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Far removed though Black Canadian studies might initially appear from the often self-centered, inward-looking, and marginalized area of Russian studies, as head of Dalhousie University's Department of Russian Studies, the author has experienced the direct impact of Black Canadian studies on teaching, research, and curriculum development. Indeed, the 1996 establishment of the James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, with its national mandate for reifying the idea of Black studies within the Canadian academy, generated a series of far-ranging and innovative challenges that led to a critical reexamination of the central figure of Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin. Black studies invigorates through reflective retrospection and critical introspection, both transforming outlooks and inspiring the scholarly search for Truth. In the author's opinion, the task of Black studies in Canada remains that of opening eyes, minds, and hearts.