“People of African Descent: Recognition, Empowerment and Equity” Conference

Welcome Behnaz Mirzai (Associate Professor, Department of History, Brock University)   Jack Lightstone (President and Vice-Chancellor, Brock University)   Douglas Kneale (Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University)   Mark Spencer (Chair, Department of History, Brock University)   Opening remarks Brian McMullan (Mayor of St. Catharines)   Plenary round-table  Ali Moussa-Iye (History and Memory for Dialogue Section, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris)   Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados; and Vice President of the UNESCO Slave Route Project)   The conference was sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, McMaster University and Brock University.