In spring 1968, six Caribbean students at Sir George Williams University filed a complaint against biology professor Perry Anderson, making a case that he practised racial discrimination in his courses. The University dismissed the complaint. In response, some 200...
Doug Hudlin worked for the City of Victoria, but his love was being on the field as an umpire. He umpired generations of Vancouver Island ball players over four decades and is remembered as the “Gentleman Umpire”. The City of Victoria commissioned this plaque....
On July 9, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a National Apology to the No. 2 Construction Battalion and their Descendants, acknowledging the overt racism they had endured. Some excerpts from the Apology – Hundreds of young Black men wanted to serve their...
Black men seeking to enlist for service in WWI were repeatedly turned away from military recruitment offices across Canada, but by 1916 the Allied leadership had become alarmed at the bloodbath that was taking place on European battlefields. The No. 2 Construction...
Designed and developed by our Society, British Columbia Black Pioneers is a collection of short stories about women, men, families, and partnerships that show the intricacies of the events, experiences, and circumstances of everyday life of the Black pioneers, such as...
