Special Recognition Archives - BC Black History Awareness Society

March On

by Fran | Feb 28, 2023 | Events, Special Recognition

Four International observance days in March are a call to action for global, sustainable change.

No. 2 Construction Battalion Legacy in BC

by Fran | Jul 17, 2025 | Events, Pioneers 1900 -Present, Special Recognition, Stories

We are honoured to present the twelve brave Black men from British Columbia, who enlisted in No. 2 Construction Battalion, CEF. In the fall of 2024 we announced another signature project for the Society – “No. 2 Construction Battalion Legacy in BC and Beyond”. The...

Gravesite Restoration Project

by Fran | Jul 2, 2024 | Earliest Pioneers (1858-1899), Special Recognition, Stories

Preservation and Conservation

Lincoln Alexander and Martin Luther King Jr.

by Fran | Jan 1, 2024 | Events, Special Recognition

Jan 20th and Jan 21st we honour Martin Luther King Jr. and Lincoln Alexander

BC Black History Timeline Publication

by Fran | Aug 3, 2023 | Earliest Pioneers (1858-1899), Pioneers 1900 -Present, Special Recognition, Stories

It's here! - a 52-page illustrated publication, BC Black History Timeline, to purchase by donation Cover Page 2-page spread, pages 18, 19 We launched a BC Black History digital timeline in 2021; and then began receiving requests for a print...

October is Women’s History Month in Canada

by Fran | Sep 30, 2022 | Earliest Pioneers (1858-1899), Events, Pioneers 1900 -Present, Special Recognition, Stories

Influencing the Vision of Canada

by Fran | Jul 17, 2021 | Events, Special Recognition

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...