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Sikh men aboard the Komagata Maru, an immigration boat, heading for Canada.

The research report studies the after-effects of racial trauma, how that changes lifestyles, and how to identify racial trauma and the subsequent stress. All while accounting for population growth.

Black and White Picture of the Union United Church in 1958

Webster-Ashburton Treaty Ratification, 9 August 1842

A plaque commemorating the Webster-Ashburton Treaty at the old State Department building in Washington, D.C. where the signing took place.

Canadian novelist and scholar Cecil Foster published his book on sleeping car porters in 2019, 'They Call Me George'. In chapter three, "'Did you ring sir?': Modern Luxury and Black Labour", Foster describes what it was like to work as a sleeping car…

This is a timeline that highlights Fil Fraser's many accomplishments. He was very successful in the radio and film world, expecially in the prariers. He was the first Black person to become a radio host and had many other first throughout his life.…

These items are the cover image and a clip from Older Stronger and Wiser by Claire Prieto. Like Roger McTair she is one of the oldest names in the industry. This piece is about the older Black women of Canada, and it shares their stories and…

Tololwa M. Mollel was greatly influenced by his grandfather. When he came to Canada and ultimately decided to stay in the Canadian Prairies, he never forgot his upbringing and used the storytelling talents he had learned to become a successful…

Tololwa fell in love with storytelling because of his grandfather. He also learned the art of storytelling from his grandfather. It is because of his grandfather that he came to the Canadian Prairies and ended up in a career in storytelling. He…