a conference sponsored by the

James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies

and

Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality (R.A.C.E.)

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
APRIL 1 and 2, 2005

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of
the color line, - the relationship of the darker to the
lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and
the islands of the sea.

Over seventy women, mostly First Nations women, have been murdered in Vancouver's east side. Police brutality against men of colour and First Nations men, racial profiling, and the targeting of activists and professionals who name racial violence continues. Globally, the occupations of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan result in considerable loss of life of people considered non-white. Forced migrations, dislocations and evictions of communities of colour abound (Africville, reserve communities, poor urban areas). Communities of colour descend into their own patterns of violence to the point where hardly a week goes by before we hear of another Black man or man of colour dying a violent death.

How do we understand the tremendous racial violence in the lives of First Nations peoples and people of colour? How do we organize to end it? What is the role of community activists, academics, lawyers, social workers, teachers and other professionals? How do we work towards ending W.E. Dubois' colour line that extends globally?

Keynote Speakers: 
 
Prof. Beverley Jacobs (Profile)
Seeking Equality for Indigenous Women:
Addressing Gendered and Racialized Violence 

Prof. Anthony Farley (Profile)
"Rights as Injuries"

Prof. Wanda Thomas Bernard (Profile)
"Racism, Violence & Health"

Prof. Isaac Saney (Profile)
"Race & Revolution:
Racial Violence Overcome - An International Case Study"

Conference Programme

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- Read the CALL FOR PAPERS (Submission deadline: 15 February 2005) -
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CONFERENCE LOCATION:

Dalhousie Student Union Building
MacInnes Room.
6136 University Ave., Halifax, NS Directions / Map

ACCOMMODATIONS:

The James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies recommends participants choose the Delta Barrington and Delta Halifax hotels for accommodation during the conference.

NOTE: A limited number of rooms have been reserved for this conference. Registrants are encouraged to book their rooms before the 28th of February.

Delta Barrington: Reserve Room
Delta Halifax: Reserve Room

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

David Divine
James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies
Room 202, Henry Hicks Building
6299 South Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4H6
david.divine@dal.ca

or

Sherene Razack
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
OISE/UT Room 12-266
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
M5S 1V6
srazack@oise.utoronto.ca

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