McMaster Continuing Education collaborates with Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences to offer a 10-week Anti-Black Racism and Critical Race Education

HAMILTON, ON – May 26, 2023

McMaster Continuing Education is excited to announce its collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences involving an online course called Anti-Black Racism and Critical Race Education.

Designed by Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei, an award-winning scholar and Associate Professor at Memorial University, this 10-week flexible online course will address historical, sociological and ideological dynamics that produce and sustain issues of race, racism and whiteness.

“McMaster Continuing Education is proud to be partnering with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and honoured to have Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei as the facilitator,” says Dr. Lorraine Carter, Director of McMaster Continuing Education. “Although students can learn at their own pace through nine modules that use real-world examples, they also have the opportunity to come together to discuss various concepts in three real-time virtual tutorials.”

I am thrilled that the Anti-Black Racism and Critical Race Education program is now launched! The work for this project over the past two years has culminated in a course we are proud to share with others.

– Beverley Pindar-Donick, Director of Administration for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural

McMaster Continuing Education students will gain understanding of concepts such as race, racism, anti-Black racism, how these concepts can unconsciously manifest in organizational relations and in general and how we can make changes to systemic barriers.

“I am thrilled that the Anti-Black Racism and Critical Race Education program is now launched! The work for this project over the past two years has culminated in a course we are proud to share with others,” says Beverley Pindar-Donick, Director of Administration for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences. “We would like to thank McMaster Continuing Education, specifically Michael Clemens (Instructional Designer) and Lorraine Carter (Executive Director) for their efforts and support. Additionally, we would like to acknowledge the support of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and the Provost’s STEER/R (Strategic Excellence and Equity in Recruitment and Retention) program for the funding support, which has helped to make the production of this course possible.”

For more information about Anti-Black Racism and Critical Race Education, please visit: continuing.mcmaster.ca/professional-development/anti-black-racism-and-critical-race-education

McMaster University Continuing Education has inspired people to discover and achieve through lifelong learning since 1931. As one of Canada’s largest and leading providers of continuing education for adult learners, McMaster Continuing Education’s purpose is to develop and realize both individuals’ and society’s potential by providing the education to thrive in today’s dynamic world.

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