Black History Month 2016 – BC Black History Awareness Society

upper body of black woman, business attire, standing at counter-height table, right arm resting on table

Building Bridges Through Art

Michelle Jacques was the Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV). She is a curator, art historian, educator and […]

1902-1908: John Freemont Smith – Secretary of the Board of Trade and Alderman in Kamloops

John Freemont Smith was born in the Danish West Indies (now the Virgin Islands). He initially prospected in the Interior then spent […]

April 25, 1858: The Pioneer Committee from San Francisco arrives in Victoria

On April 25th,1858 the Steamship Commodore sailed into Victoria harbour from San Francisco. In addition to 450 gold seekers, 35 Black people […]

Verna Gibbs, grandniece of Mifflin Wistar Gibbs steps into the Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Community Room opens

This community room was opened at the newly built Greater Victoria Public Library sxʷeŋxʷəŋ təŋəxʷ (James Bay) Branch. Dr. Verna Gibbs, great-great […]