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The Photo shows a struggle for equality in education, together Black communities organized themselves and refused to accept the treatment they were receiving and took to the streets. Protests such as these led to the eventual closures of all…

This is a graph I created based on the works of Dudley Poston (Et Al.) in the article, “The Global Distribution of the Overseas Chinese Around 1990”, as well as Walton Look Lai and Chee-Beng Tan in the book, The Chinese in Latin America and the…

This quiet waterfront scene highlights Bannister’s interest in maritime life and the working communities that shaped the North American East Coast. The figures are arranged within the environment to suggest a lived and familiar relationship to the…

This is a photo taken of residents attending a meeting at Seaview United Baptist Church in 1962 to discuss and oppose a report by the City of Halifax’s development department that would lead to the demolition of the settlement and the forced…

Picture of Palais Royal in Toronto, a very well known leisure spot for dancing c. 1930s for white people only. After several protests from the Black communities in the area, they desegregated in 1947. Only after 27 years of being open as a dancing…

This mountainous view demonstrates Duncanson’s ability to balance a sense of grandeur with more quiet introspection. Its presence in the exhibit again asserts his role in mapping the visual identity of the Canadian East.