91福利

10:00 AM

Welcome Remarks and Greetings from Mohamed Lachemi, President, Ryerson University

Welcome Remarks and Greetings from Pam Sugiman, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University

10:10 AM

A rendition of For My Country, an original composition by Petty Officer Second Class Nevawn Patrick in honor of the men who served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the CEF in WWI, and the Black men and women who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces since then. Introduced by PO2 Patrick and performed (recording) by the Stadacona Band

INTERLUDE

10:20 AM - 11:50 AM

SESSION ONE

John Boileau (Feature Presentation) 鈥� "No. 2 Construction Battalion (aka The Black Battalion): A Short History." [view abstract]

Kimberly Head 鈥� 鈥淕et on the Boat, the Poet Wrote, and Go and Win the War: The Story of George Bolivar Shreve鈥� [view abstract]

Melissa King 鈥� 鈥淗enry Thomas Shepherd鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Hyacinth Simpson, Organizer and Host of Black Canada and the Great War, Associate Professor, Ryerson University

INTERLUDE

11:55 AM - 12:55 PM

SESSION TWO

Danielle Hargreaves-Pittman 鈥� 鈥淭he Road to Prosperity: A Black Woman鈥檚 Activism during the Great War in Atlantic Canada鈥� [view abstract]

Sean Flynn Foyn 鈥� 鈥淧ressing the Issues鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Katelyn Stieva, PhD candidate University of New Brunswick

INTERLUDE

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

SESSION THREE

Karolyn Smardz Frost 鈥� 鈥淩everend William Andrew White - The Acadia Years鈥� [view abstract]

Dudley Brown 鈥� 鈥淲. Andrew White, Jr., The No. 2. Construction Battalion, and Black Citizenship鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Hyacinth Simpson, Organizer and Host of Black Canada and the Great War, Associate Professor, Ryerson University

INTERLUDE

2:05 PM  - 2:45 PM

PANEL ON REV. WILLIAM A. WHITE

Panelists: John Boileau, Dudley Brown, George Elliott Clarke, Danielle Hargreaves-Pittman

Moderator: George Elliott Clarke, 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-2015) and 7th Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-2017), Professor, University of Toronto

INTERLUDE

2:50 PM - 4:00 PM

SCREENING OF THE FILM: Honour Before Glory

4:05 PM - 4:45 PM

Post-screening talk and Q&A with audience

Anthony Sherwood 鈥� 鈥淎ctor/Director/Producer鈥� [view abstract]

Day 2

10:30 AM

Welcome Remarks and Greetings for Day 2

10:40 AM

Recitation of 鈥淭hey Trooped the Colours,鈥� a poem written by George Elliott Clarke to honor the service of the men of the No. 2 Construction battalion and other Black men who served in the CEF in WW1. Introduced and performed by George Elliott Clarke

INTERLUDE

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

SESSION ONE

Mathias Joost 鈥� 鈥淏lack Servicemen Across the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1918鈥� [view abstract]

Kathy Grant 鈥� 鈥淏and of Brothers: Featuring George William Stewart and Albert Carty鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Ronald Cummings, Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, Brock University

INTERLUDE

11:50 AM - 12:50 PM

SESSION TWO

Gord Heath 鈥� 鈥淎n Opportunity Not to Be Missed: The Black Baptist and Methodist War Effort on the Canadian Home Front, 1914-1918鈥� [view abstract]

Hyacinth Simpson 鈥� 鈥淚nstitutionalizing Care: The Third Jamaica Contingent, the Canadian Military Hospitals Commission, and Veteran Rehabilitation鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Melanie Knight, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University

INTERLUDE

12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

SESSION THREE

Natasha Henry 鈥� 鈥淢aking it Count: Black Canadian Women Obtain the Right to Vote During the Great War鈥� [view abstract]

Katelyn Stieva 鈥� 鈥�Belonging to the Coloured Race鈥�: Exploring the First World War Service of New Brunswick鈥檚 Black Servicemen鈥� [view abstract]

Moderator: Faizal Deen, Doctoral Candidate at Concordia University

INTERLUDE

2:00 PM  - 3:45 PM

SESSION FOUR

Vets On Vets: More Than a Century of Black Canadian Service

Presenters: Chuk Ezemenari, Kevin Junor, Darnel Leader, June Parris

Moderator: Scott Moody, Principal, Thomas Street Middle School, Mississauga, Ontario

CLOSING REMARKS AND THANKS