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Black Perspectives Office

ABOUT THE OFFICE

The Black Perspectives Office (BPO) champions and supports the inclusion of Black perspectives in teaching, research and learning.

The office develops and offers workshops, programs, resources, and one-on-one consultations for students, faculty, and staff. Its approach is trauma-informed and focused on building awareness, addressing anti-Black racism, and creating lasting change.

In addition, it is responsible for monitoring university-wide progress and delivering on student and staff facing recommendations from the Final Report of the President's Task Force on Anti-Black Racism.

Get in touch with us

To get in touch with Black Perspectives Office or to request a service, please complete this short form to ensure your request is directed to the right people.

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Our work 

  • We work from an anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-oppressive framework. 
  • We are committed to our ever-growing practice of being inclusive and accessible to all, and we actively aim to oppose all forms of discrimination and oppression. 
  • We develop resources that educate and empower our community with the knowledge and tools needed to recognize, resist, and dismantle anti-Black racism within the university context.
  • We collaborate with internal Concordia units to design and pilot initiatives that can be adopted both institutionally and at the unit level, in order to support and champion the perspectives, success, and well-being of Black communities across the university.
  • We actively build and nurture working relationships with local Black communities and universities, grounded in mutual respect, collaboration, and shared commitment to Black excellence.
  • We strive for a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable university.

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge systemic racism 

  • We acknowledge that systemic racism exists within academia and in the broader society.
  • We recognize the legacy of systemic racism that led to the 1969 Sir George Williams University student protest.
  • We commit to the important work of confronting and denouncing anti-Black racism.
  • We commit to educating our students, faculty, and staff about the enduring legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, anti-Black violence, and the structural inequities that have shaped, and continue to shape, Canadian universities.
  • We honour and continue the work of Black students, faculty and staff who have been, and remain, at the forefront of the struggle for racial justice at Concordia University.