Welcome to Season 4, episode 30 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this epsode, I met with Ralph Thomas who is Co-founder and Program Director of the New Brunswick Black History Society. Ralph shared with me some New Brunswick Black history, about learning how to get things done, and why it's important for us to know and document our history.

Welcome back to Season 4 and episode 29 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Myrna Wisdom where she shares stories about her Aunt Louella who ran the Chicken Fry restaurant in Calgary, how Black folks would leave the city to visit folks in Amber Valley as a way of maintaining those connecting with each other, and even a story about Floyd Sneed who was a drummer for the band, Three Dog Night.

Welcome to Season 4, and episode 28 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Myrna Wisdom. Myrna talks about her folks coming to Canada from Oklahoma, crossing the border at Emerson, Manitoba and then having to travel the rest of the way to Amber Valley by wagon train. She also shares how Indigenous people taught them how to survive the winter including burying fish in the muskeg to keep it frozen over the winter.

Welcome to Season 4 and episode 27 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. In this episode, Mathew Martin talks about growing up Black in New Brunswick as a mixed race child. He also shares about not learning much Black history in school and why he is so proud of the Black Lives Matter NB initiative that is a framework of resources for highlighting Black history througout all school curricula.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 26 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. Thanks for joining me for Part 2 of my conversation with Debbie Hunte. Debbie shares how she was brought up to respect people but didn't always meet that respect when working in hospitals setting. She also talks about dealing with the death of both her parents and how her mother made sure that Debbie and her siblings and the grandchildren all knew their history.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 25 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Debbie Hunte who was born and raised in Montreal. Her parents and grandparents on both her maternal and paternal side, were all born in Barbados. Debbie’s mother came to Canada with 35 other women as part of Canada’s  Domestic Scheme which ran from 1955-1967. Debbie shares what that was like for her mom and how her mom helped make it possible for many Black families to rent homes in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG).

Welcome to Season 4, episode 24 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Cheryl Whalin where she shares stories of her Great Aunt Hattie and Hattie's Chicken Shack. Cheryl also talks about growing up in Edmonton and why it's so important to gather and share our family histories.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 23 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 1 of my conversation with Cheryl Whalin (nee Melton) who shares the amazing story of both sides of her family connected to the migration of Black people from Oklahoma, USA to Alberta, Canada. Cheryl shares details of where they travelled from and what their journeys to Wildwood and Amber Valley were like.

Welcome to Season 4, episode 22 of theI Am Black Historypodcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media.

In this episode you will meet Lisa J. Weiss who was born in Trinidad and came to Canada with her family when she was 4 years old. Lisa does work that she says, "Helps people see that  their past does not define them."

Welcome to Season 4, episode 21 of theI Am Black Historypodcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Adrienne Johnson who was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. In this part of our conversation, Adrienne shares her work and studies of Black Canadian art and artists of the early 1900s. She also talks about the generosity and the support she received from Black communities on her journeys.