Black History Month at Â鶹AV
Black History Month aims to celebrate and centre Blackness throughout the history, the present, and the future of Â鶹AV and beyond.
2025 Black History Month ProgrammingÌý
As with past years, the Equity Team hosts two Black History Month events: the Opening Ceremony open to all students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members, and the Â鶹AV Black Community Gathering open to Black students, staff, and faculty at Â鶹AV to gather and celebrate in-person.Ìý
The keynote address for this year's Opening Ceremony will be delivered by architect Shane Laptiste. Laptiste is the principal and co-founder of the award-winning Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA). His architectural interests investigate community informed architecture that is responsive to the cultural and spatial needs of the impacted users. He has a particular interest in the ways in which Black communities have and continue to respond to space and the environment. He is a licensed architect in Ontario and Quebec and holds BSc(Arch) and MArch degrees from Â鶹AV, where he also serves as a studio instructor.ÌýÌýÌý
Join us throughout the month of February for a variety of events organized by the Â鶹AV Equity Team and the wider Â鶹AV community!
Questions? Contact lynda.bulimo [at] mcgill.ca.Ìý
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2025 Black History Month Partners and SponsorsÌý
Black History Month is organized by Â鶹AV’s Equity Team in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic), in partnership with the Faculty of Engineering and the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture.Ìý
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