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In this clip from an interview with Fil Fraser. He is speaking about the radio and how it shaped his life. He realized that he might have limitations as a Black Canadian, but it did not stop him from pursuing what he loved. He hoped that because no…

Death certification of Esther Roan, the occupation section lists her as a midwife

Clement Virgo is the final Pioneering artist for Black directors in Canada. His presence would likely not be possible without the successful works of the other three directors. Clement Virgo however is commonly known for his directing for Rude 1995.…

Africville’s central community was heavily based around the Seaview United Baptist Church as most people in the community were religious and would come together for Sunday mass. A large part of these gatherings were the musical aspect which could…

The Pocket Squares performing at Function Bar + Kitchen In Toronto 2024. They host smaller artists and even have open mic nights every week for newer musicians to take to the stage and gain experience performing. These small yet inclusive and safe…

Jackie Washington would often perform festivals or free concerts in his home town, Hamilton. He played for passion and this poster is from a free festival, one that still happens yearly at the same location in Gage Park and is attended by thousands.

Rufus Rockhead’s Jazz Club was an extremely monumental location that defined St. Antoine's Street and Little Burgundy district as the “Harlem of the North”. Although there were restrictions on what property Black citizens could own at the time of its…

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 image is a graphical representation I created of formal WW1 and WW2 military participation from Chinese and African-descended Canadians, using data collected by J.L. Granastein and Michael O’Hagan. Here, I decided to model this data using the…

This image contains two pie charts I created using data from Statistics Canada and the 1986 Canadian Census, the first of which shows the ethnic distribution (along the lines of those with Chinese Ancestry, those with African Ancestry, and the rest…