Black Canadian Studies

The Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism, prepared in 2020, seeks to initiate a process of acknowledgment of our University’s historic connections to the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring legacies.

The Canadian Race Relations Foundation is Canada's leading agency
dedicated to the elimination of racism and all forms of racial discrimination in Canadian society.

The Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) is a nation-wide academic association of scholars, students, artists, and community members who are committed to supporting, engaging in, and furthering the development of Black Studies in Canada.

Online magazine maintained by art historian Charmaine Nelson with a focus on Black Canadian art, community, culture, and history, including academic as well as popular content.

The Montreal International Black Film Festival is an innovative, bold and dynamic event aiming to stimulate the development of the independent film industry while fostering the creation of films on Black realities around the globe.

From Historica Canada and aimed at educators. Explore the complex histories and lived experiences of Black Canadians. The guide presents an overview of the more than 400-year history of people of African descent in Canada.
This guide was developed in collaboration and consultation with Dr. Channon Oyeniran, Dr. Natasha Henry, Dr. Dorothy Williams, and Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost.