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DESCRIPTION:Homecoming: Blackness and belonging: Professor Debra Thompson i
 n conversation with Adrian Harewood\, BA'06\n\nFriday\, October 21\, 2022
 \n	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT\n	Centre Mont Royal\, 3rd Floor Foyer - 2200 rue M
 ansfield\n\nThe 9I制作厂免费 Department of Political Science in the Faculty of A
 rts\, in collaboration with the 9I制作厂免费 Black Alumni Association (MBAA)\, c
 ordially invite you to a special event featuring 9I制作厂免费 Professor and auth
 or Debra Thompson in conversation with award-winning Canadian journalist a
 nd academic Adrian Harewood\, BA'06. They will discuss Thompson's new book
 \, The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging.\n\nWe look forward to w
 elcoming you at Centre Mont Royal for what promises to be a captivating an
 d thought-provoking discussion.\n\nAbout the speakers\n\nDr. Debra Thompso
 n is Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in
  Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at 9I制作厂免费. She is a 
 leading scholar of the comparative politics of race and has recently been 
 honoured by the Royal Society of Canada. Her academic research and teachin
 g\, along with her commitment to public scholarship\, seek to understand\,
  analyze\, and explain the complex historic and contemporary relationships
  among race\, public policy\, and inequality in Canada and other democrati
 c societies. Dr. Thompson's award-winning first book\, The Schematic State
 : Race\, Transnationalism\, and the Politics of the Census (Cambridge Univ
 ersity Press\, 2016)\, is a study of the political development of racial c
 lassifications on the national censuses of the United States\, Canada\, an
 d Great Britain. Her heavily anticipated second book\, The Long Road Home:
  On Blackness and Belonging\, was published by Scribner Canada (an imprint
  of Simon & Schuster) in September 2022\, and has been listed as a finalis
 t for the 2022 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for nonfiction.\n\nAdria
 n Harewood\, BA'06\, is a Canadian television and radio journalist\, and t
 he former anchor of CBC Ottawa News and CBC News: Ottawa Late Night. He is
  currently Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at Carleton
  University. Harewood studied Political Theory and History at 9I制作厂免费 Unive
 rsity\, where he was also station manager of the campus radio station CKUT
 . Before moving into television\, Adrian was the host of the number one ra
 ted All in a Day on CBC Radio One in Ottawa. He has been a guest host on n
 ational CBC programming including As it Happens\, Sounds Like Canada and T
 he Current. Adrian has a keen interest in community involvement. He spends
  hundreds of hours every year at events in Ottawa and the surrounding area
 .\n\nDetails\n\nAbout the book\n\nThe Long Road Home: On Blackness and Bel
 onging (2022) is a personal story that blends family history and memoir to
  examine the nuances of racism in both Canada and the United States. Thomp
 son follows the roots of Black identities in North America and the routes 
 taken by those who have crisscrossed the world's longest undefended border
  in search of freedom and belonging. Above all\, The Long Road Home is abo
 ut the power of freedom and the dreams that link and inspire Black people 
 across borders\, told from the perspective of one who has deep ties to\, c
 ritiques of\, and hope for both countries.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3R8\, Centre Mont Royal\, 3rd Floor Foyer
 \, 2200 rue Mansfield
SUMMARY:Homecoming: Blackness and belonging
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