Browse Items (687 total)

An RCMP Regina Depot graduation still during the time of Hartley Gosline.

William Greves is an African American director who came to Canada in the 50s to pursue his dream of directing. There was no tolerance for Black people in the film industry in 1952 in the US, so Greaves moved to Canada to create his work. He moved and…

Letter between "H" Division Halifax and the Sydney Sub-division (1941) deciding whether to let 2 eligible men take the test, on account of discrimination.

A Portrait of Shelley Peters, the first black female officer of the RCMP, who went on to have a long career with the force.

Portrait of Constable Hartley Gosline, one of the first black RCMP officers graduating from Regina Depot.

This page from a journal article, falls into the very start of the Black Canadian Directing movement. The civil rights movement had an undeniable impact on Canada, and it enforced new motives of the Black identity. This is seen through the emergence…

This essay in the book Leading the Way: Black Women in Canada, it shows the impact of Jennifer Hodge de Silva. In this entry it talks about her life, from her early days of schooling to her works leading to her death in ‘89. This piece shows that…

A canadian born and raised in BC, inducted into the BC hall of fame as shown for contributions to the sport.

Cape Breton flag edited with the West Indies in the middle.

This is Roger McTair's documentary called Journey to Justice and it was released in the year 2000. It is about six huge names in Black Canadian history and highlights their stories with segregation, discrimination, racial profiling and more. This…