While “Black Canada” is a useful blanket term and important organizing identity, a closer look reveals a detailed tapestry of communities that also deserves visibility.
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African Nova Scotians have historically suffered the negative consequences of urban redevelopment. New projects in Halifax must involve genuine engagement with racialized communities.
Addressing environmental racism in Canada is not only a matter of justice, but also of meeting Canada’s human rights obligations
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
The first NAACP meeting was held in Canada but there is no mention of Black Canadians in the books. This historical absence is a symbol of the invisibility of anti-Black racism in Canada.
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Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD Student Department of Sociology; RA - Migration and Diaspora Studies, Carleton University
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Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Manitoba
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor in Women and Gender Studies-UTM Campus, University of Toronto
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Post-doctoral researcher, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University
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James R. Johnston Chair, Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University