Black History Month 2017 – BC Black History Awareness Society

colour photo dirt road alley with housing, structures on either side

Hogan’s Alley is wiped out by the Georgia Viaduct construction

In 1958 the Vancouver City Council approved a “redevelopment plan” that called for the demolition of nearly all of Strathcona, including Hogan’s […]

Africville Apology is delivered on February 24, 2010 by the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia for the eviction and eventual destruction of Africville in 1970

On February 24, 2010, Halifax Mayor Kelly delivered the Africville Apology, which begins: “On behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality, I apologize […]

October 20, 2018: Toni Boot is elected Mayor of Summerland becoming the first Black Mayor in BC, and Sharmarke Dubow is elected as Victoria City Councillor

Toni Boot first served as a councillor in Summerland, BC (2014-2018). On October 20, 2018 she was elected Mayor, serving for four […]

Settlement on Salt Spring Island begins in the summer of 1859

Pre-emption was the legal method of acquiring Crown land that had not been fully surveyed by claiming and improving it for settlement […]