Events & News
The Africa Institute works collaboratively across campus to bring our membership and the Western community a variety of inclusive and engaging events. Please explore below to learn more about our events and stay tuned for future events!
Upcoming Event:
THE INAUGURAL CANADA-AFRICA ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS CONFERENCE (CAACC)
The Africa Institute @ Western is pleased to announce its Inaugural Canada Africa Academic Collaborations Conference (CAACC). The Conference will present collaborative research and other scholarly initiatives, between Canada and Africas. 
African Conversations Series
The Africa Institute is excited to announce the launch of our new monthly talk series, Africa Conversations. You can see our upcoming talks, past recorded talks, and learn more here.
Lectures, Speakers and Other Events
The Africa Institute hosts a myriad of events from hosting speakers to workshops to forums. See below to see some of our past events.
Past Events
Nov 22, 2024
Africa-Western Collaborations Day
Oct 26, 2023
Robbins-Ollivier Inaugural Speakers Series
Exploring Identities: Challenges Faced by African Mixed-Race Youth in Canada
Dr. Mohammed Bobaid
May 11, 2017
RGE Murray Annual Lectureship
Dr. Peter Mugyenyi, Executive Director, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala
December 15, 2017
“Changing Narrative on Development Discourse in Africa: The African Population Health Research Center’s Experience”
Dr. Alex Ezeh, Senior Advisor, Senior Advisor, African Population Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Co-hosted with Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
February 2, 2018
“Bridging the Gap”
Africa Institute Seminar Series
March 23, 2018
“From the Field to the Classroom: How to Turn your African Field Experiences into Teaching Cases”
Dr. Patrick Shulist, Ivey Business School
March 27, 2018
AI Graduate Committee Spring Speaker Series
“Behind the Scences: Sharing Experiences of Doing Research in Ghana and Madagascar”
Dr. Andrew Walsh, Anthropology and Mingyuan Zhang (PhD Candidate, Anthropology)
Dr. Patrick Shulist, Ivey Business and Siera Vercillo (PhD Candidate, Geography)
Facilitator: Uche Ikenyei (PhD Candidate, FIMS)
March 29, 2018
“The Landscapes of Boko Haram”
Scott MacEachern, Bowdoin College
Co-hosted with Department of Historory and Anthropology and Social Science Student Donation Fund
April 26, 2018
Dr. Ernest Yanful, Professor, Civil Engineering, Western
Africa Institute Seminar Series
May 4, 2018
Sponsored Free Symposium on Health Through Food and Microbes
June 12, 2019
A Reception to Honour Prof. Tebello Nyokong, Rhodes University
Alumna and Honorary Degree Recipient
Co-hosted with the Department of Chemistry
October 2, 2019
Case Writing Workshop
A Collaboration between HEIDI and the Africa Institute
October 24, 2019
“Women’s Peacebuilding : Lessons from a Liberian Leader and Activist”
Cerue Konah Garlo, Carter Centre Liberia
Co-hosted with the Ivey International Business Club and the Global Health Systems Program
January 17, 2020
Case Writing Workshop
A collaboration between HEIDI and the Africa Institute
Canada-Africa Young Scholars Coalition Events
You can read more about the newly launched Canada-Africa Young Scholars Coalition here. To see some of the past events the graduate students of the Africa Institute have offered, see below.
Past Events
Meet and Greet with Dr. Alex Ezeh
Senior Advisor, Senior Advisor, African Population Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
January 29, 2018
Meet and Greet with Trust Birungi
Brought by Engineers without Borders, a Ugandan Entrepreneur
Co-Founder of Akorion
April 8, 2019
AIGSC Social at The Grad Club
November 13, 2019
Meet and Greet with Dr. Abeba Mengistu, Dr. Jean Bosco Rusagara, Dr. Charles Lagat and H.E. Tarig Hassan Sulieman Abusalih, Ambassador to Sudan
Distinguished Guests for our 2019 Africa-Western Collaboration Day
