Shannon Lecture #3: Pseudo-science and the construction of the “natural” Black athlete
December 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM
| Location: | You are welcome to attend in person at the Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre at 355 Cooper St. Alternatively, you can join online and the zoom details will be sent to you separately. Please RSVP to be sent the link. |
| Cost: | Free |
Title: Pseudo-science and the construction of the “natural” Black athlete
Description: TBA
Biography: Born in Kigali, Rwanda, Dr. Ornella Nzindukiyimana (pronounced nzee-ndoo-key-yee-mah-nah) arrived in Ottawa, Canada at twelve years old. An avid soccer fan, she went on to pursue a Human Kinetics degree at the University of Ottawa (2011). In the last senior BSc year, she developed an interest in research after completing an honours project on Ottawa’s public baths in the early 20th century. The rest was history—sport history. She went on to complete an MA at Ottawa in 2013 (on Black Canadian history of swimming) and then a PhD at Western University in London, ON in 2018 (on Black women’s sport history in Ontario). Her work has appeared in forums such as Sport History Review, Loisir et Société /Society & Leisure, the Journal of Canadian Studies, and The International Journal of the History of Sport, and she has presented at multiple national and international conferences. She currently teaches sport history and sociology courses.
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