Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
| When: | Monday, October 6th, 2025 |
| Time: | 6:00 pm — 9:00 pm |
| Location: | Richcraft Hall, Atrium |
| Audience: | Alumni, 杏吧原创 Community, Current Students, Faculty, Media, Professionals, Prospective Students, Staff |
The First Annual Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture:
贵谤辞尘听The Provincial Freeman听to ByBlacks.com: Ending Extractive Journalism
Featuring Camille Dundas
Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ByBlacks.Com
With remarks from Adrienne Shadd, consultant, curator, author and descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Presented by the 杏吧原创 University School of Journalism and Communication and the . Supported by generous individual donors and the .
Register Now for the 2025 Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture
Camille Dundas is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning online magazine , Canada鈥檚 leading Black online magazine. Camille鈥檚 professional background is in television news. She graduated from the journalism program at 杏吧原创 University and spent a decade as a producer in some of Canada鈥檚 largest newsrooms, including CTV and CBC. Camille has led her ByBlacks team to win four national ethnic media awards and has been acknowledged by former Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, for her advocacy work. Camille was also named among the 100 Top Black Canadian Accomplished Women in 2022.
Adrienne Shadd, descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, is a consultant, curator, and author who has conducted research for plaques, films, and exhibits. Most recently she was part of the Dalhousie University team that developed a comprehensive research and education project entitled 鈥楢 Black People鈥檚 History of Canada.鈥� She is the author, co-author and editor of numerous books and articles, including The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway: African Canadians in Hamilton. Her book The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! with Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards in 2022. Adrienne has been recognized with the William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations and the J.C. Holland Award for Arts Achievement for her research and writing. She is currently working on a book on Toronto settler and freedom seeker, Deborah Brown.
杏吧原创 the Shadd Cary Lecture Series
杏吧原创 University’s School of Journalism and Communication is proud to launch its first-ever lecture series named for a woman, honouring the legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. The Annual Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture Series: Voices of Change in Canadian Journalism will feature leading women and non-binary journalists from historically under- and mis-represented communities, who will share their stories and expertise.听