Global Health News

Thursday, November 13, 2014 – 7:30 PM
Potter Auditorium, 6100 University Avenue

The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Distinguished Lecture Series presents a free public lecture:

DR. WANDA THOMAS BERNARD

“Killing Us Softly: Challenging the everyday effects of racism and violence on the health and well-being of African Canadians”

In this JRJ Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard will discuss the effects of racism and violence on the health and well-being of African Canadians. Our research with African Canadians revealed that individual and systemic racism makes them sick, “ it eats away at their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.” Yet, still they/we rise and fight back, using grass roots activism, agency-level service provision, community driven programs and/or academic research. Moving from research to action, Dr. Bernard will explore some of the ways that racism is killing us, and strategies that help us to resist, challenge, survive and succeed in societies that expect us to fail.

We are also very pleased to announce that Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard has just recently been awarded the Order of Nova Scotia.