Events
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Dr. Dorothy Williams: "The ABC’s of Canadian Black History”
Time: 12-1pm (please arrive a few minutes early)
To mark Black History Month, the MCW is thrilled to welcome Dr. Dorothy Williams as our guest speaker. She will be speaking about the online toolkit she and community activist Linton Garner have developed. "The ABC’s of Black Canadian History Kit" is a teaching aid highlighting the contributions of Black Canadians past and present. For more information on this initiative-please register to attend this event! You can also check out this article published by the Montreal Gazette.
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About Our Speaker
Dr. Dorothy Williams
Dr. Williams has worked as an historian, author, educator, researcher, content developer, and consultant, specializing in Black Canadian history. She has authored three books and contributed to other scholarly and academic publications. Her first book was Blacks in Montreal, 1638-1986: An Urban Demography, was written at the behest of the Quebec Human Rights Commission in 1989, during their study of racism in Montreal’s housing market. Her second work, published in 1997, The Road to Now: A History of Blacks in Montreal, remains the only chronological study of Blacks on the island of Montreal. Her most recent book in 1998, Les Noirs à Montreal, Essai de demographic urbaine, was a translation of Blacks in Montreal.
With a strong afro-centric focused perspective, Dr. Williams has penned both popular and scholarly articles in journals, magazines and newspapers about Black culture in Canada. Dr. Williams has often been invited to present and lecture, as well as to conduct teacher training and librarian workshops. She has also given public presentations in dozens of venues, from bookstores and cafes to community centres, museums, and libraries. the ABC's of Canadian Black History Kit is the culmination of Dorothy’s long-term goal to make Canada's Black history accessible to all.