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This painting presents another Quebec lakeside, rendered with Duncanson’s talent in handling water and sky. It reinforces his very significant, yet often overlooked, contribution to the Canadian landscape tradition.

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.

This landscape shows Duncanson’s engagement with Canadian geography during his time in Quebec. It reinforces the exhibit’s argument that Black artists helped shape the early visual culture of Canada.

Painting depicting a family of black loyalists settling near Halifax

This was the front Page of the Canadian magazine Rites (vol. 2, no. 6) published in Toronto in 1985. This cover features Sweet Honey in the Rock, a singing group that often collaborated with the Sister Vision Press, such as in the Benefit Concert in…

An autobiography of Rick James. In the earlier chapters of his autobiography, James discusses his time in Toronto and his time in the band "The Mynah Birds"

This stamp honours Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman whose forced sale across the US-Canada border by her master drew public attention and sparked widespread outrage. Her violent resistance (screaming, kicking, and refusing to comply) was…

Rhoda (Young) Anstey, originally from Jamaica, started working at St. Michael’s Hospital in 1961. She became Head Nurse 7 years later, retiring in 1994. She is an example of an immigrant nurse from the West Indies, travelling to Canada for work.…

A newspaper clipping of black leaders, Brenda Dasg and Rosie Douglas. The clipping is a case where they will be awaiting sentencing.