African Black Caribbean Students Talk With African Black Caribbean Profs!

African Black Caribbean Student Engagement, supported by the Centre for Caribbean Studies, the African Studies Centre, and the University of Toronto Students’ Union, presents:

African Black Caribbean Students Talk With African Black Caribbean Profs!

Tuesday, October 7 (4:15pm. “Guess that Beat” Ice Breaker, 4:30pm. Event)

Koffler House, Main Activity Hall, 569 Spadina Ave., 2nd Floor (wheelchair accessible)
Catered Caribbean dinner by widely celebrated Chef Glen Boothe!

Registration required: https://folio.utoronto.ca/students/events/detail/6324958

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DESCRIPTION:

This event brings African Black Caribbean students and professors together to make connections, discuss issues of mutual importance, learn from each other, and establish supportive relationships.

GUESTS:

Professor Charmaine C. Williams (she/her) joined U of T in 2002 and is currently serving as Dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. She became a professor after several years as a hospital-based mental health clinician. As an academic, she teaches about social work and social issues, does research on health issues affecting marginalized populations and participates in local and national initiatives addressing health and racism. Her parents are Jamaican, she was born in England and was a first generation student and was mostly raised in Canada.

Dr. Sandra Newton (she/her) is a Barbadian-born Clinical and School Psychologist living and working in the Greater Toronto Area. She completed her graduate training in developmental and educational psychology and child/adolescent clinical psychology at OISE, and has practiced in a variety of educational, clinical, research, and community settings. At the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Dr. Newton is currently Interim Program Director of the Master of Public Health program in Black Health and an Assistant Professor. She welcomes the opportunity to meet and mentor others who are also first in their family to complete their formal education in Canada.

Dr. Keith Adamson (he/him) is an Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and a Past-President of the Ontario Association of Social Workers. He holds senior management experience in clinical, management and professional practice, and expertise in clinical governance at hospitals and community health centres. Dr. Adamson’s research examines innovative pedagogical approaches to interprofessional education and practice, new roles for social work within a changing healthcare system, and how compassionate care and empathy can be in social work education. He was appointed Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, providing guidance in the creation of accessible and inclusive learning environments for students. Dr. Adamson’s parents are from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, and he was born in Canada.

STUDENT GUEST FACILITATORS:

In addition to the African Black Caribbean Mentor Navigators, the students facilitating the rotating small group discussions are:

• Sammy Onikoyi (she/her), Vice President, Equity, University of Toronto Students’ Union;
• Rianne Matthias (she/her), Peer Lead, Accessibility Services; and
• Michael Tucker-Powell (he/him), Peer Lead, Black Student Engagement.