Programs

Finding our stories –  a Black perspective

A discussion about researching Black history that is not conventional and how to work with fellow archivists, librarians, performers and academics. The key? Tell EVERYONE what you are doing and TALK to your elders!

Follow my journey from researching the Black Diaspora to  Renaissance Europe and the Middle East to looking at the lives Black communities during WWII worldwide. What Grandma told Mom – a look at World War II. (CHY4U/C)

This talk takes a look at the Black experience before and during WWII. I discuss my own grandmother’s contributions during the war but also look at the experience of Africans, African-Canadians and African-American soldiers fighting throughout WWII.

Trumpeter,  Gondolier, Innkeeper,  Knight

In this presentation, attendees learn about presence of Africans in the European and Middle Eastern world in the 15th and 16th centuries. When looking at the documentation and visual representation of Black people both as enslaved and and freed people.