News & Events

An organization that has been the driving force behind many initiatives to foster potential and support Black scholars, students and staff at McMaster has been recognized with a prestigious international award.

From The Walrus Talks Reconnecting Arts and Culture, where Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware shares what it means to work toward a future that is bigger than what we’ve dreamed of.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with the African Caribbean Faculty Association of McMaster (ACFAM) Network on expanding the ecosystem for research and teaching on Africa and Black Diaspora Studies (ABLDs) at McMaster University.

The Clean50 Individual awards are selected from 16 diverse categories that transcend industries, academia, different levels of government, thought leaders and advocates, and are based on accomplishments delivered over the prior two years.

Waldron, whose research and advocacy work focuses on environmental racism and the structural determinants of health, has been named one of the inaugural Global 50 Women in Sustainability by SustainabilityX Magazine, a non-profit digital magazine based in Canada.

The deadline to submit proposals for the next round of Strategic Excellence and Equity in Recruitment and Retention (STEER/R) funding is Nov. 15.

McMaster's HOPE Chair in Peace and Health Ingrid Waldron is co-organizing the International Black Health Conference. The first of its kind in Canada, the conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, community organizers, government officials and members of diverse Black communities to focus on improving Black health outcomes.

The International Black Health Conference will be taking place between October 6-8, 2022 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront.

We are seeking abstracts (250 words maximum) together with a short biography and subsequently 6,000-word chapters for an edited book that explores the topic of decolonizing media and communication education in Africa.

While celebrating the achievements of Black colleagues is important, we need to acknowledge that it can also be exhausting and even harmful.

Not engaging Black communities meaningfully in health and other policy-making processes has been a critical failure, reflecting a history of systemic racism, marginalization and political indifference.

More data, recognition of disparity, early and ongoing support needed, experts say

'We really need more Black scientists,' says cancer researcher Juliet Daniel.

'Canada has to wake up and understand that we need to keep our scientists here,' says McGill prof.

The African and Caribbean Faculty Association of McMaster (ACFAM) expresses grave concern over the brutal arrests of members of the Hamilton Encampment Support Network between November 24 and November 29, 2021.

In the 1940s, the town of Shelburne, N.S., became home to a new garbage dump. Residential, industrial and medical waste from throughout eastern Shelburne County was burned at the dump over the decades, leaving nearby residents concerned about health issues.

On July 1, 2021, Ingrid Waldron joins the Faculty of Humanities and the Global Peace and Social Justice program as the new HOPE Chair in Peace and Health. She will also teach in the Faculty’s Gender and Social Justice program.

Together, McMaster researcher Juliet Daniel and community advocate Leila Springer are making a difference in the lives of thousands of racialized women.

Deen is only the second Canadian to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Academician group.

The African-Caribbean Faculty Association of McMaster University (ACFAM) has released the following statement on the killing of George Floyd and Racial Justice.

When COVID-19 hit, Alpha Abebe immediately thought of the economic impact on all the people she has worked so closely with in Toronto’s East African community – and how best to support them.

The UN Human Rights Council has named McMaster Humanities professor Bonny Ibhawoh Chair of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development.

Mohit Bhandari and Jamal Deen were presented with the insignia of a Member of the Order of Canada on March 14.

Five of McMaster’s most extraordinary faculty members have been given the University’s highest honour.

Jamal Deen, a professor and the Canada Research Chair in Information Technology in the Faculty of Engineering, has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA).

McMaster’s Jamal Deen has been elected President of the Royal Society of Canada’s Science Academy.

McMaster’s Jamal Deen has been elected President of the Royal Society of Canada’s Science Academy.

The week of May 6 was a memorable one in the life of Engineering professor Jamal Deen. That Monday in Regina, Saskatchewan, Deen was presented with the McNaughton Gold Medal — the highest award for engineers in Canada, presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Jamal Deen, professor of electrical and computer engineering and Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology at McMaster University, was recently presented with the 2011 IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award at the 24th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering held in Niagara Falls.