Description

What has changed since the 1940s for Black students and staff at McGill? In this episode, we talk with Beryl Dickinson-Dash (now Rapier) and two pairs of fathers and daughters who were students, faculty, or staff – or all of the above – at McGill. Hear about a lot of firsts and the unique challenges faced by Black students and staff in the first half of this two-part episode.

Further Reading

• How Montrealer Beryl Dickinson-Dash made history as McGill's first Black Queen of Carnival
• Ron’s uncle’s protest at Concordia, the Computer Centre Incident
• McGill’s Action Plan to address Anti-Black Racism. September 2020.
• CBC article from October 2020 states that there are currently 14 black tenure-track or tenured professors
• See the full transcript

Credits

Host & Producer: Sheetal Lodhia

Production and technical assistance: Jacquelyn Sundberg

Transcription: Labiba Faiza

Research Assistance: Michelle Macleod

Guest:

• Beryl Rapier
• Bradley Rapier
• Prof. Emeritus Glyne Piggott
• Adrienne Piggott
• Ron Williams
• Brittany Williams

Music

• Title song: Happy Sandbox, by Mativve, sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
• Transitions: Horn lilt 2 by contextcollapse, Sombre Piano by Luckylittleraven, Happy and Groovy by Tyops, all sourced from Freesound.org, CC BY 3.0
• End credits: Happy-music, by monkeyman355, CC BY 3.0

Full Transcript - see the podcast website.