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New course teaches Black history to high school students in Surrey, B.C.

Students in Grades 11 and 12 in Surrey, B.C., are learning about the rich and diverse history of Black people in B.C., Canada, and the world over in the new Black Studies course. ....

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Despite gestures and promises of change, Black history remains untaught in most of our schools

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In June 2020, at the height of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, I wrote an opinion piece for the CBC about the
I noted that B.C. was one of the only provinces where Black Canadian history is nowhere to be found in the social studies curriculum and I called upon then Minister of Education Rob Fleming to
hold true to his pledge to begin incorporating this integral part of our country s history into the curriculum.
Much has happened since the release of that op-ed regarding the state of Black Canadian history in our province.
In November 2020, for example, the advocacy group Anti-Racism Coalition Vancouver petitioned the B.C. government to make Jan. 15 Black Shirt Day in solidarity with Black Canadians in the struggle against systemic racism. ....

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B.C. pioneers from minority communities get long-overdue recognition in books

by Charlie Smith on December 17th, 2020 at 12:43 PM
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For more than a century, the publishing industry was awash in stories about dominant European culture in B.C. and the so-called great men of history.
But that’s been changing in recent years as historians have begun exploring other, equally important aspects of our past.
As part of our series of articles highlighting B.C.-published books and B.C. authors during the holiday season, here are three titles that tell stories about communities that haven’t received as much attention as they deserve.
By David R. Gray (Royal B.C. Museum) ....

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B.C. Greens pushing for anti-racism initiatives

B.C. Greens pushing for anti-racism initiatives
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