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The 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge proudly celebrates Black History Month 2026 under the theme Shaping our听Community: Celebrating Black Resiliency and Solidarity.听听

Our kickoff keynote will feature a presentation by Dr. Karina Vernon, 免费福利资源在线看片 of Toronto Scarborough, hosted by the Centre for Feminist Research and the Accessibility, Belonging and Community (ABC) Office.听听

In her talk听From Alberta to Africa: Unearthing Black Cowboy鈥檚 Hidden Archive of Song,听Vernon will piece听together the story of the Black cowboys of western Canadian听19th听century by following the traces of memory preserved in cowboy songs. This alternate archive of songs turns our understandings of the cowboy figure upside down.听听

Despite what Hollywood westerns would have us believe, many of the cowboys working on the ranching operations of Texas and Alberta were Black. They contributed their knowledge and musical aesthetics to the repertoire of cowboy songs, which we can hear today. Audiences will have a chance to learn about the surprising origin of cowboy music, their hidden connection to Alberta听and hear how songs are a vehicle for remembering the fascinating but forgotten global history of the cowboy.听

We will be taking a听campus听group photo before the presentation at 1:15 p.m. so please wear your Black History Month T-shirt if you have one. There is a networking reception听immediately听following the Q&A.听听

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About the Speaker听
听is an Associate Professor and Chair of English at the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Toronto Scarborough where she researches and teaches in the areas of Canadian and Black Canadian literature, archives, critical听pedagogy听and Black-Indigenous relations. She is the editor of听The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology听(WLUP 2020) and a companion volume,听Critical Readings in the Black Prairie Archives, which is in revisions. With Winfried听Siemerling听(UWaterloo), she co-edited听Call and Response-ability: Black Canadian Works of Art听and the听Politics of Relation听(forthcoming McGill-Queens 2026), which offers a Black Canadian theory of reception and relation. She is a member of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars,听Artists听and Scientists.听

Her current research draws from musicology, agrarian studies, and ecological and genomic science to theorize the musical ecology of the prairies created by Black voyageurs, cowboys, singers, and musicians. She reads seeds and songs as 鈥渁lternative archives鈥� that preserve the histories of cultural and genetic exchange between the Canadian听prairies, the southern United States, the听Caribbean听and听16th听century Senegambia.听

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