NBGN blog
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I become a member of the National Black Graduate Network? Membership in the NBGN is open to graduate students who identify as Black or who are pursuing academic work in Black Studies at a Canadian university. To become a member, please contact the NBGN coordinators using your university email account, and provide your name, school, program and year of study. If I do not identify as Black can I still participate/join the network? Yes. This network is ...
The NBGN Founding Team
The foundations of NBGN have been built by a team of three doctoral students working with the guidance of rosalind hampton, professor of Black Studies and co-president of the BCSA. The graduate student team worked from January to June 2020 to raise awareness of the project across the country, reaching out to their fellow students and establishing a founding membership representing students studying at universities in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia ...
2020-2021 Annual Report
by Cherie A. Daniel & Festus Ajayi JULY 2021 We started out small and ended out big! What started as a vision of connecting Black graduates across Canada has become the National Black Graduate Network. We (the collective "we") have faced a year that has been unprecedented with COVID-19. While that may have changed the way we launched the NBGN (in September of 2020), it did not break our ability to support each other. Hence, we would like to ...
Our Experiences are Truth: Anecdotes from Black Graduates and Students of Black Studies
Here it is – the collection of our answers to the questions: what do you like and find challenging about being black graduate students and/or engaging in black studies? You know, the engaging post I promised you (intentional emphasis on the engaging). First, let me qualify that the use of “black graduates” always includes law, medical, graduate diploma, and other professional accreditations. To build solidarity around the Canadian black graduate experience and black centric research we privilege black graduates ...
A Tale of Two Graduate Students from Two Different Cities
PART 1 TORONTO VIA ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION (OISE) This reflects the experiences of Marcus and me in our Grad school life. It was 2019 Winter I believe when we first met in one of Dr. hampton’s classes. Marcus introduced himself to the class with a strong introduction “I am from the South-Side of Chicago.” He spoke candidly about his experiences in education in the United States. I instantly was impressed with his rawness to just ...
My LAMENTATION
Crystal Garvey, RN, MScN PhD Candidate, Queen's University My lamentation is poison………It has made me septic I can feel the poison flowing through my veins, BUT I STILL have to have a grin I’ve been conditioned to not express how I feel It always has to be a service with a SMILE I always have to be understanding, Even when it hurts….. Let’s not forget that I got to be patient… But through it all…. It always has to ...
Dr. Evelyn Asiedu: The Good & Bad of Black Grad CBC article reflection
by marcus singleton “Graduate school can be a solitary, isolating experience for many students, but add on top of that the feeling of being the only Black student in your department or faculty, and that experience can become more insulating.” These are the words that begin an outstanding CBC article entitled Black academic experiences in Canadian universities, focus of webinar series. The webinar series the CBC article is referring to is a five-part series called The Good and ...
Professor Andrea Davis on Black Studies
by marcus singleton The NBGN is super excited to have Dr. Andrea Davis as our guest for tomorrow’s Chill & Chat. Having Dr. Davis as our guest speaker motivated the NBGN leadership team to go back and rewatch her talk at the 2020 UBC Provost’s Speaker Series on Systemic Racism where the topic was about the potential for Black studies programs in Canada. During this talk, Dr. Davis gave a phenomenal snapshot of Black Studies history and origins. In ...
NBGN FALL 2021 NEWSLETTER/REPORT
As the new 2021-2022 Coordinator for the NBGN, I knew I had big shoes to fill; receiving the baton from Cherie A. Daniel to continue this fantastic work of creating community and networking opportunities for Black graduate students across Canada. I want to take the time to thank Prof. rosalind hampton, Cherie A. Daniel, and Festus Ajayi for all the support and confidence you all have instilled in me to continue this work and vision of supporting Black graduates ...