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This essay in The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature further explores beyond the who’s of the history, and it goes more into the how. This source explains the process and work it took for Black filmmakers specifically to be recognized…

This is a photo taken during a scene in Black Theatre Workshop's play titled The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.

Black Theatre Canada's founder Vera Cudjoe discusses why and how she started Black Theatre Canada in Toronto.

A Picture of Donald Moore Sitting

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…

This portrait represents Marie-Joseph Angélique, an enslaved woman living in New France, who would later become a symbol of resistance. In 1734, following disputes with her mistress, Angélique was accused and ultimately condemned of setting a fire…

In 1928, Rufus Rockhead purchased the Mountain Hotel at the corner of Mountain and Saint-Antoine, laying the foundation for what would become one of Montreal’s most important cultural venues. Before securing this property, he had tried to buy a…

Survivors of St. Anne's residential school have been fighting the government in the courts for years for access to their documents. The Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not hear a motion to appeal the case.

A record of a man sold at a slave auction in Louisbourg

In 1905, Black women in Montreal founded the Coloured Women’s Club in response to widespread racial discrimination, including the denial of adequate health care during the smallpox epidemic. As Canada’s oldest Black womens institution, their work…