Tag Archives: Black Studies

Afua Cooper: My 30-year effort to bring Black studies to Canadian universities is still an upward battle

Afua Cooper: My 30-year effort to bring Black studies to Canadian universities is still an upward battle

Since my time as a graduate student to my present appointment as professor at Dalhousie University, I have been involved with championing and developing Black studies in universities and beyond. Previously, within Canadian universities, not many scholars who work in creating knowledge about Black people called it Black studies. For many, “Black studies” was something […] … learn more→

Eastern Michigan U: Mandatory Black studies

Eastern Michigan U: Mandatory Black studies

Time and again I’ve often wondered about the honesty of what I’m doing in higher education. It isn’t the upper level, technical courses that repeatedly cause me to evaluate my morality, even though it’s easy to make a case that the more advanced courses are the least relevant to what anyone would use math for. […] … learn more→