Undergraduate and graduate alumni of the Class of 2020, along with their family and friends, gathered for an in-person ceremony in Princeton Stadium on May 18.
The McGill Tribune spoke to five up-and-coming Black researchers in a variety of scientific disciplines.
Dr. Myrna Lashley
Dr. Myrna Lashley is an associate professor in McGill’s Department of Psychiatry and an adjunct researcher at the Lady Davis Institute. For more than 30 years, she has advocated for Black Canadians through equity and inclusivity work.
After coming to Canada from Barbados, Lashley faced overt racism in Canadian academia and experienced loneliness from being the only Black person in her department.
“I came to realize that I was not alone; my feelings were real and realistic and that I had a duty to do what I could to help others,” Lashley wrote in an email to