On April 6, 2020, 26-year-old D’Andre Campbell of Brampton, Ontario called 911 for help. Within minutes of their arrival at his home, two Peel Regional Police officers tasered him, and one shot and killed him. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis...
In 1946 she challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The award-winning $10.00 bill was unveiled in March 2018 and went into circulation in November 2018. In this same year, Viola Desmond...
In September 2018 the City of Vancouver renamed 15 public spaces to commemorate the work of prominent local residents. The Cambie Street Plaza, located on the south side of the Cambie Street Bridge and north of the east off-ramp, was renamed the Barbara Howard Plaza...
Lincoln Alexander had more than a dozen business, provincial and national awards, honours, recognition and titles. This day commemorating him is now celebrated each year. He was recognized, among other reasons, as: One of the first Black men to serve in the Royal...
On February 24, 2010, Halifax Mayor Kelly delivered the Africville Apology, which begins: “On behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality, I apologize to the former Africville residents and their descendants for what they have endured for almost 50 years, ever since...
