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This Poster encouraged white men to join the Army and fight overseas, using themes like masculinity and duty to entice impressionable young men. Unlike white Canadians, Black Canadians weren't allowed in the majority of military units and were forced…

Rev. England was the pastor of St. Cyprian's Mission, a church created by the Diocese of St. Albans Anglican Church in 1925.

The suggestion is that the church was created out of demands from white members not wanting Black members in their church…

Link to the full video: https://youtu.be/nlSfYmpW1Kw
This is a video clip from a drag performance held at Chaps, a Toronto nightclub, presumably in the mid ‘80s. It demonstrates a classic show with standard costumes, music and lip sync performance…

A newspaper headline questioning whether John Anderson, an enslaved man who fled from Missouri to Canada, should legally be surrendered to U.S. authorities under the Webster–Ashburton Treaty. The article reflects public debate in Canada West over…

Photograph of children in Africville

a painting of Rose Fortune, the daughter of a black loyalist who travelled to Nova Scotia following the American Revolution

A photographed banner of the Nova Scotia black loyalists, dated to 1789

Students protest against racism outside the Henry F. Hall Building at SGWU.

A coloured picture of Rosie Douglas speaking through a megaphone.