Black History Month 2012 – BC Black History Awareness Society

November 13,1865: Abner Hunt Francis is elected as a municipal councillor representing the Yates St. ward … then resigns!

Candidates running for election to the Victoria municipal council in 1865 were required to be property owners. While Abner Francis was on […]

b&w professional studio portrait woman standing, man seated. Nancy's hair parted in the centre, pulled back into a bun. Her right hand rests on Charles shoulder. Charles, seated to her right, with his right foot slightly forward wearing a dark suit and vest, his watch chain is visible from his vest pocket. Charles hair is white; he has a moustache and full beard.

Golden wedding anniversary on Christmas Day 1899

Charles and Nancy were married in Springfield Illinois, on December 25,1849. In 1899 they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with many friends […]

justin carter, suit & beard standing at podium portraying Mifflin Gibbs

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Day: November 18, 2016

The City of Victoria proclaimed November 18, 2016 as Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Day to commemorate his election to Victoria City Council in […]

Equality Rights in Canada – From 1944 to today

Ontario was the first, in 1944, to pass a law protecting equality by banning publication or display of discrimination based on race […]