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Various dates, times and locations throughout February 2017

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Dalhousie University is proud to recognize and celebrate African Heritage Month with a series of events throughout the month of February. Alumni and friends are invited to take part in celebrations happening across Dal’s four campuses, including:

• Honouring African Heritage Month
  Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m.
  Dalhousie Agricultural Campus
• Black Perspectives on Campus Speaker Series: Part 1 (with Dr. Afua Cooper, El Jones and Nzingha Millar (BA’16))
  Wednesday, Feb. 1, 5 – 7 p.m.
  Dalhousie Student Union Building, Council Chambers
• Dalhousie’s African Heritage Month Launch
  Thursday, Feb. 2, 12 p.m.
  University Hall, MacDonald Building
• Film Screening: Miles Ahead
  Tuesday, Feb. 7, 5 p.m.
  Dalhousie Art Gallery
• Hidden Figures: Making the Invisible, Visible
  Tuesday, Feb. 7, 6 – 8 p.m.
  NSCC – IT Campus (Leeds St., Halifax)
• African People in Halifax: Embracing our Diversity
  Tuesday, Feb. 7, 6 – 8 p.m.
  Dalhousie Student Union Building
• Black Perspectives on Campus Speaker Series: Part 2
  Wednesday, Feb. 8, 12 – 1 p.m.
  Dalhousie Student Union Building, Council Chambers
• Yes, you CAN! Be a doctor!
  Thursday, Feb. 9, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
  Collaborative Health Education Building, Room 150
• Open Lecture: Inclusion & Diversity, Dr. Barb Hamilton-Hinch (BRec’91, MA’98, PhD’16)
  Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2:35 – 3:55 p.m.
  Clinic Research Centre (5849 University Ave.), Theatre D
• Film Screening: Bessie
  Tuesday, Feb. 14, 5 p.m.
  Dalhousie Art Gallery
• Black Perspectives on Campus Speaker Series: Part 3 
  Wednesday, Feb. 15, 5 – 7 p.m.
  Dalhousie Student Union Building, Council Chambers
• Welcome to Africville
  Friday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  Africville Museum & Mona Campbell Building
  Limited space: RSVP to jackie.dowling@dal.ca
• Film Screening: Cadillac Records
  Tuesday, Feb. 21, 5 p.m.
  Dalhousie Art Gallery
• Open Lecture: African Nova Scotian history, Dr. Isaac Saney (LLB’00)
  Tuesday, Feb. 28, 3:35 – 4:55 p.m.
  Tupper Building (5850 College St.), Theatre C

To learn more about the celebration of African Heritage Month at Dalhousie and in Nova Scotia, please visit Dalhousie’s Human Rights & Equity Services website.

For a complete listing of events taking place in the community, please visit the African Nova Scotian Affairs website.

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To register for any of Dalhousie’s African Heritage Month events, please email alumni@dal.ca.