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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!"
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.
Picture
  • Being Black in Canada
Picture
(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

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 ~
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