The Good and the Bad of Black Grad - Episode 3 - The Blessings and Blues of Black Mental Health
Channel: Canadian Association for Graduate Studies CAGS-ACES
Date: 2021-07-02

The exhilarating journey of graduate school also has a complimentary side: It can be a grind with stress, fatigue, and anxiety commonly felt by students during their degrees. Campuses offer some support to assist students along the way, but few are equipped to address the unique and added pressures that racialized people experience at school. The inability to acknowledge racism on campus further alienates Black students in academic spaces. In this episode we’ll ask ourselves: Are Black academics so strong that they cannot break? How do students manage emotional and psychological fatigue? And what should universities be doing to help?

This live webinar and its recording will be preserved and shared with current students and scholars who may be searching for guidance, support, and community on this particular topic.

0:00 Intro
13:10 The Emotional work of being a Black Grad
34:10 The Pandemic and its impact on Black Grads
38:08 "Keeping up with Ken"
44:15 Anti Racism Efforts in Universities 
1:05:30 Navigating the Student-Supervisor Dynamic
1:13:23 Petition a Prof with Dr. Bukola Salami

Panelist Contact:
--Shawn Hercules
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnhercules/?hl=en
Email: hercules@mcmaster.ca

--Tari Ajadi
Twitter- https://twitter.com/tariajadi?lang=en
Email: tarijadi@dal.ca

--Jamilah Dei-Sharpe
https://www.jamilahds.com
Email: Kamilat.dei-sharpe@mail.concordia.ca

Dr.Bukola Salami
https://www.ualberta.ca/intersections-gender/about/team/bukola-salami.html
Email: bukola.salami@ualberta.ca