Websites on Black Canadian History

​Teaching African Canadian History websites 

 Canada and The Underground Railroad

• Harriott Tubman St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
• Black History Month: Hero’s of the Underground Railroad
• Harriet Tubman by Natasha Henry
• Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas - York University
• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by Natasha Henry
• The Underground Railroad: Finding Freedom in the Niagara Region
• Multicultural History Society of Ontario - "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom!"
• North Star: A Portal for Black History in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent 
  

Early African Societies

• The British Museum - African Civilizations

Slavery in Canada

• Chloe Cooley and the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada by Natasha Henry
• The Slavery Abolition Act, 1833 by Natasha Henry
• Slavery
• Black Woman Ann Otherwise Called Nancy Court Case Challenging her Enslavement
• Biography of Jack York, Slave
• "Slavery in Canada? I Never Learned That!" by Natasha Henry
• Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada - online exhibit

American Black History

• This Day in Black History

Black Communities

• Black Strathcona
  

Black History Month

• Government of Canada
  

Black Loyalists 

Archives of Ontario

• The Black Canadian Experience in Ontario 1834-1914: Flight, Freedom, Foundation
• Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada
• The Freedom Seeker: The Life and Times of Daniel G. Hill
• Images of Black History: Exploring the Alvin McCurdy Collection

City of Toronto Archives

• Black History in Toronto
• Caribbean Connection: One Man’s Crusade
• Share - weekly community newspaper serving the Black and Caribbean community in the GTA

Cemeteries

• Otterville African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery - Otterville, ON
• Puce River Black Community Cemetery - Belle River, ON

Churches

• Sandwich First Baptist Church - Windsor, ON

Clubs 

• ​​The Black Daddies Club

Heritage Organizations & Societies

• Chatham-Kent Black History Society - Chatham, ON
• Ontario Black History Society – Toronto, ON

Historica Canada

• Passages Canada
• Black History Canada
• Timeline
• Toronto in Time – A City for All
• ​Connecting the Dots -  to share common experiences among members of the African diaspora across Canada.

• Being Black in Canada

(Image courtesy of/& used with permission)

Magazine

• Beyond - Article on a cemetery with burials from the Underground Railroad

Military

• Black Canadian Veterans Stories​

Monument

• Tower of Freedom Underground Railroad Monument - Windsor, ON

Museums

• Amherstburg Freedom Museum - Amherstburg, ON
• Buxton National Historic Site & Museum – North Buxton, ON
• Canadian Museum of History - Gatineau, Quebec
• John Freeman Walls Historic Site and Underground - Windsor, ON
• North American Black Historical Museum – Amherstburg, ON
• Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum - Collingwood, ON
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site – Dresden, ON
• The Canadian Multicultural Inventors Museum - 862 Scarborough Golf Club Road, Toronto, ON

​Nova Scotia 

• Black Halifax: Stories from Here
• ​Nova Scotia Archives 
• Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia  

Online Resources

• African Canadian Online
• Active History.ca History Matters
• Historica Canada
• Government of Canada

Podcasts

• I Am Black History 

Research

• The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research On Africa and Its Diasporas
• Black in Canada- Dr. Afua Cooper

Prominent Black Canadians

• Government of Canada
• 23 historical black Canadians you should know

Tours  

• African Canadian Heritage Tours
• Black History Tours of Toronto  
• Historical Bus Tours 
• Niagara Bound Tours
• North Star Tours

Traveling Exhibits 

• Multicultural History Society of Ontario -
  Sharing histories and Preserving records - "Many Rivers to Cross: The African Canadian Experience"

(From Ontario Black History Society website)

 Monthly Themes

 January 17th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 
January 21st - Lincoln Alexander Day
February 1st - National Freedom Day
March 8th - International Women's Day                                  March 22nd - Passing of M-36 Emanciaption Day ​April 22nd - Earth Day

May - ​Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:

• 6 Facts About Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: How It Started and How to Celebrate
• Asian Pacific Heritage Month
• May- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May 31st - Anniversary of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
​June - National Indigenous Peoples Month                     August 1st - Emancipation Day June 10th - Juneteenth 

September 27 - 30th - Orange  Shirt Day                     
​September 30th - National Day for Truth & Reconciliation                  October 10th - World Mental Health Day

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Quote: “Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.” ​~ Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro ~