CLLCTIVLY welcomes Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein Febuary 4th, 2021, 6:30pm - 8:30 on Zoom.

Join us as we learn more about what has been the cornerstones of the African World for generations: A history of collectives, mutual-aid, collaboration and self-help.

The Revista África e Africanidades seminar series Africa, Brazil and the Diaspora: Giving New Meaning to the Views and Relations Between Peoples hosted Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein on Jan 24th. Her contribution ran from 10:30am unto 12:00pm, was entitled Black Women's Solidarities in the Americas, and is now available on youtube.

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Here is the Brochure and complete Programming
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Join us on January 28th, 29th, and 30th, 2021 at the below zoom link.

Special address by Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein
Jan 29th at 9:30am
The Black Social Economy: The African Diaspora Experience in Solidarity Economics

The International Association for Feminist Economics have announced the results of their November 14th election.

Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein will begin her 3 year term in June 2021.

It’s Time to Rethink How We Fix Racism In Banking

The federal government has promised to “build back better” from the pandemic. If that’s the case, one of the things it needs to consider is how to make banks more accessible to Black Canadians.

Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein interviewed on The Deqa Nur Youtube Show regarding the younger generation’s role in community economies, and how they can connect, collaborate, and contribute in academic realms.

"It is just so perplexing the level of rudeness and bias that is occurring against people for simply wanting to get their projects funded," said Hossein, whose research includes financial exclusion.

Nov 3rd’s Panel of the Online Liviana Conference was organized by Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein of York University, and entitled. The Black Social Economy: Women and Cooperativism in the Americas and Beyond.

Written Introduction and full video available below.

The Black Trust Lecture Series was broadcast live on October 26th, 2020. Entitled The Black Social Economy: Valuing the Informal, Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein discussed issues of trust, belief, and faith.

Mutual aid is not new. It’s a long-standing practice of Black communities. “Mutual aid is just something that we’ve always done,” says Caroline Shenaz Hossein, a professor in York University’s social science department. “Crowdfunding, the sharing economy—I mean, these are all these nicknames that white people come up with to make it look like it’s new, and it’s never new.”