‘University is easier is when you have a community’: Inside TMU’s first in-person Black graduation

Kirk and Ahmed had been inspired by a friend’s Black graduation event at an American university. Arguably, Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States have only ever had Black graduation ceremonies; that is neither here nor there, though it ought to be known. America’s predominately white institutions and their Canadian counterparts have slowly embraced Black and other affinity-based graduations: CalState Northridge has had a Black graduation ceremony since 1972. The first-ever Black graduation event at Harvard University was held in 2017.

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