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The goal of these activities is to give students an opportunity to explore the role that Black women play in the great Canadian mosaic.

This lesson focuses on exploring what is known about specific Black fur traders and learning more about their life and character at the Hudson’s Bay Company or North West Company. 

Project highlights achievements of Black hockey players.

David Watkins believes that studying history is a key to self–determination. In his Canadian–African studies course students use the study of Canadian history to focus on their cultures' contributions to the multicultural fabric of Canada.

From Black stevedores in the American Deep South, to Hawaiian Inuit dances, to folk singers on Canada's East Coast music scene — discover the fascinating world of sea shanties in a special podcast episode by Canada's History contributor Jonah Grignon.

In this lesson, students will analyze artifacts to learn about the experiences of Black sleeping car porters on the job. 

This PBS film is a great resource for teaching about Black history in Canada and the Underground Railroad. A handy educator's guide provides teachers with everything they need to use this film in their class.

To mark Black History Month, Natasha Camacho and her students studied the lives and achievements of several notable Canadians of African descent.

Ernesto Griffith and Winston Washington Moxam preserve on film the memory of one of the first black people to settle in Manitoba.

An unsettling time in our history.