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A photo of Anne Cools planting signs on the campaign trail in 1980.

A photo of the street outside the Henry F. Hall building on the Sir George Williams campus, on February 11th, 1969. The computer lab on the ninth floor was both where the protestors stayed during their sit-in and where they made their last stand in…

A formal 19th-century portrait of Sir Charles Bagot dressed in ornate ceremonial attire.

Dr. Alvinus Calder immigrated from Grenada and attended the University of Toronto before he was forced to leave the college due to the fact that his race would offend white students at the school. Calder then went to Queens University, where he got…

DISCO finished construction in 1901, making it one of the most modern steel plants in the world, and making Sydney into an important industrial city of North America. The plant was under American management and had mostly American machinery operating…

Mildred Jane is often a forgotten part of the Ware family, and yet she was a very important one. Her husband, John Ware, is the famous Black cowboy from the Canadian Prairies, but he could not have been as successful without his wife. It was because…

Fil Fraser was famous for a lot of different things, most notably his achievements in radio and film. He was the first Black Canadian to become a radio broadcaster. He continued broadcasting and other radio-related activities for many years,…

This chair that Fil Fraser usually used while directing movies is a testament to his successful career in film. Although his most impressive achievement may be seen as becoming the first Black Broadcaster, after moving to the Canadian Prairies, Fil…

Graduate photo of Sylvia Waddell

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance faced a lot of racism for being Black growing up. He found that if he became Indigenous, he would be able to live a better life and have more opportunities. He did find a lot of success as an Indigenous, and he even…