Our Mission
Our mission is to foster a community of empowered black students and alumni through engaging discussion and a supportive network.
Defining Blackness
We
use the term “Black” to loosely refer to our targeted group but we
understand that it is insufficient as a concept, to capture
varying origins and backgrounds. As such, we emphasize
self-identification as an important component of our members association with
the group.
Our History
Queen’s Black Academic Society was ratified under the Alma Mater Society (AMS) in the summer of 2011. We have been well received with great interest, and we have quickly built a supportive community of students who feel welcome to share their personal thoughts and debate on social, political, and economic matters. As a small representation of the global black population, we seek to be intellectually and socially engaged, by educating ourselves about local and global socio-economic and political matters.
Membership Policy
We explicitly state our focus as serving self-identified black students and faculty at Queen’s University. We also welcome the support of allies, however we are dedicated to preserving a safe space for QBAS members. Some events may be open to QBAS members only, based on the topics of discussion and the sensitivity of these topics.
