With Black History Month right around the corner, we will be taking a deep dive in this episode and discussing why Black History Month is celebrated in February.  We will also be  joined by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist Ontario Chapter’s First Vice-President Christopher Wilson. 

Why is Black History month celebrated in February?

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1150977600/black-history-month-2023-theme-3-things-to-know#:~:text=Here's%20the%20story%20behind%20Black,14.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-monthhttps://www.twinkl.ca/event/black-history-month-Canada-2024#:~:text=The%20theme%20for%20Black%20History%20Month%202024%20is%20%E2%80%9CBlack%20resistance,discrimination%2C%20and%20prejudice%20over%20history.

Events:

Younge & Dundas square will have a black history month digital exhibition with OCAD University 

https://www.ocadu.ca/event/2024-yonge-dundas-square-black-history-month-digital-exhibition-call-artists

AGO events: 

https://ago.ca/events/black-history-month-ago

Harbour Front Centre : KUUMBA

https://harbourfrontcentre.com/series/kuumba/

CBTU: what do they do? Mission?  CBTU Roots? 

https://www.cbtu.ca

Mary Ann Shadd, abolitionist and first Black female newspaper publisher, included in 2024 Canada Post stamps

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/mary-ann-shadd-stamp-1.7074307CBC: Being Black in Canadahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/beingblackincanada

Bringing Overlooked Canadian Black History to the Fore | The Agenda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbX9ahCCMvE 

https://www.cbtu.ca/21-12-2023cbtu_membership_newsletter_2024