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Deborah Dobbins, We Are The Roots: Sharing the African American Western Canadian Journey Towards Equity

Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
4:00pm to 5:30pm

University of Alberta (Education Building)

Free

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Feb.
24

Join us at the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta) as we welcome, Deborah Dobbins, Executive Director, Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots, to share her stories of the rich Black history that exists in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Deborah shares a personal insight into the journey of the first community of the African Diaspora and the need to acknowledge the historical and present-day contributions made in Alberta.

Deborah Dobbins is a retired teacher, Edmonton Public Schools, as well as a direct descendant of the Indigenous Blacks of the Prairies, specifically Wildwood and surrounding communities.

University of Alberta (Education Building)

11210 87 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G5