Excellence is Black: Building community and celebrating Black achievement at Inaugural Awards Celebration on March 26

Excellence is Black (EiB) is a celebration of Black achievement, an opportunity to build community across post-graduate and professional programs, and a call for a future generation of Black students to pursue higher education.

The Excellence is Black Award, is awarded to current or recently-admitted U of T students on the basis of financial need who:

• Identify as a Black person;
• Currently enrolled or accepted an offer of admission in a U of T professional, graduate or PhD degree program;
• Demonstrated commitment to community leadership in advancing social equity and/or outstanding contributions to the Black community.

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The Inaugural Awards Celebration will be held this Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Three recipients who have demonstrated commitment to community leadership in advancing social equity and/or outstanding contributions to the Black community will be recognized. The event will include speakers, networking opportunities, community building workshops and much more.

• Keynote speech by the renowned Wes Hall, D.U., ICD.D
• Fireside chat by Lise Birikundavyi, CFA
• Featured Spoken Word performance by Isoken Ibie
• Workshop Sessions 

The Faculty of Law is pleased to continue its support of Excellence is Black as a Community Builder sponsor. 

REGISTER TO ATTEND EXCELLENCE IS BLACK ON MARCH 26 

Please note that this event is open to ALL members of the University of Toronto academic community, including undergraduate students. We are thrilled to celebrate, build community, and inspire with you.