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28 Days of Honouring the Black Canadian Experience

Why not use the month of February to further expose yourself to not only the accomplishments and achievement of Black Canadians, but also the past and present struggles of our community? It may give you a deeper appreciation for why some of us value the month-long party.

I've gathered a list of films, books, historical figures, key locations, and more. Let's dig in!

February 1-7

film reel

Ninth floor

 

Angelique

 

Black Berry...

 

Africville

 

Colour Me

 

Ontario Black History Society

 

L. Alexander

 


February 8-14

S. Mohamed

 

100 ABC Women

 

R. Brown

 

Federation of Black Canadians

 

D. Morgan

 

Underground Railroad

 

Brother

 


February 15-21

The Skin We're In

 

Black Church

 

A Different Booklist

 

Black Like Who?

 


Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

 

Deeply Rooted

 

M. Brueggergoseman

 


February 22-28

Afua Cooper

 

The Truth about Fatherhood

 

Policing Black Lives

 

P. White

 

E. McCoy

 

Caribana

 

 

Black History in Canada

 


This calendar comes from Bernadette's Race Relations-Canada newsletter. To stay in the loop on the CRC Office of Race Relations' work in your area...

...sign up for a bimonthly newsletter at bit.ly/racerelationsnews

 

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