Black History Month 2014 – BC Black History Awareness Society

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Vibes & Verses

Vibes & Verses stimulated your senses through the flow of jazz, the movements of afro-beats, the bounce of reggae, and the sways […]

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Grave marker for Peter and Nancy Lester

Nancy and Peter Lester, with their two sons and one daughter joined the migration to Vancouver Island in 1858. They were both […]

Commemorative Stamp Launch for Fergie Jenkins and Carrie Best Feb 26, 2011

“Fergie” Jenkins and Carrie Best commemorative stamp launch

BC Black History Awareness Society in partnership with Canada Post, hosted this commemorative stamp launch for Ferguson Jenkins and Carrie Best. Ferguson […]

July 28, 1914 – November 11,1918: World War I

Many of the pioneers came to the British Colonies beginning in 1858 as young men and women and young families. It was […]