"The West Indian Domestic Scheme: Racialized Labour, Migration & Gender"

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When:
November 28, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
2015-11-28T10:00:00-05:00
2015-11-28T16:00:00-05:00
Where:
Founders Assembly Hall (152 Founders College)
Cost:
Free
Contact:
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CERLAC Events

CERLAC sponsors an event with The Harriet Tubman Institute:
Tubman Poster_November 29_2015“The West Indian Domestic Scheme: Racialized Labour, Migration & Gender, 1955-1985”
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Founders Assembly Hall (152 Founders College)
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the launch of “The Scheme” the Harriet Tubman Institute presents:
“The West Indian Domestic Scheme: Racialized Labour, Migration & Gender”

Please join us to welcome the Honourable Jean Augustine (keynote speaker: "Reflecting on The Scheme that Plotted My LIfe's Direction"), Jamaica's Consul General Lloyd Wilks, two panels of distinguished scholars ("Reflections on our Scholarship on The West Indian Domestic Scheme"; "Caribbean and Caribbean-Canadian Women versus the Canadian State"), and a special lunch honouring the pioneering Caribbean who changed the face of Black immigration to Canada. 
This workshop is free (lunch and refreshments included) for all attendees.

Please pre-register by Thursday, November 26 to tubman@yorku.ca or 416.736.2100 x 33058