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This was part of a speech made by Angela Robertson in Toronto in March 1989 on International Women’s Day, which was developed by the Black Women’s Collective. The Black Women’s Collective was an organization that was active in the late 1980s, with a…

Physical material from the first triennial international convention for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This convention, from 1953, took place in Los Angeles, California. Hundreds of porters and their wives took the train from the US and…

This news report, entitled “Inside the 1969 Sir George Williams student protest”, is a piece of archived content from CBC’s The Way It Is program, originally aired during the protests of the same name and year. This report interviews student…

Herb is interviewed about his rise to the league, barriers stopping him, overlaid with footage and images of Herb playing

Section 91 (24) of the British North America Act, 1867, was perceived as an act to help the Indigenous population, but was truly an act to assimilate their community.

A bill creating a more restrictive immigration policy by expanding government power to deny entry and deport immigrants.

This video is a segment hosted by Cameron Bailey called “Images Matter”. “Images Matter” revolves around Black Canadian Filmmakers and can be explored following the attached link. This segment is an interview between Camron Bailey and Rodger McTair.…

William Greves is an African American director who came to Canada in the 50s to pursue his dream of directing. There was no tolerance for Black people in the film industry in 1952 in the US, so Greaves moved to Canada to create his work. He moved and…