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- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 27Slavery RememberedThe abolition of slavery was commemorated in 2004.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/27-Slavery-Remembered.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 26Black History MonthEvery February Canadians celebrate the history of Blacks in Canada.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/26-Black-History-Month.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 25Donovan BaileyThe athlete's meteoric rise to fame is one of Canada's remarkable success stories.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/25-Donovan-Bailey.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 24Suzette MayrThe author spotlights issues involving race and ethnicity interethnic people.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/24-Suzette-Mayr.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 23Maka KottoPoet, actor, stage director, and first black Afrcan elected to the Canadian Parliament.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/23-Maka-Kotto.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 22George Elliott ClarkeThe author describes the rich oral narratives and cultural traditions of Blacks in Nova Scotia.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/22-George-Elliott-Clarke.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 21Michaëlle JeanCanada's first black Governor General.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/21-Michaelle-Jean.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 20Dany LaferrièreThe author became a huge success by poking fun at racial stereotypes.https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/20-Dany-Laferriere.mp30 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 19Dr. Hervé BlanchardDr. Blanchard has cared for 30 years (1970-2000) for many children in Quebec, notably at the Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, where he saved the lives of newborn babies with congenital anomalies. He is recognized as the pioneer in Quebec of pediatric kidney transplantation (performed for the first time in 1974), and liver transplantation in children (performed for the first time in 1985). This brilliant surgeon also shared his knowledge with more than a generation of students from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal.Duration: 3:41https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/19-Herve_Blanchard.mp34 min
- Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 18Charlie BiddleRemembered as the father of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Charles Biddle lent his name to the club that kept the groove going year-round. Biddles, now known as The House of Jazz, was a draw for jazz stars and fans, from around the world. Charles Biddle was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2003. The Saint Jean Baptiste Society said, ‘without him, Quebecers might not have developed their love for jazz’.Duration: 2:46https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/18-Charlie_Biddle.mp33 min
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Find out more about black Canadians who contributed to the building of Canada and who are making their mark every day.
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Danger, hardship, heroism and tragedy. All are features of black immigration to Canada in the nineteenth century.
The story of black immigration to Canada began 400 years ago with the arrival of the French at Port Royal. John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, signed the Act Against Slavery in 1793.
Many black people came to Canada by their own means. But the Underground Railroad, an informal network of people and places organized to help black people escaping slavery, was an important feature of immigration to Canada in the nineteenth century.
It’s estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 black people arrived in Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century. Some consider that the number could be as high as 60,000.
Radio Canada International has produced a series of vignettes spotlighting some of the black Canadians that have marked the country’s past, as well as those that are marking Canada’s present.
Researchers: Nataly Lague, Audrey Flat
Editors: Suzanne Shugar, Audrey Flat
Translator: Nataly Laguë
Sound recording, sound effects, sound mixing: Angela Leblanc
Producer; casting, music selection: Suzanne Shugar
Executive Producer: Raymond Desmarteau
A Radio Canada International production
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