students.

A networking session will follow. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

How can you participate? Join us in person (no registration required) or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.

Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Past Events: October 21, November 7, February 3, March 13

Nohémie Bokuma (she/her) is a master’s student in Political Science at Concordia University, focusing on AI policy, governance and ethics from a feminist perspective and also, a research assistant for Dr. Christopher Dietzel, working with a team that seeks to identify the risks and benefits of AI on dating apps

Oyewole Oladapo is a Fall 2025 graduate of MA Digital Innovation in Journalism Studies at Concordia University. He works as a Policy, Planning & Research Analyst at NL Workforce Innovation Centre, College of the North Atlantic, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Magda Konieczna (she/her) is an associate professor of journalism at Concordia University, and co-founder of Documenters Canada, which trains and pays community members to document public meetings. Her work includes finding ways that journalism can better give voice to communities. 

Dr. k.g. Guttman (she/they) is an artist, educator, and a solo mother. They were Artist-in-Residence 2023-25 in the Intermedia area of Studio Arts (video, performance and electronic arts) at Concordia University, Montreal.

Hélène Brousseau has worked as an art librarian and archivist for the past ten years. She currently works with students, faculty, and collections in Cinema, Contemporary Dance, Music, and Theatre as the Digital Media and Visual Resources Librarian at Concordia University Library.

Alicia Wright is a certified kinesiologist of over 15 years, and 2nd year PhD student in Health and Exercise Science at Concordia University, in addition to part-time Kinesiologist and Coordinator at Concordia University’s School of Health. Her research explores sociodemographic and biomechanical contributors to low back pain through integrated observation and interventional analyses. 

Ra’anaa Yaminah Ekundayo is a Tiohtià:ke (Montreal, QC)-based emerging multimedia visual activist scholar whose work explores the intersection of art and activism, particularly the entanglement of Black identity, community, and futurity. Co-founder and Chair of Black Lives Matter Sudbury, they are a Black queer cultural curator with a master’s in architecture and are currently pursuing a SSHRC-funded PhD in art history at Concordia University.

Organized by Angélique Willkie, special advisor, Black Integration & Knowledges; Badewa Ajibade (PhD student) with the support of Christiana Abraham, Minor program director and the Office of the Dean, FAS.