Black Studies

Scholarships and bursaries for Black students

  • Stephanie Simpson Bursary supports students who self-identify as Black Canadian entering first year of any first entry undergraduate degree program.
  • The Robert Sutherland Memorial Admission Award supports a student who has made a difference in African or Caribbean communities in Canada.
  • Robert Sutherland - Harry Jerome Entrance Award supports Black students entering their first year of undergraduate study at Queen's. 
  • The Alfie Pierce Admission Award is awarded to a student in financial need entering their first year of undergraduate study, and based on academic achievement and involvement in or contribution to the African and Caribbean communities in Canada. 
  • The Madge Diversity Bursary supports an incoming undergraduate student who self-identifies as Black, Indigenous, or as a visible minority or as belonging to a racialized group.
  • Bursary for Visible Minority / Racialized Students is awarded to students who are a visible minority or racialized and in financial need during any year of study. 

Black Alumni Chapter
The Queen's Black Alumni Chapter (QBAC) has been working to create a lifelong sense of belonging among Black alumni, students, and faculty. Through QBAC, we build community, celebrate our strength and resilience, promote inclusion and innovation, and impact the world together. 

Queen's Black Faculty and Staff Caucus (QBFSC)
Liberation, Equity and Better Futures. The mission of QBFSC is to promote a greater sense of community, advocate progress, and maintain ongoing support for all Black faculty and staff at Queen's University to enhance cultural diversity and support the Queen's University's academic mission. 

Black Feminist Interludes
An experiment in co-mentorship, wherein group members share strategies for navigating university life as black faculty, rather than replicating hierarchical models. A hopeful project, the conversations and meetings reorient workload from intensely individualistic toward more capacious mentor-work, that attends to collective solidarities, co-learning, and co-operation. This model, ideally, will also unfold with new outcomes; that is, the model is designed to unsettle typical academic infrastructures by refusing to replicate, inside and outside the group, top-down power dynamics.

    Black Studies People Directory

    The Black Studies Program has developed a leadership model that emphasizes collaboration, relation, and mutual support. In addition to working closely with Gender Studies, the Black Studies Program is administered by three faculty co-chairs and the Black Studies Collective.   

    Pre-Doctoral Fellow

    Black Studies

    Dalitso Ruwe

    On leave June 2023 through June 2024

    Assistant Professor of Black Political Thought

    Black Studies; Philosophy; Political Studies

    Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Youth and African Urban Futures

    Black Studies; Gender Studies

    Graduate Chair

    Jennifer S. Leath

    On leave July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024

    Associate Professor of Black Religions

    Black Studies; School of Religion

    Assistant Professor

    Black Studies; School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

    Chair of Events and Communication

    Assistant Professor

    Black Studies; Gender Studies

    Professor and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies

    Black Studies; Gender Studies

    Undergraduate Chair (Black Studies)

    Assistant Professor and Queens National Scholar

    Black Studies; Department of Geography and Planning

    Pre-Doctoral Fellow

    Black Studies

    Pre-Doctoral Fellow

    Black Studies

    Assistant Professor Distinguished Professor in Black Studies and Social Justice

    Black Studies; Graduate Program in Gender Studies

    Chair of Partnerships and Organizing