Resources
African Diaspora
Black Life: Untold Stories
CBC Gem. Black Life: Untold Stories is an eight-part documentary video series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada.
Black History
The Canadian Encyclopedia timeline in English and French.
Africville, Nova Scotia
Africville: The Black community bulldozed by the city of Halifax
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Amber Valley, Alberta
Last Best West
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Return to Amber Valley
Video by Senator Paula Simons.
Birchtown, Nova Scotia
Who were the Black Loyalists?
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre video
Buxton, Ontario
Buxton Museum – The Colbert-Henderson Cabin
Virtual tour of log cabin.
Buxton Museum Schoolhouse #13
Virtual tour of schoolhouse.
Hogan’s Alley/Black Strathcona, Vancouver, British Columbia
Black Strathcona
Videos about the people who lived in Hogan's Alley/Black Strathcona.
Diversity in Early Black Communities
Royal BC Museum Learning Portal interviews of people who lived in Black Strathcona.
Rosemary Brown
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Little Jamaica
Aisha Addo
Historica Canada video.
Jackie Shane
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Mitzie Hunter
Historica Canada video.
St. Antoine/Little Burgundy, Montreal
Joe Trouillot video
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Victoria/Salt Spring Island, BC
Some of Salt Spring Island’s first settler were former slaves
Vancouver is Awesome video interview of Naidine Sims, a descendent of one of the first settlers.
Willow Grove, New Brunswick
2021 Black History Month stamps
Canada Post video on Willow Grove and Amber Valley.
Heroes and Rebellions
Chloe Cooley (Heritage Minutes)
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Clement Ligoure
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Marie-Josephe Angélique: Montreal on Fire
Strong and Free, Historica Canada video in English and French.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Antislavery Activist
The New York Historical video.
Who was Josiah Henson?
Montgomery Community Media video.
Erasure
Herb Carnegie
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, #WeWillDoBetter video.
John Ware: Legendary Black Cowboy
Strong and Free, Historica Canada video in English and French.
Portia White: The African-Canadian contralto singer who won international acclaim
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Violet King: The Professional Trailblazer Who Broke Down Barriers
Historica Canada video in English and French.
Free Nelson Mandela
The Special AKA version of the video, released in 1984.
Tutu and the TRC
Video appropriate for elementary students.
Black Identity
NJ high school wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks
ABC News video.
Afrofuturism: From the Past to the Living Present
Article from UCLA Magazine.
Janelle Monae—I Like That
Music video with a gentle Afrofuturism aesthetic. Content warning: lyrics contain expletives.
Awol Erizku’s Remixed Classics Hit Hasted Krauetler Gallery
Huffpost article, “The Girl with the Bamboo Earring” by Priscilla Frank.
This is Afrofuturism
Article by Bolanle Austen Peters, African Arguments, March 6, 2018.