The University of Toronto commissioned a Presidential, Provostial and Vice-Presidential Task Force to provide actionable recommendations to address anti-Black racism and to promote Black inclusion and excellence on our campuses.

This ceremony will mark the handing over of the Task Force’s Final Report to the President, Vice-President & Provost, and Vice-President, Human Resources & Equity.

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Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Desma Charlemagne-Michel, Director of Human Resource Services, UTSC, and Co-Chair, U of T Anti-Black Racism Task Force

Libation

• Conducted by Ernest Obeng, Doctoral Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Spoken Word

• Co-chairs of the Task Force’s Students Working Group
  Kadija Lodge-Tulloch, Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies; and
  Catherine Amara, Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Salma Shariff, Undergraduate Student, UTSC International Development Studies & French
• Randell Adjei, Executive and Creative Director of R.I.S.E (Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere) Edutainment and Ontario's First Poet Laureate

Conversation on Anti-Black Racism between Professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva & Professor Dexter Voisin

• Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology African American Studies, Duke University;
• Dexter Voisin, Dean and Sandra Rotman Chair in Social Work, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and Co-Chair, U of T Anti-Black Racism Task Force

Professor Bonilla-Silva is the author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America. Professor Voisin’s most recent work is America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago.

• Download Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's full bio

Entrustment and Submission of the Report

• Roger Bulgin, Chief Administrative Officer, Woodsworth College, and Co-Chair, U of T Anti-Black Racism Task Force

Acceptance of the Report

• Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto

Closing Remarks and Gratitude

• Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost; and
• Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, Human Resources & Equity