Events – BC Black History Awareness Society

exhibition area with information panels, light boxes on walls, art in display case

is now a travelling exhibition at GVPL, Central Branch

Events Special Recognition Stories

Hope Meets Action

woman sitting at desk writing in a notebook

Herstory … Making an Impact

Earliest Pioneers (1858-1899) Events Special Recognition Stories

October is Women’s History Month in Canada

Digital Museum Canada BC Pioneer Exhibit Home Page

A Community Story: Partnering with Digital Museums Canada provides a unique opportunity to further imprint the stories of these pioneers in a lasting way that reaches beyond the boundaries of our provincial neighborhoods and re-affirms the significance of these pioneers in Canadian history for all Canadians. BC Black History Awareness […]

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Influencing the Vision of Canada

left side collage of faces of Black men, women and children of varying ages who came to B.C. in 1858, right side collage of faces of contemporary Black men and women including artists, writers, poets, educators, community leaders

August 1 is important in Canadian history because the Slavery Abolition Act affected the lives of those enslaved and the lives of their descendants. “Public Auction November 3, 1760. To be sold a boy and girl, about 11 years old.” 30 years later on September 7, 1790 a Halifax newspaper […]

Earliest Pioneers (1858-1899) Events Special Recognition Stories

Emancipation Day in Canada: Past, Present and Future

Black background with paint splashed, left side white and yellow text with information about the event, right side young woman smiling, afro hairstyle, glasses, with backpack and holding school books

The Youth Dialogue is a series of three virtual youth dialogues curated to engage 40 young people between ages 15 and 19 with the contents of Worlds Within report. Recruitment40 youth, between 15 and 19 years of age, as follows:• 20 Black youth• 20 youths of Indigenous, Asian, and other […]

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