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Anne Clare Cools was the first Black Canadian to be appointed to the Senate and opened one of the first domestic violence shelters ...

Staff and students throughout the region are celebrating the achievements of Black Canadians all month long.

Staff and students throughout the region are celebrating the achievements of Black Canadians all month long.

Staff and students throughout the region are celebrating the achievements of Black Canadians all month long.

Ms. Dash was arrested for participating in 1969 student demonstration at Sir George Williams University and went on to play a prominent role in the racial politics of the era, giving speeches, meeting with civil rights leaders and helping found the newspaper Uhuru

Here are five trailblazing Black women who changed the history of Canada as we know it and did not take no for an answer.

We cannot be silent anymore and need to speak about injustices, racism, systemic racism, hatred and discrimination.

Anne Cools, Canada’s first Black senator, says Black Canadians still need to overcome barriers of racism in order to break into politics.