Listen, learn and share this Black History Month with Arts Peer Advisors, Equity Ambassadors and panelists from student organizations.
Our Arts Peer Advisors have invited representatives from UBC Black Student Union, Arts Indigenous Student Advising (AISA) and the Anti-Racism Committee from the Global Lounge to talk about their experiences with online academia. You’ll have a chance to interact and ask questions to the panelists and peers.
Registration is mandatory for this event. Please register by Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 11:59pm. Registered participants will receive a Zoom link invite the day-of the event via email.
Panelists
Malini – UBC Black Student Union
Malini Romeo (she/her) is a third-year student at UBC. She is the VP External of the UBC Black Student Union and is proud to represent the UBC BSU at the event to be part of the conversation.
Moussa – Anti-Racism Committee from the Global Lounge
Moussa (he/him) is a fourth-year student in the Department of Political Science. He currently works as a Community Animator at the UBC Global Lounge where he chairs an Antiracism Committee that facilitates networking between UBC clubs. After having worked as an Arts Peer Advisor, he has witnessed the shift in BIPOC student needs from in-person instruction to online learning. He hopes to engage in meaningful conversations that honour the realities of BIPOC students in the midst of the pandemic and virtual instruction.
Abeera – Anti-Racism Committee from the Global Lounge
Abeera (she/her) is a second-year student in the faculty of Land and Food Systems. As a Community Animator at the Global Lounge, co-chairing the Marketing and Communications team, she facilitates intercultural conversations on global issues. Navigating a virtual environment while maintaining her sense of identity looks different this year, but the Global Lounge provides a community of diverse people that makes her feel heard and at home.
Karlene – Arts Indigenous Student Advising (AISA)
Karlene Harvey (she/her) is Tsilhqot’in and Syilx and grew up in the Lower Mainland. She is completing a Master of Arts degree in English Literature with a focus on Indigenous literature and she works for the Faculty of Arts at UBC as an academic advisor for Indigenous students.
Moderator
Kritika – Arts Peer Advisor
Our aim is to create a safe and inclusive space for students and participants who identify within the BIPOC community, and to engage how our experiences shape online learning. Allies are welcome to listen and learn from BIPOC discussions.
We acknowledge that UBC’s Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
