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April 26, 2023 : JRJ Chair Chat

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March 30, 2023: JRJ Chair Chat

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March 24, 2023: SURGE Conference

Dr. Dryden gave the keynote address at the in Halifax, NS.
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February 22, 2023: JRJ Chair Chat

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January 25, 2023: JRJ Chair Chat

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September 26, 2022: bell hooks teach-in


In celebration of bell hooks’ birthday, Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, the James R. Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies (Faculty of Medicine), is hosting a teach-in featuring speakers from across Canada, including El Jones, Damini, Rachel Zellars, and Beverly Bain. Please join us on Monday September 26th, 2022, from 5:00-6:30PM AT to honour bell hooks’ legacy and influence. The speakers will share the impact of hooks' work on their own careers, research and activism, and answer questions including: 

  • How do you aspire to further integrate and engage with bell hooks’ teachings, tenets, works in your own day-to-day lives, practice, research and scholarship?
  • What is novel, revolutionary, special about hooks' work?
  • What do we learn from bell as Black women, Black queer women, women of colour?

A teach-in is an informal discussion that is practical, participatory, and action oriented. Teach-ins offer an important and unique pedagogical approach to share knowledge, promote dialogue, and inspire action.

The bell hooks teach-in will be virtual, taking place on Zoom.For more information and registration, go to:

 

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September 22, 2022: JRJ Chair Chat

September 22, 2022 at 4:00 - 6:00 PM ADT -Online via MS Teams!
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April 21, 2022: JRJ Chair Chat

April 21st, 2022 at 5:00 - 6:00 PM ADT -Online via MS Teams!
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March 30, 2022: JRJ Chair Chat

March 30th, 2022 at 5:00 - 6:30 PM ADT - In-Person & Online via MS Teams!
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February 22, 2022: JRJ Chair Chat

February 22nd, 2022 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM AST
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January 26, 2022: JRJ Chair Chat

January 26th, 2022 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM AST
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November 30, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat

November 30th, 2021 at 5:00 - 6:30 PM AST
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Food provided for in-person attendees! COVID-19 protocols in place.
For more information, please contact jrj-chair-admin@dal.ca. Food provided for in-person attendees! COVID-19 protocols in place.

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October 26, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat

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September 23, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat

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August 20, 2021: Breaking Barriers: The fight against 2SLGBTQ+ health disparities in Nova Scotia

Date/Time: Friday, August 20th @ 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (AST)

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Join the for an hour of virtual education, awareness, and advocacy as we discuss some of the health disparities faced by the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and what is happening locally to overcome them.

You can look forward to hearing from a panel of Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers as they dive into their work. Following their presentations, we encourage you to join the discussion and put your questions to the panel during a live Q&A. ! Featuring:  

  • Dr. Matthew Numer, discussing his work at the Â鶹´«Ã½ SHaG lab, an umbrella under which Dr. Numer and associated students research LGBTQ health, sexualized violence, Indigenous boys and men's health, and e-learning.
  • Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, discussing her work as Principal Investigator of #GotBlood2Give / #DuSangÀDonner , a research project that seeks to identify the barriers Black gay, bisexual, and trans men encounter with donating blood and also analyses how anti-black racism, colonialism, and sexual exceptionalism shapes the blood system in Canada.
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June 22, 2021: @OntScienceCtr: If you are not familiar with @OmiSooreDryden ...

:  If you are not familiar with and her important work within the scientific, LGBTQ2S+ & Black communities, we encourage you to learn more. The @JRJCHAIR’s research focuses on the experiences of Black people within Canada’s medical & health systems.

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April 21, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM AST join the JRJ CHAIR CHAT via Zoom

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March 17, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at: 

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March 12, 2021: James R. Johnston Salon

In honour of the anniversary of James R. Johnston's birth, Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden hosted the 2nd James R. Johnston Salon on March 12th at 5:00 PM AST (4:00 PM EST) via Zoom, with special guests Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch and Dr. Roberta Timothy.

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February 17, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at: 

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February 11, 2021: MSVU Black & Indigenous Scholar Series

Dr. OmiSoore Dryden launches the inaugural Black and Indigenous Speaker Series hosted by the MSVU Research Office on Thursday, February 11th, 2021 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM AST. Dr. Dryden's lecture will focus on Critical Race Theory, #BlackLivesMatter and Health Care. The virtual event (via Microsfot Teams) is open to the public. To attend, email your RSVP to speakerseries@msvu.ca

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February 2, 2021: BCSA PANEL DISCUSSION

Black Student Advising Centre at Â鶹´«Ã½ is hosting the 2021 African Heritage Month Virtual event . Join the event via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM AST. 
In the past year, there has been quite a bit of discussion surrounding the impact that COVID-19 has had on communities of colour. In particular, on the effect that it has had on Black communities across Canada and the United States. According to medical experts, the lack of access these communities have to healthcare and the high levels of poverty found within them have made them even more vulnerable to the pandemic. On February 2nd, 2021  join Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, JRJ Chair in Black Canadian Studies and moderator Tiffany Gordon lead the discussions on the effect of racism on our health, especially duirng the Covid-19 period. 

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January 20, 2021: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 4:30 - 5:30 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at:

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November 18, 2020: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 4:00 - 6:00 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at:

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October 21, 2020: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 4:00 - 6:00 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at:

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September 16, 2020: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 4:00 - 6:00 PM, join the Zoom Meeting at:

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June 5, 2020: Speak Truth to Power: Forum on Anti-Black Racism

June 5, 2020:  6:00 – 7:30 PM ADT (5:00 - 6:30 EDT)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness are part of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s core values. It is within this context that we acknowledge the anger, pain, fear, frustration and anxiety that so many are experiencing in response to the unjust racial tragedies experienced by Black people in North America and beyond. We unequivocally condemn the racist acts that have sparked such broad outrage and social action.

Click the to watch this engaging held on June 5, 2020, aiming to hold space, provide avenues of learning and growth, and to urge all of us to take action.

 

May 30, 2020: Anti-Black Racism: Systemic and Institutional Impacts Panel Discussion and Q&A

30 May 2020:  8:00 – 10:30 PM ADT (7:00 - 9:30 EDT)

Join online/register at
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78 Church St. S., Ajax ON

April 18, 2020: We Can't Police Our Way Out of The Pandemic


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Speakers: , , Estelle Davis (of ASTTeQ), & others!

 

April 18, 2020:#BLACK HEALTH MATTERS: Responding to COVID-19 Forum by Dalla Lana School of Public Health with hosts Dr. Rai Reece and Dr. Roberta K. Timothy


by with hosts Dr. Rai Reece and Dr. Roberta K. Timothy
Saturday, 18 April 2020 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT (7:00 PM ADT) - click !
In this two-hour forum, we intend to discuss, race-based data collection and government response and black service providers experience during the pandemic among many topics. The hosts want to engage in a fulsome discussion on a collective community response.
Hosts will open the floor to questions and comments throughout the event. For the list of scheduled speakers, please see the event page.
to receive a link for the Zoom event and password. The meeting link and password will be sent to you AN HOUR before the live forum. Speakers (in alphabetical order):
- Beverly Bain, Professor Women Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus
- Shana Calixte, Manager, Mental Health and Addictions, Public Health Sudbury & Districts
- Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Studies at Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Faculty of Medicine
- Mercy Lillian Gichuki, Program Manager, VAW
- Notisha Massaquoi, Principal Consultant, Nyanda Consulting, PhD Candidate
- Dr. Onye Nnorom, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead, DFCM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Maureen Owino, PhD Candidate Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University

March 26, 2020: JRJ Chair Chat via Zoom

Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 4:00 - 6:00 PM, join the :

 

March 6, 2020: Feminist Seminar Series: Black Feminist Health Studies with Dr. OmiSoore Dryden

Friday, March 6, 2020 at 12:00 noon AST - Â鶹´«Ã½ McCain Bldg - Rm #2021

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March 2, 2020: Black Activism in Education and Community - Asserting Black Presence in Canada with Dr. OmiSoore Dryden

Monday, March 2, 2020 at 6:30 PM AST - UBC Robson Square HSBC Hall:

BLACK ACTIVISM IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY - Asserting Black Presence in Canada with Dr. OmiSoore Dryden

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February 27, 2020: JRJ CHAIR CHAT via Video/TeleConference

  • Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST (8:00 PM AST) - University of Victoria - Clearihue #C110

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February 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM AST - Â鶹´«Ã½ CRC Bldg - Rm #C206 (Dean's Council Room)

February 27, 2020: UVic Decolonial Solidarity Relations Planel

Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST (8:00 PM AST) - University of Victoria - Clearihue #C110

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February 26, 2020: UVic Public Lecture | HEALTH EQUITY - DO BLACK LIVES MATTER??

  • Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 3:00 PM PST (7:00 PM AST) - University of Victoria - Clearihue #A307

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January 23, 2020: CHAIR CHAT for Black sudents in health professions and graduate school

 

November 28, 2019: CHAIR CHAT for Black sudents in health professions and graduate school

 

November 22, 2019:Women's Wellness Within Conference Keynote

  • Nov 22: Keynote. Women’s Wellness Within Conference, Halifax ()

November 20, 2019: Community Welcomes Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, JRJ Chair

  • Nov 20: Community Welcome, Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair, 6-7:30pm, Halifax Community YMCA, 2269 Gottingen Street

November 8, 2019: Canadian Blood Services Knowledge Synthesis Forum - Toronto, ON

Nov 6-8: Canadian Blood Services Knowledge Synthesis Forum, Toronto

October 26, 2019: CHAIR CHAT for Black students in health professions and graduate school

 

October 23, 2019: Â鶹´«Ã½ Medical School welcomes James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies

Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden, an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersections of health science, social science and humanities, has been named Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s James Robinson Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies.

The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies is an endowed national senior academic chair, established in Halifax to honour and recognize the unique historical presence of African Nova Scotians.

Esteemed holders of the JRJ Chair have been located throughout various Dal faculties, including Law, Health and Arts and Social Sciences. With Dr. Dryden as Chair, the Chair will now be located in the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Community Health & Epidemiology.

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October 16, 2019: Nova Scotia Legal Aid AGM | INTERSECTIONALITY: RACE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND GENDER IDENTITY

Dr. OmiSoore Dryden talked at the Nova Scotia Legal Aid AGM in White Point Beach Resort, NS, on October 16th on the subject of Intersectionality: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity.

 

October 3, 2019: Â鶹´«Ã½ Black Faculty and Staff Caucus and Black Cultural Centre Public Lecture | THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK CANADIAN STUDIES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Â鶹´«Ã½ Black Faculty and Staff Caucus and the Black Cultural Centre present a free public lecture, by Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, the new James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Â鶹´«Ã½â€‹.

September 26, 2019: First Chair Chat | MEET THE CHAIR!

 

September 13, 2019: Health Law Seminar Series | ANTI-BLACK RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, AND CANADIAN BLOOD DONATION PRACTICES

Dr. OmiSoore Dryden's talk,  Anti-Black Racism, Homophobia, and Canadian Blood Donation Practices, opens the 2019/20 Season of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Health Law Institue Seminar Series. Click the talk...

August 26, 2019: St. FX University Annual August Teaching Event | DISABILITY, ACCESS, EQUITY & EDUCATION: CREATING WELCOMING COMMUNITIES

St. Francis Xavier University Fifth Annual August Teaching Event: Disability, Access, Equity & Education: Creating Welcoming Communities Monday, August 26th to Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 This year, the event is organized within the conference ‘Disability, Access, Equity & Education: Creating Welcoming Communities’. To view the full program, click

10:45AM-12:45PM OPENING PLENARY:  OmiSoore Dryden, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Â鶹´«Ã½: “Constituted as a Problem: Black Queer Life and the Politics of (Equity, Diversity and) Inclusionâ€

July 21, 2019: Film Screening & Panel Discussion | OUR DANCE OF REVOLUTION