Black Scientists share perspectives on science and systemic racism in upcoming UBC Okanagan webinar

Dear colleagues,

As we continue our work to build a campus community that supports and celebrates equity, diversity and inclusion, I write to you today with an invitation to our upcoming webinar Perspectives of Black Scientists: Science and Systemic Racism.

I am honoured to be joined by three inspiring panelists who will lead a discussion and share their perspectives as Black Scientists on science and systemic racism. The discussion will be followed by a moderated Q&A.

Panelists include:

• Dr. Maydianne Andrade, President of the Canadian Black Scientists Network; Co-Chair of the Toronto Initiative for Diversity & Excellence; and Special Advisor to the Dean, Inclusive Recruitment & Equity Education at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Professor Andrade was recently featured on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks for a special episode "Black in science.”
• Dr. Namandjé Bumpus, E.K. Marshall and Thomas H. Maren Professor and Director at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
• Dr. Emmanuel Osei, MITACS & Michael Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics at UBC.

Perspectives of Black Scientists, Science and Systemic Racism
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
1 p.m. | Virtual event on Zoom
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This webinar is the final of a three-part series discussing science and systemic racism. We will continue these important conversations with our next webinar series in the Fall, and I look forward to sharing more details soon. Thank you, as always, for your continued support as we remain steadfast in UBC’s commitment to addressing racism and injustice both within our institution and beyond.

Sincerely,

Ananya Mukherjee Reed 
Provost and Vice-President Academic
UBC Okanagan