Virtual Museum Launch: The Underground Railroad to St. Catharines: Harriet Tubman’s Canadian Legacy

From secret routes to new lives in Canada, the Underground Railroad reshaped the history of freedom in North America. In St. Catharines, Harriet Tubman established a northern base that helped freedom seekers reach safety and rebuild their lives. Through historic sites, archival records, and the voices of descendants, The Underground Railroad to St. Catharines: Harriet Tubman’s […]

The Colonial Legacies of Genocide // L’héritage colonial du génocide

Thursday, April 2, 3 to 5 p.m.   Virtual panel on ZOOM :  https://yorku.zoom.us/j/91573377783 (Meeting ID: 915 7337 7783) ***This event will be a bilingual (in English and French). Simultaenous interpretation from French into English and English into French will be available for this event. Panelists: Dr. Yann Allard-Tremblay, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill […]

Tubman Talks with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike: (un)Belonging in Djamila Ibrahim’s Things Are Good Now

Date: Thursday, March 19 Time: 2:30 to 4 p.m. Location: Zoom Zoom Registration Moderated by: Damilola Adebayo This presentation focuses on the short story collection Things Are Good Now by the African Canadian writer, Djamila Ibrahim, by examining how African immigrants and refugees attempt to rebuild home in Canada. It asks: How do African writers […]

Politics/Poetics of Migration: Breaking Up With…Carceral Romance: In Conversation with Robyn Maynard and York Students

Date: February 12, 2026 Time: 2:30-5:00pm EST Location: 280N York Lanes, York University 4700 Keele St, North York (In-person only) Register here: https://research.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=291853 Event Description: This project is a two-part intellectual and community engagement initiative around the 2025 updated edition of Robyn Maynard’s Policing Black Lives. First, throughout January 2026, several campus-wide book club sessions were organized with graduate and […]

Politics/Poetics of Migration: ሑሉፉ ትዝታ Huluf Tizita

Date: February 10, Time: 5 to 7 p.m. Location: Tubman Resource Room (314 York Lanes), York University 4700 Keele St, North York, ON M3J 1P3 Register here: https://research.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=293848 Huluf Tizita (Their Longing/Nostalgia) is an evening of film, boon ceremony, and dialogue exploring Eritrean and Ethiopian diasporic experiences in the Americas.

HTI: Black History Month 2024 Opening Ceremony: Black Educators and Black Education

The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa & its Diasporas is set to commence Black History Month with an inspiring Opening Ceremony on Feb. 1 at their Resource Centre located at 314 York Lanes. This year’s theme, “Black Educators and Black Education,” will be celebrated through a series of events, starting with a reception […]