Bill M-36 is unanimously passed in the House of Commons to officially recognize August 1 as Emancipation Day across Canada

hand-written letter on faded writing paper

Committee of Colored Ladies of the British Colony of Victoria (V.I.) support “the Contrabands”

The Black soldiers who supported the Union in the American Civil War were known as “the Contrabands.” The Fugitive Slave Act, which […]

On British Soil He was Free: The case of Charles Mitchell

Charles Mitchell, enslaved since boyhood, was a stowaway aboard the SS Eliza Anderson sailing from Olympia Washington to Victoria. When the steamer […]

May 8, 2014: Eleanor Collins is invested into the Order of Canada

The investment ceremony took place in Ottawa on November 21, 2014 on Eleanor Collins’ 95th Birthday. The official citation reads: “Eleanor Collins […]

Speaker Silvia Mangue Cultural Competency for Volunteers

Workshop: Cultural Competency for Volunteers

This workshop was led by Sylvia Mangue Alene, Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Human Resources; postgraduate diploma in […]