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In keeping with the Johnston Chair’s mandate to “bring Black culture, reality, experience, perspectives, and concerns into the Academy”, the Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Series established a broad and flexible programme that responded to a variety of interests and concerns shared both within the University community as well as among the general public. Each year, these accessible academic and public forums constituted and generated unprecedented discursive spaces. Here it was legitimate to address, in a constructive way, issues of  ‘Race’ as valid areas of inquiry, research, policy and scholarship.

The Eminent Speakers’ Series, which sponsored public lectures by scholars who are experts in their field, targeted the following goals:

• To bring to the Public topical and timely issues that are of compelling interest.
• To ensure that the scholarship, perspectives and vision of African-descended scholars also do inform and are recognized as contributions to the production of knowledge.
• To ensure that, as a public institution, the University acknowledge its social responsibility and shoulder its proper role of public education towards ALL its constituents.
• To use the Public Lectures to “connect” with the Community of the Concerned and to affirm the realities of those living on the margins.
• To connect specifically with the African-descended Community, not only to sustain the focus and centrality of Black reality, but more importantly to inform, to empower, and to mobilize this Collectivity.

These Public Lectures were divided into the following categories:

• March 21, United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination
• February Black History Month
• Lunch & Learn
• Collaborative Lectures
• Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Lecture
  A $50,000 RBC contribution to the James Robinson Johnston Endowment Fund earmarked to support a public Lecture

De 1987 à 1988, Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill passe l’année en mission à Washington. Affectée au Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, elle y fait de la recherche, de l’éducation publique et du travail de sensibilisation / revendication juridique contre l”apartheid . Elle met sur pieds la campagne Red Ribbon visant à sauver les vies des « Six Condamnés de Sharpeville ». Ses recherches analysent comment l’Afrique du Sud invoquait et exploitait la peine capitale pour appuyer le régime de l’apartheid. L’aboutissement de ces recherches est préservé au US Congressional Record (“The Sharpeville Six and the Death Penalty in South Africa” Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 100th Congress of the United States, 2 ed., 134 No. 32, March 16, 1988).

Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill est diplômée de l’Université de Montréal (M.A. langue et littérature espagnoles), de l’Université McGill (B.A. (Joint Honours (latin et espagnol; diplôme en pédagogie), et de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (LL.B. en droit). Elle détient aussi un diplôme en droit international et comparé de l’Université de San Diego (Paris, France). Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill a reçu deux doctorats honorifiques en droit : City University of New York, Université Concordia.Trilingue (anglais, français, espagnol), elle a mené des recherches sur le concept de ‘race’ et l’éducation anti-raciste en Angleterre et au siège social de l’UNESCO en France.

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Vous trouverez également des archives de projets réalisés à titre de première titulaire de la First James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies de l’Université Dalhousie, de 1996 à 2002. Cette initiative nationale sans précédent vise à intégrer au cursus universitaire la culture, la réalité, les  préoccupations et perspectives des peuples noirs.

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• Access to Legal Education. Panel Presentation. Access to Legal Education Group National Conference. Université de Montréal, February 1994.
• Acercamiento a la presencia del negro dentro del teatro español del Siglo de Oro: !El resplandor de la sombra! M.A. Thesis, Université de Montréal, 1990.
• Address to the Transition Year Programme Graduating Class of ‘97. Halifax: Dalhousie University, April 18, 1997.
• Affirmative Action in Faculty Hiring: Challenge of Commitment for Responsible and Objective Decision-Makers. Consciousness-raising Seminar, Carleton University, Ottawa, January 1989.
• Africana Studies – 39 Years Later: A Case for Calibrating Institutional Responsibility. Keynote Address to Africana 2000. McGill Black Students’ Network Conference. McGill University, Montreal, January 2000.
• An African Canadian Open Letter to the United Nations CERD Members Examining Canada’s 13th and 14, Reports. Formal submission to the United Nations Committee examining Canada’s 13, & 14, periodic reports of compliance with the International Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Geneva, United Nations, August 2002. Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 20, 2002.
• Anniversary Tribute to Kay Livingstone and the Negro Women’s Association. Hamilton, Ontario, September 1990.
• Arap Petra velikogo and Black Identity in Pushkin. Paper co-presented with John Barnstead at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Slavists. Congress 2005. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, May 2005.
• August 9th Solidarity Message with South African Women. Public Address. Parliament Hill, Ottawa, August 9, 1987.
• Arming Our Women Warriors. Panel Presentation to Annual Meeting of Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC). Ottawa, Ontario, 1990.
• Bâtir les coalitions… aux frais de qui? Workshop Presentation. Ottawa, March 1990.
• Battle-scarred Lessons from the Canadian Front: Racial Hostility to Curriculum Change in the Academy. National Council for Black Studies Thirtieth Annual Conference. San Diego, March 17, 2007.
• Be Prepared! Keynote Address. Dawson College Black and Third World Graduation. Montreal, May 1982.
• Black Community Perception of the Quebec Human Rights Commission: A Brief Sketch. November 1983.
• Black Identity in Pushkin: Key to New Thinking in Black and Russia Studies, Temple University, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Lecture. Philadelphia, April 11, 2007.
• Black Peoples Living with the Canadian Justice System: So Seldom for Us, So Often Against Us. Public Lecture. Kuumba African Heritage Events. Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, February 1993.
• Black Women: The Missing Pages from Canadian Women’s Studies. WMNS 390/1. 3 credit university course, Institut Simone de Beauvoir, Concordia University, Montreal, Summer 1983; Fall 1988.
• Black Women: The Nexus of Race and Gender. Lecture on Racism and Law. Opening Annie Macdonald Langstaff Workshop. McGill University, Faculty of Law. Montreal, October 1989.
• Black Women in Canada: Embattled and Battling for Empowerment. Workshop Presentation to the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, June 1987.
• Black Women in the Americas: Black Women in Canada… Resisting. Visiting Professor Lecture at Hamilton College. Clinton, New York, April 1991.
• Black Women in the Struggle for Justice and Freedom: “Life for Me Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair”. Plenary Address, March 8th Solidarity with Working Women. Medgar Evers College, City University of New York. March 1983.
• Blacks and Technology. Opening Presentation delivered to the National Council of Black Educators of Quebec (NCBEC). Hotel du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, September 1998.
• Blacks in Canada: The Material Reality of Racism. Presentation to First European Meeting of Africans /African Descendants. Vienna, Austria, April 28, 2001.
• Blacks in Canada. Annual Fund-raising Banquet Keynote Speaker. Congress of Black Women of Canada. Manitoba, October 1989; Edmonton, November 1990.
• Blacks in The Americas: Fact and Fiction. Inaugural Keynote Address to launch 1997 Commemoration of February Black History Month. University of Western Ontario, London, February 1997.
• Blacks in the Americas – What A Story! February Black History Month, Public Lecture. North Branch Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 1995.
• Blacks, Science, Information Technology and the New millennium: On-Line, or Side-Lined? Plenary presentation to Prince Charles’ Commonwealth Study Group. Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1988.
• Brief on Multiculturalism to the Consultative Committee on Multiculturalism. Montreal. March 1978; Brief on Bill C-18 to the Parliamentary Legislative Committee, December 1989.
• Challenges Facing Today’s Black Women. Mothers’ Day Tea Keynote Address. Focus on Black Women. Ottawa, May 1986.
• Checking The Impedimenta of ‘Race’. Academic Public Lecture. Dalhousie University, Halifax,1995.
• Comment mieux refléter le multiculturalisme dans ma pratique de nursing? Keynote Professional Development Lecture. Education permanente, Université de Montréal and the Montreal General Hospital. Montreal, February 1992.
• Comment mieux refléter le multiculturalisme dans ma pratique de Commissaire? Consciousness-raising Keynote Lecture. Quebec Parole Board, Montreal, December 1992.
• Connecting Communities. Honorary Doctor of Laws Acceptance Remarks and Convocation Address to the 1997 Arts & Science Graduates. Montreal, Quebec: Concordia University, June 1997.
• Connecting Communities. Keynote Address. Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC) Annual Conference. Vancouver, 1997.
• Critical Issues for the 80’s. Report to Quebec Board of Black Educators on the National Black Coalition of Canada Conference. Nova Scotia, November 1979.
• Cultural Minorities in the School: Some Thought-sharing and Mind-S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G. Quebec Association for Intercultural Education. Montreal, March 1984.
• Deficits Corrected… or Created?: Assessing the Impact of Law on Blacks in Canada. Keynote Lecture to inaugurate the 3^rd Black Diaspora International Scholars’ Conference entitled, ‘Engaging North America: Illuminating Black Canada’. Convened by the Institute of African American Research. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 2003.
• Deficits Corrected… or Created?: ‘Race’ and the Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Multicultural Policy and Practice in Canada. David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education 2004 Lecture Series. UBC Faculty of Education. Vancouver, March 2004.
• Dimension historique de la discrimination raciale à Montréal à travers le vécu du Negro Citizenship Association. Critical Study and Policy Paper for the Quebec Human Rights Commission’s Inquiry into Allegations of Racial Discrimination in the Taxi Industry. Montreal, May 1983.
• Diversity—A Challenge for Continuous Learning. Opening and Closing Plenary Addresses to the National Parole Board of Canada. Montreal, Quebec: May-June 1998.
• Doing Equity… For Show, or For Sure? Keynote Opening Address to the Canadian Association of University Teachers’ (CAUT) Status of Women Committee’s Annual Conference. Halifax, October 1996.
• Double regard sur le droit à la loupe du sexe et de la race. Initiation Week Workshop. Faculty of Law (Common Law) University of Ottawa, September 1994.
• Education – Key to Fulfillment and Collective Affirmation. Keynote Address to the Black Canadian Scholarship Foundation Annual Fund-raising Dinner. Ottawa: October 1997.
• Eightieth Anniversary Commemorative Address. Union United Church. Montreal, September 1987.
• Eighty-fifth Anniversary Commemorative Address. Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal May 1987.
• ¡El resplandor de la sombra! Paper presented to l’Association canadienne française pour l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS). Montréal, Université du Quebéc à Montréal, 1982.
• Empowerment Through Confrontation and Collaboration. Workshop. Third International Feminist Book Fair. Montréal, June 1988.
• Equality—It’s Our Right! Keynote Luncheon Address. National Council of Barbadian Associations. Montreal, May 1989.
• Ethical Lawyering: A Must in the Matter of Colour. 8, Annual Wickwire Memorial Lecture on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1998.
• Ethics in the Legal Profession: The Issue of Access. CALT (Canadian Association of Law Teachers) National Conference on the Legal Profession and Ethics. Learned Societies of Canada, Calgary. June 1994.
• Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid… Seminar Presentation to Law Students. Kingston: Queen’s University Faculty of Law, March 1998.
• Facing Reality: Black Women in the 80’s. Keynote Address to 7, Biennial Meeting of Congress of Black Women of Canada. Toronto, Ontario, 1982.
• Facing The Factor of “Race”. Keynote Plenary Presentation to the Annual Educational Meeting of the Crown Prosecutors of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton Island, September 1996.
• Feminism At the Dawn of the 21^st Century. Address of the Closing Plenary Panel, Women’s Movement: International & Forward-looking Perspectives to the International Conference of the National Association of Women and Law. Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal, February 1989.
• Fiftieth (50,) Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Plenary Presentation to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Commemorative Symposium for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December, 1998.
• Finding A Place in Time. Lessons for the Classroom. Panel Presentation. Annual Conference, Provincial Association of Social Sciences Teachers. Montreal, McGill University, May 1994.
• Focus on Racism. Workshop of Canadian Association of Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA), Edmonton, May 1985.
• Giving Back, Reaching Forward: A Decade of Pursuit,Progress, Perseverance. Banquet Keynote Address to 10th Anniversary Annual Conference of Black Law Students’ Association of Canada BLSAC). University of Ottawa, February 15th –18th 2001.
• History of Black Women in Canada. Inaugural Lecture for Women of Colour Series. Calgary Status of Women Action Committee. Calgary, September 1986.
• History of Blacks in Canada—What A Story! AKAX February Black History Month Public Lecture. Concordia University, Montreal, February 1992.
• Home: The Art of Preston. Inaugural address for the first major collective exhibit from the African Nova Scotian Community hosted by the Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, May 16, 2000.
• Honorary Doctor of Laws Acceptance Remarks. New York: City University fo New York (CUNY), December 1996.
• How Complicit? Law As Valet Masking Old Empire in New Canadian Trappings. Paper presented at Panel #45 of Law’s Empire Annual Conference of the Canadian Law & Society, Harrison’s Hot Springs, BC: June 2005.
• Human Rights Challenges for the Caribbean. Guest Lecture at the Hugh Wooding School of Law, St Augustine Campus. St. Augustine, Port of Spain, Trinidad: University of the West Indies, February 2005.
• Human Rights Charters: Efficacious Tools for Access to Equality? Keynote Opening Address for B’Nai Brith Human Rights League Conference. Montreal, May 1984.
• I Came. Poem and Prayer of Atonement Inspired by “The Door of No Return” of the slave-holding fortresses, Cape Coast and Elmina Castles. Accra, Ghana, 1974.
• Immigration and the Cultural Context of Resistance and Survival: Europe and the Americas. Moderator Panel Presentation. Wellesley College International Symposium “Global Perspectives on the Black Women: Race and Gender in the Age of Globalization”, to commemorate 3^rd UN World Conference World Conference Against Racism. Wellesley, Massachusetts, November 29, – December 2nd 2000.
• International Human Rights Law: Facing “Race” As A Factor’. Visiting Public Lecture at University of the West Indies Faculty of Law Cave Hill Campus. Bridgetown, Barbados, October, 2002.
• Is There A Human Rights Backlash? Panel Presentation to the International conference of Members of the Judiciary. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ). Halifax, September 1996.
• James Robinson Johnston Portrait Unveiling Inaugural Address. Law Courts of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. February 20, 2009.
• La Chaire James Robinson Johnston d’études noires canadiennes. Keynote Luncheon Address to l’Association des juristes francophones de la Nouvelle- Écosse ( AJEFNÉ), Halifax, September 1996.
• La ‘race’ et la loi s’affrontent: qui en sera l’arbitre. Paper delivered to the CALT Annual Conference. UBC, Vancouver, BC, June 2005.
• La relève enseignante: relever le défi d’une société multiculturelle. Paper to FAC (Federation autonome du collégial). November 1994.
• La Mosaïque : une force en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Keynote Address. CEGEP de Chicoutimi. June 1990.
• Last Hired, First Fired: Is Discrimination Obsolete? Keynote Address to Zonta International. March 8, 1985.
• Le défi de l’Équité (The Challenge of Equity). Plenary Lecture delivered to the Colloque 2003 des Femmes acadiennes. Halifax, May 2003.
• Le féminisme à l’aube de l’an 2000. Plenary Address. Fédération des femmes du Québec National Summit. College du Vieux Montréal, 1992.
• Le multiculturalisme dans la publicité. Paper to the Canadian Consumers Association. Montreal, June 1982.
• Learning to Fly With Ease: Teaching Research Methods Without Misery. Presentation to the Home Economics Group, chaired by MSVU, at the 2003 gathering of The Learned Societies. Halifax: Dalhousie University, May 2003.
• L’histoire de la population noire du Québec. Lecture. UQAM, Sociology Department, April 1985.
• Life and Legacy of Robert Sutherland: Lessons for Now: Inaugural Keynote Lecture of the Robert Sutherland Visiting Lectureship. Queen’s University, Ontario, Kingston 1998.
• Lifting As You Climb. Keynote Tribute to the Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal. Montreal, 1987.
• Linking Local to Global: Strategies for Change. Opening Keynote Address to the 2^nd African Canadian National Preparatory Conference for the 3rd UN World Conference Against Racism. Toronto, African Canadian Legal Clinic, July 27, 2001.
• Litigating Race and Gender. Workshop Presentation. Black Law Students of Canada (BLSAC) National Conference. Halifax, February 1992.
• Making the Links—Racism and Apartheid: Racism and Law in Canada. Paper to Law and Apartheid International Conference.University of Ottawa, February 1989.
• March 8, Women and the Law Seminar Presentation. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie Law School, March 1997.
• March 21^st Media Event. Montreal, March 21, 1994.
• Marie-Joseph-Angélique. Keynote Address, Black Women’s Collective. Dawson College, Montreal, June 1992.
• Martin Luther King Jr.—Thirty Years Later! The Legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Presentation for the Halifax Regional municipality North Branch Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Halifax North Branch Library, Halifax, January 1998.
• May Day Public Address for the Vienna May Day Celebrations. Vienna, Austria: May 1^st 2001.
• Minority Women and the Law. Visiting Lecture to the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario, November 1986.
• More Visible Partnerships: Formula for a New Intercultural Order of Education. Multicultural Conference Workshop Presentation. Toronto, November 1984.
• Multiculturalism. Panel Presentation to the 25, Anniversary of Multiculturalism Round Table. Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1996.
• New Directions in Human Rights. Plenary Panel Presentation presented to the International Human Rights Conference “Bringing it Home” convened at City University of New York (CUNY). New York:, June 1998.
• New Voices Across the Curriculum. University Faculty Retreat Sensitization Training Workshop for Weber State University. Salt Lake City, Utah 1990.
• Open Dialogue on Racism. Opening Remarks. Town Hall Meeting held in East Preston, Nova Scotia, February 10th 2001.
• Open Hearing on Racism To Invoke Memory and Confirm Voices of Experience. Opening Statement by the Johnston Chair UN 3rd World Conference Public Forum convened at the Lord Nelson Hotel. Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 21^st 2001.
• Opening Remarks. Opening Plenary Address and Remarks to the delegates of the International Cross Cultural Black Women’s Studies Institute’s 8, World Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa, August 1998.
• Opening Up Windows. National Judicial Institute Judicial Education Workshop. Inaugural Presentation. Prince George Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998.
• Our Black Mothers Who Fathered Us. Keynote Address to Annual Mother’s Day Tea. Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Montreal. Montreal, May 1985
• Pay and Employment Equity: Exploding the Myths. Workshop Presentation at the Pay and Employment Equity Coalition Conference. Calgary, 1990.
• Petition of the Arwuit People of Acanada to the United Nations Security Council for the Right to Self -Determination and Secession. A University of San Diego Summer School Abroad International Human Rights Plausible Hypothesis. Paris, France, 1981.
• Property and Appropriation. Paper. National Conference on “New Scholarship on Race, Culture and Law”. Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) Learned Societies of Canada. Charlottetown, P.E.I., June 1992.
• ‘Race’ and Law. Delivery, in French, of a Black History Month Seminar presentation to French Immersion students of St. Patrick’s High School. February 2003.
• ‘Race’ Literacy and the Legal Profession: An Ethical Imperative for Cap, Bar and Bench. McGill University Annie McDonald Langstaff Lecture. Delivered in my capacity as first First O’Brien Fellow in Residence. McGill Centre for Human rights and Legal Pluralism. McGill University, Montreal, November 9, 2012.
• ‘Race’, Research & Your Health”. Opening Address to the Community Forum. James Robinson Johnston Eminent Speakers’ Series March 21^st Lecture Programme’s African Nova Scotian Community Health Forum. Halifax, Cornwallis Street Baptist Church, March 2000.
• Racism and Canadian Legal Culture. Plenary Paper presented at the Critical Legal Theory and the Canadian Justice System Conference. Learned Societies of Canada., Queen’s University, June 1988.
• Racism and Law in A Global Context. Panel presentation as a participant of the Legal Work Group at the founding Meeting of the Global Afrikan Congress (GAC), first Post Durban international gathering of Peoples of African Descent. Bridgetown Barbados, October 2002.
• Racism and the Law. Guest Lecture to Queen’s Law School; and Faculty Training Workshop on the 1979 Moliere Theard case and police brutality. Queen’s University, March 1989.
• Re-visioning Pushkin Re-Thinking Pushkinology Paper co-presented with John Barnstead to the Dalhousie University Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning. Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2005.
• Role-Modeling Workshop Presentation delivered to the participants of the Black Educators’ Association (BEA) Math Camp. Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 1997.
• Scripta Manent. 1996 Open Letter to the Quebec Human Rights Court. Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 1996.
• Significance of the African Renaissance for Peoples of African Descent. Opening Presentation for Johnston Chair February Black History Month Public Lecture, The African Renaissance and its Implications for Research in the New Millennium, delivered by Dr. Malegapuru Makgoba. Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, February 15, 2001.
• Singled Out By Law for Unequal Treatment. Opening Address. Racism and Law Public Legal Education Seminar. Co-sponsored by Congress of Black Women of Canada and the Chinese Canadian National Council. Montreal, December 1990.
• So Seldom for Us, So Often Against Us: Blacks and Law in Canada, “African Liberation/The Brutality of Enslavement Lecture Series”, African American Museum of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 18, 2006.
• So Seldom For Us, So Often Against Us: Blacks Living with the Canadian Justice System. Plenary Address to the IX National Biennial Conference of the Congress of Black Women of Canada. Halifax, May 1989.
• Social and Educational Problems of Women. Symposium on Minorities convened by McGill University’s School of Social Work. Montreal, March 1980.
• Systemic Discrimination. Plenary Presentation as Panel Moderator of a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Staff Development Workshop. Halifax, Nova Scotia: March 1997.
• Teasing Out the Material Reality of Racism: Classroom Challenge for Committed Teachers. Training Workshop. An Interactive Seminar-workshop targeting ALL enrolled Diploma candidates who are also ALL practising professional teachers. Faculty of Education, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, February 2005.
• Teasing Out the Material Reality of Racism. Presentation to the COCH/COSH Computing with Humanities Group at the gathering of the Learned Societies of Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, May 2003.
• Teasing Out the Material Reality of Racism. Training Seminar on Racism and Public Policy for Queen’s University, School of Public Policy. Kingston, Ontario, May 1994.
• The Black Presence in Canada: A Legal Perspective. Visiting Lecture. Central Connecticut. State University (CCSU). Connecticut, November 2000.
• The Chair Had Set the Mark: 1996-2002. Keynote Remarks at Johnston Chair Tribute Reception featuring Testimonials from, notably: Senator Donald Oliver, University of King’s College, Dalhousie English Department, Mount St. Vincent University, Africville Genealogy Society, Black Student Advising, Individual Students. McGinnis Room, Dalhousie University, January 2004.
• The Challenge of Diversity. National Parole Board Keynote Address. Montreal 1998.
• The Challenge of Understanding the Material Reality of Racism. Inaugural Lecture to launch the Equity Series of the Law Society of Upper Canada to Central Toronto. Toronto, December 2001.
• The Double Challenge of Dismantling Privilege and Opening up Access to the Academy. Visiting Lecture co-sponsored by the McGill Chair in Ethnic Studies and the McGill University Black Students’ Network. Montreal, McGill University, January 2000.
• The Factor of ‘Race’. Seminar Presentation to Queen’s University Students of Women’s Studies. Kingston, Ontario, March 1998.
• The Factor of ‘Race’ in International Human Rights Law. African Canadian Legal Clinic Preparatory Conference for the United Nations Third World Conference Against Racism. Toronto, March 23^rd – 26,, 2000.
• The 40, Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Panel Presentation. Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 1998.
• The Halifax Declaration of Principles and Priorities. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2001.
• The Human Genome: What’s ‘Race’ Got To Do With it? Opening Presentation for March 21^st James Robinson Johnston Public Lecture Programme. Public Lecyure at the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine,. Halifax, 2000.
• The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies and March 8, International Women’s Day. Seminar Presentation for Dalhousie Law School Chapter of National Association of Women and Law. Halifax, March 1997.
• The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies. Public Lecture to the Zonta Club of Truro. Truro, Nova Scotia, April 22^nd 1997.
• The Life and Legacy of Robert Sutherland: Lessons For Now. Inaugural Public Lecture of Queen’s University Robert Sutherland Visitorship and Lecture Series. John Deutsch Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, March 1998.
• The Relationship Between Inequality and the Law. Panel Presentation to Judges of Nova Scotia. National Judicial Education Training Programme. Halifax, Westin, May 1998.
• The Significance of Alexander Pushkin in the African Diaspora (PDF). Paper delivered to the International Bicentennial Pushkin Symposium. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, June 1999.
• The Souls of Black Folk. Inaugural Keynote Public Lecture to launch the Ontario Black History Society’s 2003 February Black History Month Programme. Toronto, February 2003.
• The West Indian Student and the Teaching of French. Research Project. McGill University. Montreal May 1977.
• There Is No One Best Way to Organize. Paper delivered to the National Black Coalition of Canada. Toronto, Ontario, October 1980.
• Think Tank On Careers. Public Youth Seminar. Dawson College. Montreal, 1979.
• TBA (To Be Announced): Black Men As DWB Casualties at ‘Race’ and Gender Intersections. Visiting Lecture at University of British Columbia Faculty of Law‘s Centre for Feminist Legal Studies (CFLS).Vancouver, March 2004.
• Tonight Belongs to the Children. Johnston Chair Inaugural Public Lecture. Held at the George Dixon Community Centre. Halifax, Nova Scotia, February1996.
• Towards a Better Understanding of Race and Gender. ‘Race’ Awareness training Workshop. Chateauguay, Quebec, November 1994.
• Towards a Definition of Racism. Flagship Presentation for a “Think Tank on Racism”. International colloquium, Canadian Society for Ethnic Studies. Montreal, November 1985.
• Towards A More Inclusive Pedagogy. Keynote Professional Development Presentation for Teaching Faculty of Dawson College. Montreal, May 1993.
• Towards an Enhanced Understanding of the ‘Material Reality’ of Racism, Fulbright Lecture delivered at Temple University’s African American Studies (AAS) Department NOMMO Lecture Series, November 29, 2006.
• Towards International Strategizing. Keynote Address to launch the International Resource Network for Women of African Descent (IRNWAD). Medgar Evers College New York, 1983.
• Tribute to Dr. Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré. Keynote Address in Honour of Outgoing President of Counseil des communautés culturelles. Montreal, June 1990; April 1991.
• Tribute to Dr. Glenda Simms, Keynote Address Paying Homage to the Former National President of Congress of Black Women of Canada. Vancouver, February 1990.
• Tribute to the Negro Women’s Association. Keynote Address in Honour of The Negro Women’s Assocaition. Sponsored by the Congress of Black Women, Windsor Chapter. Windsor 1990.
• Tribute to Union United Church. Keynote Address to Commemorate the 85, Anniversary of Union United Church, Montreal’s First Black Congregation.Montreal 1987.
• Under the Law and in the Shadow of the Law: A Black Woman’s Perspective Paper presented to Critical Legal Theory and the Canadian Justice System Conference, Learned Societies of Canada. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, June 1988.
• Under the Law and in the Shadow of the Law: A Black Woman’s Perspective. Dalhousie Inter-University Women’s Studies WOST Colloquia Series Seminar. Killam Library, McEachern Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 24, 2001.
• Under the Law and in the Shadow of the Law: Windows on Black Women in Canadian Legal History, African Liberation/the Brutality of Enslavement Lecture Series, African American Museum of Philadelphia, January 27, 2007; Guest Lecture delivered at Beaseley Law School, Temple University, April 16, 2007.
• United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism Country Visit Submission, Halifax, September 2003.
• Unpacking the Baggage: De-constructing the Dynamics and Politics of Exclusion. Public Lecture. Business and Professional Women’s Club of Montreal, Montreal, November 1994.
• Unpacking the Baggage: De-constructing the Underlying Paradigms of Social and Educational Policies. Keynote Luncheon Address to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples’ Round Table on Education. Ottawa, June 1993.
• Up the Down Staircase! Race Expertise Human Rights Report. Court Expert Analysis of Racial Discrimination commissioned by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1999.
• Vienna + 5 Consultation and. Presentation Participant in a Maritime Regional Consultation of Human Rights Specialists concerning the Progress made in implementing the Recommendations emanating from the 1995 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights. Acadia University, Wolfville, 1995.
• W.I.B.C.A. Can! Keynote Address to the West Island Black Community Association. Dollard Des Ormeaux, Quebec, November 1985.
• Welcome! Official Trilingual Welcome Address to delegates and conferees of the Third International Feminist Book Fair. Montreal, June 1988.
• What Is The Future For Human Rights In Nova Scotia? Presentation as Con-ference Rapporteur for the Human Rights Public Forum convened by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission at the Westin Hotel. Halifax, February 2001.
• Why A Women’s University? 1997 Convocation Panel Presentation. Mount Saint Vincent University. Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 1998.
• Window on the New Millennium: New Beginnings or the Same Old Thing? Canadian Bar Association (Ontario Region) February Black History Month Public Lecture. Toronto, February 2000.
• Windows on Black Women in Canadian Legal History. African American Museum of Philadelphia. January 2007; Beaseley Law School, Temple University, April 2007.
• You Were There, Lifting as You Climbed. February Black History Month. Public tribute to the Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal, one of the oldest women’s organizations in Canada. February 1992.

• Racism and the Black World Response Symposium Project (PDF) funded by Human Resources and Development Canada, Multiculturalism, Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Office of the President, Dalhousie University.
• Black Identity in Pushkin. Inter-faculty Joint Research Project co-developed with Professor John Barnstead, Department of Russian Studies. Funded by Dalhousie Faculty of Graduate Studies. Winter 2005
• Calibrating the Literary and Socio-Politico-Legal Aspects of Pushkin’s Black Identity. In collaboration with John Barnstead. United States State Department / Illinois University Russian Summer Laboratory Programme. On-site Research Residency Award. University of Illinois April 2005.
• Chronicling Canadian and American ‘Race’ Jurisprudence 2006-2007 Canada-US Fulbright Award as Scholar in Residence at Temple University, Department of African and African-American Studies.

• Congress of Black Women of Canada. Information flyer; Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2 (1980); March 8th Manifesto (1984).
• February Black History Month. (Montreal: Education Department, Quebec Human Rights Commission, 1990).
• February Is Black History Month. (Montreal: Education Department, Quebec Human Rights Commission, 1993).
• Popularizing Pushkin… Globally. Public Education Document. James Robinson Johnston Chair Public Education Working Paper Series. (Halifax: Dalhousie University, September 1999).
• The Black Presence in Quebec. Information pamphlet prepared for Le Groupe Afro-Québécois for the XI, World Festival of Youth and Students, Havana, Cuba (Montreal: July 1978).
• The Halifax Declaration of Principles and Priorities. (Halifax, Nova Scotia: August, 2001).
• “!Exhortación!”. Poem. 2:2 Afro-Hispanic Review (May 1983).
• “Reacción a una fotografiá.” Poem. 2:2 Afro-Hispanic Review (March 1983).

• A travers son chapeau colonial. 2:1 Journal and Bulletin of the Canadian Alliance of Black Educators (1980).
• “Attitudes Are Taught.” 1:3 Journal and Bulletin of the Canadian Alliance of Black Educators (1980); 3:4 Dragon’s Teeth (February 1982).
• “Black Women’s Studies in Teaching Related to Women: Help or Hindrance to Universal Sisterhood?” 16 Fireweed (1983).
• “Call to Cap Bar and Bench.” Focus Online. News from the Faculty of Law, McGill University, Saturday, November 24, 2012 .
• “Fight Racism, Starting with School.” Currents: Readings in Race Relations (1984); 5:1 The Sentinel, (March, 1989).
• “Focus on Black Women,” Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women Conference Proceedings, (November 1984); 1:1 Canadian Journal of Women and Law 1985; Race Class, Gender: Bonds and Barriers. Edited by Jesse Vorst et al. (Toronto: Between the Lines, 1989); second revised edition, 1992.
• Guest Editor’s “Introduction” in Blacks in Canada: Retrospects, Introspects, Prospects 38:3 Journal of Black Studies (January 2008).
• “Harambec! Quebec Black Women Pulling Together,” co-authored with S. Small in E.M.A. Thornhill, (Editor), Blacks in Canada: Retrospects, Introspects, Prospects. Special Thematic Issue. 38:3 Journal of Black Studies (January 2008).
• Le revers de la médaille. Montréal: Education Department, Quebec Human Rights Commission, 1982; 3:4 Droits et libertés (April 1980); 3:2 Cahiers d’histoire Université de Montréal (1983).
• “Multicultural and Intercultural Education: The Canadian Experience” 12:1 Revue québécoise de droit international (1999). Special Issue, pp 79-89. United Nations Regional Seminar of Experts Panel Presentation to the UN Working Group of the Sub-Commission on the Protection of Minorities. Univeristé du Québec à Montréal, September 29th to October 2nd 1999.
• “Multiculturalism, Racism and the School System: What’s To Be Done? What Must I Do?” Canadian Education Association Conference Proceedings, Multicultura-lism Racism and the School System. (Toronto: CEA, November 1984).
• Regard sur le racisme : perspectives juridiques à partir d’un vécu noir in Racism… Talking Out 6:1 La Revue Femmes et Droit (1993); La sensibilisation de la magistrature aux problèmes raciaux et culturels auxquels font face les tribunaux. Recueil de documents. (Ottawa: L’Institut national de la magistrature, 1995); Bulletin de l’ICAJ, hiver 1996.
• “Re-Righting History.” 19:4 The Journal of Intergroup Relations. (Winter 1992).
• “So Seldom for Us, So Often Against Us: Blacks and Law in Canada,” Flagship article for Special Thematic Issue of Journal of Black Studies on Blacks in Canada: Retrospects, Introspects, Prospects . 38:3 Journal of Black Studies (January 2008).
• “The Flip Side of the Coin”. February Black History Month. (Montreal : Commis-sion des droits de la personne du Quebec, 1989).
• Tintin au Zaïré?” 2: 1 & 2 Bulletin & Journal of the Canadian Alliance of Black Educators. (March 16, 1988).
• “A Community Organization Can Be Useful.” Afro Can, November, 1984.
• “Black Women: The Missing Pages from Canadian Women’s Studies.” 1:1 The Womanist, September 1988.
• Combattre le racisme, dès l’école. Le Devoir. Montreal, August 24, 1984; 5:1 Le Sentinel (March 1989).
• “Food—A Sense of Being Rooted.” In February Black History Month. (Montreal: Education Department, Quebec Human Rights Commission, 1990).
• Le 21 mars. Guest Editorial. Education multiculturelle. 5:1 La Sentinelle. Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers (March 1989).
• “March 21st: An Opportunity for Learning?” Guest editorial. Multicultural Education 5:1 The Sentinel. Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers (March 1989).
• “When Dissent Sounds A Clarion Call”. Journal of the Canadian Bar Association (March 2012).

BRIEFS AND DEPOSITIONS

• An African Canadian Open Letter to the UN CERD from Dr. Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill, First James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies, to United Nations CERD Members Examining Canada’s 13, and 14th Reports on Compliance with the ICERD, Geneva, Switzerland, June 20th 2002.
• Mémoire sur le Livre vert sur l’éducation. Brief to Minister of Education of Quebec. In Final Report on the Aspirations and Expectations of Quebec’s Black Community with Regard to Education. (Montreal: Le Conseil superieur de l’education, 1978).
• Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism by Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill. Native Friendship Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 20, 2003.
• The Challenge of Focusing on Racism. Court Expert Deposition. Report of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Prosecution of Donald Marshall Jr., Vol. VII (Halifax: November, 1988).
• “The Sharpeville Six and the Death Penalty in South Africa.” Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 100, Congress of the United States, 2 ed., 134 No. 32, March 16, 1988.

REPORTS

• “Black Body: ‘Race’, Resistance, Response.” Racism and the Black World Response Symposium Proceedings. (Halifax: Dalhousie University, 2001).
• “Entering Urban Education: The Special Case of the Black Child.” P.S.B.G.M. Reports (Montreal: PSBGM, 1975).
• Final Report on the Aspirations and Expectations of Quebec’s Black Community with Regard to Education. Report of Black Community Task Force chaired by Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill (Montreal: April 1978).
• “History of Congress of Black Women of Canada.” President’s Report. (Montreal: November 1991).
• L’école et les communautés culturelles. Contributor. Report to the Quebec Minister of Education. Montreal: April 1985).
• Racism and the Black World Response. Symposium Proceedings (PDF). (Halifax: August 2001).
• The Congress of Black Women of Canada / Le Congrès des femmes noires du Canada. Xth Anniversary / X^e Anniversaire. President’s Report. Montreal: (November 1991).

BOOKS

• Blacks in Canada: Retrospects, Introspects, Prospects. E.M.A. Thornhill, (Editor). Unprecedented Special Thematic Issue. 38:3 Journal of Black Studies (January 2008).
• Racism… Talking Out. Co-Editor. Unprecedented Thematic Issue. 6:1 Canadian Journal of Women and Law /La Revue Femmes et Droit (1993).

CHAPTERS

• “Afterwords”. Co-author. Unprecedented Thematic Issue. 6:1 Canadian Journal of Women and Law /La Revue Femmes et Droit (1993).
• “Black Women: The Missing Pages from Canadian Women’s Studies.” Canadian Women’s Issues, Volume 2: Bold Visions. Edited by Ruth Roach Pierson and Marjorie Griffin (Toronto: James Lorimer & Co. Ltd., 1994).
• “Black Women’s Studies in Teaching Related to Women: Help or Hindrance to Universal Sisterhood?” The Issue is -Ism: Women of Colour Speak Out. Fireweed’s Issue 16 : Reprint (Toronto: Sister Vision, 1991).
• “Diversity: A Challenge for Continuous Learning”. The National Parole Board / La Commission nationale des libérations conditionnelles. General Board Meeting 1998 Conference on “Diversity in a Continuous Learning Environment”, May 24-26,1998. Conference Proceedings. Ottawa: NPB Board Member Training and development Division, September 1998.
• “Equality in the Legal Profession.” Roads to Equality/Les voies de l’égalité. Canadian Bar Association National Conference. (Toronto: CBA, August 1994).
• “Ethics in the Legal Profession: The Issue of Access” 33 Alberta Law Review (1995).
• “Focus On Racism: Legal Perspectives From A Black Experience”. Judicial Awareness: Race, Culture and the Courts. Volume of Reference Materials (Ottawa: National Judicial Institute, March 1995). Translation from Original French, “Regard sur le racisme: perspectives juridiques à partir d’un vécu noir La sensibilisation de la magistrature aux problèmes raciaux et culturels auxquels font face les tribunaux, Volume des textes de référence, l’Institut national de la magistrature (mars 1995); first published in 6:1 la Revue Femmes et Droit, (1993).
• “Guidelines for Implementing More Visible Partnerships in Schools.” In Ronald J. Samuda and Shiu L. Kong, Multicultural Education: Programmes and Methods (Kingston and Toronto: Intercultural Social Sciences Publication Inc., 1986).
• La discrimination raciale dans le logement. Dossier sur le racisme. (Montréal: Mouvement québécois pour combattre le racisme, 1978).
• “Open Letter to Teachers To Be” in Working Together for a Change / Travailler ensemble pour faire (un) changement. Letters to students of Education learning, educating and acting against racism and anti-Semitism. (Montreal: McGill University, Faculty of Education, Department of Religion and Philosophy, 1993).
• “Race and Class in Canada: The Case of Blacks in Quebec.” Race and Class I. (Chicago: Afro-American Institute, 1982).
• “Research Priorities Critical for Developing Meaningful Research Programmes on Race.” UIE Report (Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education, 1991).
• “Special Introduction” to The Romance of Old Annapolis Royal, Newfoundland: Boulder Press, 2012.