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Newspaper article describing the conditions of the Shacks that immigrant workers lived in (AAs, Hungarians, polish and Newfoundlanders). The houses were described as having no sewage, the ventilation was horrible, no beds but just a very long table,…

Newspaper article detailing John H. Means is returning from Tennessee & Alabama to Nova Scotia with about 60 Black people, the steel workers plus their families. It states that Means encountered some opposition to the deportation of the families to…

This 1951 Supreme Court case struck down a racist real estate covenant that banned the sale of land to anyone who was "Jewish", "Semitic", "Negro", or "coloured." This ruling was important because it effectively ended the use of racist housing…

This Supreme Court case involved Fred Christie, a Black man from Montreal who was refused service at the York Tavern even though he had been served there before. He took them to court on the grounds of discrimination and lost with the judge saying…

A case regarding discrimination based on sex and maternity leave for female RCMP officers.

A channel bringing soulful music, perfect for focus and studying.

A black and white class photo outside of a residential school, co-ed, with matching uniforms and staff.

A photograph of Makeda Silvera, the founder of the Sister Vision Press along with Stephanie Martin. Silvera emigrated to Canada from Jamaica at the age of 12, and became a novelist, short story writer, activist, and more. Her writing and activism…

This is a chart taken from Statistics Canada, that indicates the foreign-born population (immigrants living in Canada) in Canada. As one could see from the chart, immigration generally increased, but for the purposes of this tab, the Caribbean…