Black History Month 2012 – BC Black History Awareness Society

Speaker Paul Winn - The Black Experience in Canada

The Black Presence in Canada

Paul Winn is a Lawyer, Staff Liaison with the Multiculturalism Committee in the BC Law Society and Senior Staff at the Canadian […]

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Grave marker for Corinthea (nee Pierre) Alexander and daughter Eva

In 1858 both the Pierre and Alexander families arrived on Vancouver Island. Corinthia Pierre and Thomas Alexander were married on February 2, […]

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“Dynamic Diasporas” at VMF Winter Arts Fest

BCBHAS partnered with Vancouver Mural Fest (VMF) Winter Arts Fest to bring you “Dynamic Diasporas“. In the fall of 2021, Creative Doaa […]

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An evening with author Jasmine Sealy and one of our favorite performers, Caleb Hart

An enraptured audience met and chatted with Barbadian-Canadian writer and author Jasmine Sealy. “The Island of Forgetting”, published in 2022 has received […]