Upcoming Events

Throughout the year, we hold webinars, information sessions, performances and panels on a number of EDIDA-focused topics. Check out information on our upcoming events below!

Gendered Lives and Social Struggles: A Black Feminist Reflection

In recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Dr. Erica Lawson shares a narrative reflection on ordinary women working for social change in big and small ways.

The Fight for Trans and Queer Liveability in Times of Fascism, Racism and White Ethnonationalism

Join Dr. Beverly Bain on Trans Day of Visibility and learn new strategies to refuse, resist and organize in support of the 2sLGBTQIA+ community, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to live a liveable life.

Black History Month 2025

Thank you to our Western community and beyond for supporting Black History Month in February. Your participation and attendance at our Black Resistance presentations, panels and exhibition are deeply appreciated. We are pleased to share photos from several of our events below, captured by Chris Kindratsky.

CEO of the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) Cameron Bailey speaks to the Western Community on February 5, 2025. He is standing in front a podium, wearing a suit.
This image features a colourful collage of people from the Black community at Western and shows archives that celebrate Black joy and community.
This is a photo of the Black Resistance Against the Status Quo Panel event on February 24, 2025. This photo features Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Patricia DeGuire and Music Director and Lead Activist for Black Lives Matter London Alexandra Kane. Alexanra Kane is speaking into a microphone while sitting at a table.
This is a photo of the Black Resistance Against the Status Quo Panel event on February 24, 2025. Dr. Remi Warner, Interim Executive Director of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, listens to Tega Odjevwedje, Co-president of the Black law Student's Association, Western Chapter. Tega is wearing a patterned blazer and is speaking into the microphone and gesturing with her hand.
Former USC President Sunday Ajak talks to a group of people at the Being Black with a Purpose: Black Resistance and Leadership in Action event on February 26, 2025. Sunday is wearing glasses, a grey shirt and knitted vest, holding his hand to his chest.
Four students are sitting in stools for the Diasporic Delights and Black Community Panel Event on February 27, 2025. They are all holding microphones and a student wearing a suit is speaking and gesturing toward the audience.