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Even before the campaign to #ChangeTheName and recent efforts to #TakeJamesDown, students have been calling for a more honest recounting of the narratives we've curated to depict McGill's legacy. By unpacking the "politics" behind the politics of remembering, this moderated discussion between Black and Indigenous alumni, academics, and activists will explore how we choose which stories to commemorate and which to append as footnotes to a more nuanced history implicating slavery and colonialism.

Open to all, join us for a timely dialogue on McGill's Black and Indigenous history, as we shed light on the most obscure corners of our alma mater's past. By engaging with divergent perspectives on the telling of history, we will consider the potential of (re)moving, replacing, and reimagining symbols of oppression as making history - rather than erasing the past.

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Prof.  Ned Blackhawk, History and American Studies Professor at Yale University
Prof. Rosalind Hampton, Assistant Professor in Department of Social Justice Education at University of Toronto

Dr. Sabrina Jafralie, Ethics & Religious Culture teacher and Lecturer at McGill's Faculty of Education

Tomas Jirousek, Leader of #ChangeTheName campaign and student at University of Toronto's Faculty of Law

Mohammed Odusanya, Co-Organizer of #TakeJamesDown campaign and student at McGill's Faculty of Law

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