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JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies

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Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine; Co-Lead Black Health Education Collaborative; #BlackQueerFemme✊🏿🌈

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Mapping Anti-Blackness and Blood Donation in Canada gotblood2give.com/timeline.html accountability is the only effective apology. Check out the timeline

Mapping Anti-Blackness and Blood Donation in Canada

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accountability is the only effective apology. 

Check out the timeline
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Deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Pemberton Cyrus. Dr. Cyrus was a lovely and talented person who supported many. He will be missed by many! Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts. #WalkGood #PembertonCyrus For more information: lnkd.in/eUtycmt9

Deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Pemberton Cyrus. Dr. Cyrus was a lovely and talented person who supported many. He will be missed by many! Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts.
#WalkGood #PembertonCyrus

For more information:
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Explore the new issue of TOPIA! Volume 50 is a special issue that delves into new and renewed formations of “queer,” and calls for the imagination of new queer possibilities beyond the binaries of inclusion and exclusion. Read the issue: bit.ly/topia50 JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies

Explore the new issue of TOPIA! Volume 50 is a special issue that delves into new and renewed formations of “queer,” and calls for the imagination of new queer possibilities beyond the binaries of inclusion and exclusion. Read the issue: bit.ly/topia50 <a href="/JRJCHAIR/">JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies</a>
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TOPIA 50 is a special issue titled Beyond Homonationalisms: Queer(er) Possibilities of Elsewhere and Imagining Otherwise, exploring new and renewed formations of “queer” and calling for the imagination of new #QueerPossibilities. Read more: bit.ly/topia50 JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies

TOPIA 50 is a special issue titled Beyond Homonationalisms: Queer(er) Possibilities of Elsewhere and Imagining Otherwise, exploring new and renewed formations of “queer” and calling for the imagination of new #QueerPossibilities. Read more: bit.ly/topia50 <a href="/JRJCHAIR/">JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies</a>
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Explore the new issue of TOPIA! Volume 50 is a special issue that delves into new and renewed formations of “queer,” and calls for the imagination of new queer possibilities beyond the binaries of #inclusion and exclusion. Read the issue: bit.ly/topia50 JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies

Explore the new issue of TOPIA! Volume 50 is a special issue that delves into new and renewed formations of “queer,” and calls for the imagination of new queer possibilities beyond the binaries of #inclusion and exclusion. Read the issue: bit.ly/topia50 <a href="/JRJCHAIR/">JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies</a>
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We are Stronger Together, and the 2025 Black Physicians of Canada Conference is your space to belong, be heard, and be inspired. 🖤✨ 🎉 Early Bird registration is open — don't miss out! site.pheedloop.com/event/bpcconfe… #StrongerTogether

We are Stronger Together, and the 2025 Black Physicians of Canada Conference is your space to belong, be heard, and be inspired. 🖤✨

🎉 Early Bird registration is open — don't miss out!

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Gentle Reminder to everyone applying to Dalhousie Medical School this 2025/2026 cycle. The deadline to submit section 1 of the application is TOMORROW July 31st, 2025 Best of luck folks!

Gentle Reminder to everyone applying to Dalhousie Medical School this 2025/2026 cycle.

The deadline to submit section 1 of the application is TOMORROW July 31st, 2025

Best of luck folks!
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From Sabeel in Palestine, expressing solidarity amidst genocide “we lift up our beloved siblings in Sudan and the Congo who suffer through horrors hidden and unhidden. We grieve the deep racism and colonialism of a world that deems their lives invisible and disposable…”

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Abstract Submissions Are LIVE! Submit your work and share your research with the community! Deadline: September 15, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST Open to ALL themes — no restrictions on the number of submissions! site.pheedloop.com/event/bpcconfe… 🔗 #CallForAbstracts

Abstract Submissions Are LIVE! Submit your work and share your research with the community!
Deadline: September 15, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST
Open to ALL themes — no restrictions on the number of submissions!

site.pheedloop.com/event/bpcconfe… 🔗

#CallForAbstracts
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#WalkGood Senator #DonaldHOliver It was an honour to meet you, and I am deeply grateful for all you did, including your invaluable leadership and guidance in creating the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies. Thank you sir.

#WalkGood Senator #DonaldHOliver It was an honour to meet you, and I am deeply grateful for all you did, including your  invaluable leadership and guidance in creating the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies. Thank you sir.
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September is recognized as #AlopeciaAwarenessMonth Did you know it affects about 2% of people worldwide, most before the age of 40? ➡️Continue learning and expanding your practice at the 2025 #WomensHealthCPD! ✨Early Bird offer ends today! Register here: loom.ly/BBQVpfM

September is recognized as #AlopeciaAwarenessMonth
Did you know it affects about 2% of people worldwide, most before the age of 40?
➡️Continue learning and expanding your practice at the 2025 #WomensHealthCPD!

✨Early Bird offer ends today! Register here: loom.ly/BBQVpfM
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October 4, 1951 — Henrietta Lacks dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 31. Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping,

October 4, 1951 — Henrietta Lacks dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 31.

Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping,
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“Silence is complicity.” This month, The Lancet one of the world’s leading and most influential medical journals features Gaza on its cover, highlighting the ongoing health genocide committed by the Israeli army against civilians.

“Silence is complicity.”

This month, <a href="/TheLancet/">The Lancet</a> one of the world’s leading and most influential medical journals features Gaza on its cover, highlighting the ongoing health genocide committed by the Israeli army against civilians.
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Watufani Poe joins the podcast to talk about gender, sexuality, transnational study, and how each transforms the meaning of Black Studies. Great conversation, here or at your fave stream: go.umd.edu/WatufaniPoe

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Please take a moment to support this petition to the house of commons which calls for a National Framework for #SickleCellDisease More signatures are needed from #NovaScotia... pls share widely ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/P…

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Are you a Black student enrolled in an undergraduate program in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health OR entry to practice Master’s program in Faculty of Health? Apply to the Johnson Pathway Scholarship for Black Students! Applications are due by November 16th, 2025

Are you a Black student enrolled in an undergraduate program in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health OR entry to practice Master’s program in Faculty of Health?

Apply to the Johnson Pathway Scholarship for Black Students! Applications are due by November 16th, 2025
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'Discriminatory and devastating': New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage trib.al/2SvBBr1