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Linda McCurdy on Black History Month

On the first day of Black History Month, we spoke to local lawyer and activist Linda McCurdy.

Black Girls Magazine now available

‘Black Girls Magazine‘ was the brainchild of Annette Bazira-Okafor, the mother of two daughters, who realized they were living in a vacuum in Toronto. The epiphany came during Bazira-Okafor’s PhD research at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). “So you kind of have, as a black mother, to sort of get out of your way and make an extra effort to find something out there that represents who

Black lives mattering in Canada: history and reality

Black Lives Matter, the Toronto chapter, began the week defending their actions at Toronto’s high profile Pride Parade. They held a sit-in during the process, to highlight their demands. After 20 minutes the parade resumed, one in which the Prime Minister marched for the first time. By week’s end, however, the reality of Black people’s lives in North America is perhaps being viewed through a different lense.

Black history in limbo at several Quebec sites

Black History Month is coming to an end but the quest to make black history visible in several locations in the province of Quebec is suspended for the moment.

Toronto students learn about the NHL’s black players through new film

Students plan to write letters to have Willie O’Ree and Herb Carnegie inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame CBC News Students at Nelson Mandela Park Public School were treated to a film screening on Monday of Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future, a documentary that highlights the accomplishments of black hockey players, in honour of Black History Month. Yassir Ahmed is a Grade 8 student who likes to play hockey. He says

So let’s talk Black History

Radio Noon’s Shawn Apel welcomes Dr. Dorothy WIlliams, Linton Garner, and Webster to talk about the black contribution to the history of Quebec and Canada

Black history curriculum updated in public board

‘It’s actually a kind of a necessity’ By Stacey Janzer, CBC News Inside the halls of West Gate public school you can see many styles of African art. Students have created their own African masks and some coloured patches for a freedom quilt. The Greater Essex County District School Board recently revised its African-Canadian studies for the elementary school grades. Called ‘African Canadian Roads to Freedom,’ the text suggests to teachers that

Black History Month blood drive in Montreal looks to address shortage

Adult education centre in Little Burgundy hosts special blood drive with Héma-Québec CBC News Héma-Québec aims to boost its blood donations from the black community with a Black History Month blood drive on Saturday in Little Burgundy. Despite an increase in donations over the past few years, Héma-Québec says work still needs to be done to bolster donations from minority groups. “Sickle-cell anemia has caused me many complications here and there in my life,” Delano George, 40,

George Elliot Clarke: The Motorcyclist (novel)

By Marc Montgomery George Elliot Clarke is a man of many words. Staunchly proud of his “africadian” roots in Nova Scotia, Clarke has gone from literary success to literary success. His latest work is a novel loosely based on the life of his father. It’s called “The Motorcyclist” Known primarily as a poet, Clarke is in fact Canada’s recently nominated Parliamentary poet Laureate. Playwright, literary critic, novelist, and Officer in

Reinterpreting Little Burgundy’s black history

By Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International | What do you do when you want to teach the youth the history of your community, especially, if that history is not featured in conventional history books? The Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) in Montreal decided that the way to do it in the 21stcentury was by letting the youth to interpret that history various various art forms and then turn that into

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Your opinion on Black History Month

Black History Month is only celebrated in North America and in the UK. Do you think it should be celebrated all over the world?

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