Africville Today, we bring you the story of Africville, the beating heart of the African Canadian community in Nova Scotia until it was bulldozed over in the 1960s to make way for other projects, including private housing, ramps for the… »
Highlights / Podcasts
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 5
Slave rebellions Slaves in North America and the Caribbean staged several rebellions and engaged in other forms of resistance against their masters. Duration: 3:02
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The LINK Online, Feb. 7,8,9, 2020
Your hosts, Levon, Vincenzo, and Marc (video of show at bottom) Ottawa set to dispatch second plane to Wuhan ‘to bring every Canadian home’ Two planes carrying Canadians out of the centre of the coronavirus region of China have arrived… »
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 4
Slavery laws A number of slavery laws, in addition to Indigenous slavery customs, existed in Canada both under the French rule and British rule until slavery was officially abolished in 1833. Duration: 2:49
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 3
Olivier Le Jeune Olivier Le Jeune is the first black person known to have lived and died in Canada. He was also Canada’s first recorded African slave. Le Jeune was about seven years old when he was brought to Canada… »
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 2
Mathieu Da Costa Mathieu Da Costa, the first black man to arrive in Canada, is said to have been born in the Azores. Da Costa was a free black man who in the early 1600s was employed as a translator by… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International
The Link Online, Jan. 29, 30, 31, 2020
Your hosts Levon, Marc, and newcomer Vincenzo Morello (video of show at bottom) Canada chartered passenger plane to repatriate Canadians from Wuhan Canada has arranged for a special charter plane to fly some 196 Canadians out of the Wuhan, China,… »
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 1
We begin the first episode of our podcast series Portraits of Black Canadians with a short introduction into the history of slavery in the Americas. Slavery Triangle The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of black Africans into bondage. Duration 3:01
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Diplomatic Dispatch – Episode 9: The youth perspective
Climate action has to become the cornerstone of not only Canada’s domestic policy but also of Ottawa’s foreign policy, says Dominique Souris, co-founder and executive director of Youth Climate Lab. “As far as I’m concerned, foreign policy is climate policy,”… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Politics
The LINK Online, Jan 24.25.26, 2020
Your hosts, Levon, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) According to Stephen Cornish who leads one of Canada’s most recognized environmental and conservation NGO’s, the root cause of many of the world’s conflicts and migrations can be traced… »
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