Although school boards have yet to find a systemic way to combat anti-Black racism, educators are in a unique position to correct these injustices.
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An 1850 act permitted the creation of separate schools for Protestants, Catholics and for any five Black families. Some white people used the act to force Black students into separate institutions.
Don’t Call Me Resilient is a provocative podcast about race that goes in search of solutions for those things no one should have to be resilient for.
Reparations to African Canadians for enslavement and historical injustices need not be financial payments to every individual African Canadian. Instead funds for specific groups are a viable option.
There is no good police versus bad police. Police are police. They are the states’ organ of repression. There are a myriad of better scenarios than the current one.
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
Canada’s pioneering Black athletes may be unknown to many, but their efforts paved the way for others who went on to perform at the highest levels.
The Canadian soldiers who took part in one of the biggest feats of the War of 1812 included Black soldiers of the 104th New Brunswick Regiment of Foot.
In the United States, presidential candidates are discussing reparations for the descendants of enslaved men and women.
Does the new film misrepresent Harriet Tubman’s legacy as claimed by many Twitter users?
Aladdin draws on hundreds of years of anti-Muslim sentiment in western culture.
As we celebrate moms this Mother’s Day, let’s remember that maternal health is a right that many do not enjoy.
Canadian audiences did not object to Ancestry’s ad which romanticized Canada as “Promised land,” but they should have.
A recent and powerful exhibit by New York artist Mickalene Thomas at the Art Gallery of Ontario has opened the door for some deep discussions about Black Canadian women and visual representation.
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