Early Black History in Canada
This group of freedom-seeking people settled in Nova Scotia after the American Revolution.
Who are the Black Loyalists?
This Toronto music artist is one of the world’s best-selling performers.
Who is Drake?
Separate schooling practices in Nova Scotia ended in 1954.
What is school segregation?
This music style connected to artists like Drake and Kardinal Offishall began in Black communities.
What is hip-hop?
This month celebrates Black history and achievements across Canada.
What is February?
This secret network helped many people travel safely to freedom in Canada during the 1800s.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This Olympic sprinter from Nova Scotia won gold in 1996.
Who is Donovan Bailey?
This Nova Scotia businesswoman challenged unequal treatment in a theatre in 1946.
Who is Viola Desmond?
This Canadian music artist is known as "Canada's Queen of R&B Soul."
Who is Jully Black
This Canadian city has one of the country’s largest Black communities.
What is Toronto?
This Ontario settlement became one of the largest Black communities in the 1800s.
What is Buxton?
This Michaëlle served as Canada’s first Black Governor General.
Who is Michaëlle Jean?
This global movement beginning in 2020 encouraged conversations about fairness and justice.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This Toronto athlete became the first Canadian selected first overall in the NBA draft (2013).
Who is Anthony Bennett?
This Canadian politician served as Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion in 2021.
Who is Ahmed Hussen?
This leader escaped slavery in the United States and later helped others find safety in Canada.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This pioneering NHL player later became a Canadian senator.
Who is Willie O’Ree?
This Canadian law protects people from discrimination based on race and other factors.
What is the Canadian Human Rights Act?
This Toronto summer festival celebrates Caribbean culture and traditions.
What is the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana)?
This Black Canadian woman ran for leadership of a major federal political party in 2020.
Who is Leslyn Lewis?
Freedom from slavery was established across the British Empire in this year.
What is 1834?
This lady is known as "Canada's First Lady of Jazz."
Who is Eleanor Collins?
This organization, founded in 1919, worked to promote equality and community pride.
What is the UNIA?
This award-winning actor with Canadian connections starred in 12 Years a Slave.
Who is Lupita Nyong’o?
This goal focuses on fairness, opportunity, and representation for everyone in society.
What is equity and inclusion?