Freedom Dreaming: Affirming and Embracing the Creativity and Innovation of Black People in STEMM
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February 29, 2024
9:00 am—3:30 pm
MacEwan Hall Ballroom; 3rd Floor
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Come celebrate the brilliance and help untangle the challenges of racialized communities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM)!
Hosted by the University of Calgary Faculty of Science and the United States Consulate General of Calgary, the event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 29, in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom.
Freedom Dreaming will feature a keynote from Dr. Terrell Morton, a talk by Dr. Ti’Era Worsley, panels and dialogues about Black experiences in STEMM, a screening of Woman in Motion, a networking session, and a buffet lunch. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to drop in and out as their class schedules allow.
The event is open to racialized communities as well as allies from across campus and beyond. Register now and help share the event with your networks!
2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
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We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.