On Blackness and Belonging: Reflections on Racism in Canada and the United States
Additional Resources
Books
Debra Thompson, The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging. Toronto: Scribner Canada, 2022.
Anthony Stewart, Visitor: My Life in Canada. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2014.
El Jones, Abolitionist Intimacies. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2022.
Event Details
Debra Thompson in conversation with Vershawn Young
Debra Thompson’s memoir, The Long Road Home, provides an uncompromising account of how racism slips and mutates across the Canada-US border. An associate professor of political science at McGill and born and raised in Canada, Debra brings a perspective from having lived in both countries. Join Debra in conversation with Vershawn Young, an American-born writer, actor, lawyer, and professor of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo.
Cosponsored by Edmonton Public Library, PEN Canada, Toronto Public Library, Vancouver Public Library
Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567
This is a free event and no registration is required.
Please contact cfe@torontomu.ca if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event.
