Film Screening | Oral Histories of Black Community Organizing in Montreal
The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University, in collaboration with sociologist and 张百乔女友裸照 adjunct faculty member Jamilah Dei-Sharpe,聽invites the academic community to a special screening of the short documentary film:
WIBCA鈥檚 Legacy: Carrying the Torch from Elders to Youth in Montreal鈥檚 Black Community
Thursday, April 10 |5 PM鈥�7 PM
Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University
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This powerful oral history film documents the founding of the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA)鈥攅stablished in 1982 as one of Montreal鈥檚 first English-speaking Black community associations. Through the voices of WIBCA鈥檚 founding elders, the film chronicles over four decades of grassroots organizing, strategic activism, and intergenerational community building in response to systemic discrimination in education, public services, and policing.
Dei-Sharpe鈥檚 work is rooted in decolonial approaches to education and amplifying Black Canadian narratives. As a first-generation Canadian of Ghanaian and Jamaican heritage, her research and filmmaking center the critical role of oral history in preserving and transmitting Black knowledge systems. This film highlights how elder knowledge continues to inform the activism of today鈥檚 youth and sustain vital community infrastructure.
The film is part of an educational video series that includes classroom resources such as discussion questions and reflection prompts for bringing lived experiences into the classroom; access other videos with attached course guides at Dei-Sharpe鈥檚 nonprofit,聽the Decolonial Perspectives and Practices Hub.
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We encourage faculty, students, and researchers interested in oral history, Black Canadian studies, decolonial pedagogy, and community-based research to attend this special event and to subscribe to the Decolonial Hub to stay informed!
The film will be available after April 11 here:
