Initiatives : Past Events

In Spring 2009 ACSED-affiliated faculty members hosted "Teaching and Race: A Colloquium for Faculty." 

From March 20-22, 2008 a number of events were hosted on the Acadia campus to highlight International Day for the Elimination of Racism.  Key events included:

•  screening of the powerful NFB film Race is a Four Letter Word by Halifax director Sobaz Benjamin, who discussed issues raised by the film with the audience.
• Corporal Craig Smith spoke about his recent book You Had Better Be White by Six a.m. which documents his experience as an African-Canadian in the RCMP.

On March 13 ACSED together with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq sponsored a presentation by Gerald Gloade, artist and educator currently working on the Mi'kmawey Debert Project. Mr. Gloade illustrated connections between places and stories in the Legends of Kluskap and the geology of the areas, and also what these connections reveal about the early culture of the Mi'kmaq people.

On February 14 ACSED and the Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association sponsored an interactive presentation by Underground Railroad historian Drakeford Levi. Mr. Levi’s presentation featured the results of his research into records and other evidence left by Quaker Elias Hicks, a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and by Elizkim Levi, leader of the first free Black community in Guinea Woods, Long Island and an ancestor of Mr. Levi. The support of Heritage Canada in making this presentation possible is gratefully acknowledged.