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Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture with Camille Dundas

Monday, October 6, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

The First Annual Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture: “From The Provincial Freeman to ByBlacks.com: Ending Extractive Journalism”

Featuring Camille Dundas, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief of ByBlacks.Com. Camille Dundas is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning online magazine ByBlacks.com, Canada’s leading Black online magazine.

With remarks from Adrienne Shadd, historian and descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary.

The 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.