Coming to Canada
A 17th Century interpreter whose services to Samuel de Champlain in 1608 led to the founding of New France and Quebec City
Who is Mathieu da Costa?
These communities were a place of refuge for many escaped African slaves.
What are Indigenous communities?
She is the guest editor for this Kayak issue and author of the 'feature story' for which this category was named after.
Who is Natasha Henry?
It is the term used when one person owns another person as property which can be bought or sold.
What is Slavery?
The aftermath of this event in 1783, led many Loyalists to flee the United States and settle in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
What was the American Revolution?
It is the site of a Mi'kmaq and Black settlement in 1891, printed in the Kayak article for which this category was named after.
Where is Elmsdale Nova Scotia?
Alvin McCurdy was an enthusiastic historian and genealogist of the Black community. But he is also known for his work in this professional trade.
What is carpentry?
Thayendanegea, a Kanien'keha:ka chief and slave owner in southwestern Ontario, had this European name.
What is Joseph Brant?
Also known as the Elgin Settlement, it was started in the late 1840s and was home to at least 2,000 people by the 1860s.
What is Buxton?
An escape network - formed by anti-slavery Americans - for formerly enslaved people fleeing the United States.
What is the Underground Railroad?
North Buxton was the birthplace of this hairdresser who played a key role in the creation of the Black Mecca Museum.
Who is Gwendolyn Robinson?
Oliver Le Jeune was the first known enslaved African to live in Canada and the property of this Roman Catholic priest.
Who is Father Paul Le Jeune?
To prevent Black Americans from travelling to the 'bleak and cold Prairies' of Alberta and Saskatchewan, this government's Order-in-Council, banned Black Americans for one year.
What is the Canadian government?
Author, filmmaker and broadcaster Adeline Bird identifies as this.
What is Afro-Anishinaabe?
In 1997, this Alberta teacher turned principal published the book, Keystone Legacy: Recollections of a Black Settler.
Who is Gwen Hooks?
Because over half of Upper Canada's politicians enslaved Blacks, this 1793 Act was passed as a compromise?
What is the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery?
Who were the Maroons?
Oscar Baker III wants readers to question what other histories remain hidden; Baker 'thanks you' with this Elsipogtog First Nation's phrase for gratitude.
What is " Wela'lin "?
Written by Leo Bertley, co-founder of the Garvey Institute, it is one of the first books to document the contributions of Black people to Canadian history.
What is Black Tiles in the Mosaic?
It is the site of a cairn where Emancipation Day events have been held for Owen Sound's early Black settlers.
What is Harrison Park?