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Academic Units
- Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University
- The Institute of Caribbean Studies, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica
- Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation
- Department of Africology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA
- Department of African American Studies, Yale University, CT, USA
- Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University, MA, USA
- Department of African American Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
African Canadian Art History: The Vanguard
*this project was created by Professor Charmaine A. Nelson and her valiant Undergraduate Students at McGill University in their fourth year undergraduate seminar
"Introduction to African Canadian Art History" (ARTH 411B Winter 2019)
- Camille Crichlow interviews Andrew Hunter
- Hannah Deskin interviews Pamela Edmonds
- Emily Draicchio interviews Prof. Alice Ming Wai Jim
- Klio Fotis-Zoubris interviews Dominique Fontaine
- Samantha Holmes interviews Joana Joachim
- Kata Kuhnert interviews Gaetane Verna
- Josh Marchesini interviews Kama La Mackerel
- Raven Spiratos interviews Charmaine A. Nelson
Animation, Film, Images, Popular Media
- C'est Moi
- Deeply Rooted: A Black Family's History as 7th-Generation Canadians
- MacPherson Animation, National Film Board of Canada
- Viola Davis' Historic Emmy Speech 2015
- Upworthy - Black Victorians
- Heritage Minute: Viola Desmond
- Heritage Minute: Chanie Wenjack
Arts and Cultural Institutions
- McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada
- Wedge Curatorial Projects
- http://www.chateauramezay.qc.ca/
- http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Uncle-Tom-s-Cabin-Historic-Site/Contact-us.aspx
- http://www.blackhistoricalmuseum.org/
- http://www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca/
- http://africa.si.edu/
- http://nmaahc.si.edu/
- http://www.dia.org/art/african-american.aspx
- http://www.moadsf.org/
- http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Slavery-to-Freedom/Partners/St--Catharines-Museum-at-Lock-3.aspx
- http://www.rom.on.ca/en/of-africa
Arts and News Media
- BBC Culture: The Hidden Figures Revealed by Art
- https://africancanadiancinema.wordpress.com/page/3/
- Good Black News
- Charmaine Nelson - McCready Lecture on Canadian Art: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 20 January 2016
- Marys Seacole - Play
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996557/
- http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/clement-virgo
- http://hungryeyes.ca/
- http://rastamouse.com/wp/
- http://edmonialewis.com/
- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/portrait-of-a-negro-slave/
- http://www.montrealcommunitycontact.com/
- http://sharenews.com/
- http://montrealblackfilm.com/
- http://www.whitenessproject.org/
- Charmaine Nelson - CBC News Nova Scotia: Research on Nova Scotia Slave Advertising
- Charmaine Nelson - CJAD 800 AM News-Talk Radio: Slavery in Canada
- Charmaine Nelson - CBC Radio, The Sunday Edition: A Little-Told History of Canadians as Slave Owners
Black Artists (Historical)
- Black Lives Rooted: Art Gallery of Guelph
- Edward Mitchell Bannister: Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Edward Mitchell Bannister Artworks: The Athenaeum
- Grafton Tyler Brown
- Mary Edmonia Lewis: Website
- Mary Edmonia Lewis: What's Her Name Podcast
- Mary Edmonia Lewis: The Black Female Figure
Community Organizations and Resources
- http://brockniagaraafricangroup.weebly.com/
- Montreal Black History Month Roundtable
- Jamaican Association of Montreal
- http://qahn.org/exhibit/shomi-alfie-roberts-institute
- http://www.edmontonplus.ca/edmonton/venues/marcus-garvey-centre-for-unity
- http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?lang=en&chinCode=guaeui
- http://www.avatarmedia.ca/services/video/black-settlers-video/
- http://www.nccmontreal.org/
- http://www.colouredwomensclub.org/?nav=History
- http://www.cidihca.com/default.php
- http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/index.php
- http://www.moishistoiredesnoirs.com/index.php/en/
Contemporary Art and Cultural Producers
Guides
- https://testnet.library.ryerson.ca/info/virtual-exhibits/black-history/
- http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/subject-guides/diversity/african/home
- http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/african_diaspora?hs=a&gid=949
- 13 Honest Books about Slavery Young People should actually Read
Health and Wellness
Ideas & Innovations
Libraries, Archives and Research Collections
- http://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/rarebooks
- http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/diaspora/
- Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
- Le Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Haïtienne, Caribéenne et Afro-canadienne
McGill University Archives
http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/
Montreal, Canada (April 4, 2007)
Ebony Roots: Bi-Centenary Symposium
Organizer: Prof. Charmaine Nelson
*planning, organizational, development and correspondence files
*video recording of panel
Panelists: Afua Cooper, Julie Crooks, Charmaine Nelson, and Barrington Walker
Montreal, Canada (February 4-5, 2005)
Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada
Organizer: Prof. Charmaine Nelson
*planning, organizational, development and correspondence files
*video recordings of five, 90 minute round table discussions
Panel 1: Visual Culture and Institutions: David Austin, Richard Fung, Melinda Mollineaux, Robert Holland Murray, Gaetane Verna
Panel 2: Popular Culture: Monika Kin Gagnon, Clifton Joseph, Malik Shaheed, David "Sudz" Sutherland, Rinaldo Walcott
Panel 3: Racism and Institutions: Adelle Blackett, George Sefa Dei, David Divine, Maxwell Nelson, Anthony Stewart
Panel 4: Nation, Politics and Belonging: Gamal Abdel-Shehid, Cecil Foster, Awad Ibrahim, Camille Nelson, Jean Muteba Rahier
Panel 5: Cultural Production, Media and Representation: Ivan Berry, George Elliot Clark, Byron Pert, Dolores Sandoval, Mahalia Verna
Other Resources
- International Decade for People of African Descent
- http://www.thedrvibeshow.com/
- http://www.iaimuseum.org/index.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TKR-IKtaCg&feature=share&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rPfRcvXIuqx_21y0Iuw2vkF&index=11
- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.ack4846.0001.001;view=1up;seq=1
- http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories/2530:leonard-braithwaite/
- http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/06/animated_interactive_of_the_history_of_the_atlantic_slave_trade.html
- Hockey Hall of Fame: Willie O'Ree
- Up Close: Young Black Women Making Canada Better
- Hutchins Center Honors, W.E.B. DuBois Medal Ceremony, Harvard University, 4 October 2017
- Swipe my Race: "If you are only dating someone for their skin colour, you should consider why"
- Treatment for Sickle Cell
Podcasts
- Secret Feminist Agenda
- TED Podcasts
- The Secret Life of Canada
- Therapy for Black Girls
- What's Her Name Podcast
Programs of Study
- Black and African Studies Minor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Caribbean Studies, New College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- African Studies, New College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- African Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- African Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Black Canadian Studies Certificate, York University, Toronto, Canada
Related Associations
- http://www.blsacanada.com/
- http://www.aswadiaspora.org/
- http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/
- http://acrah.org/
- http://www.ncbsonline.org/
- http://www.naaas.org/
- http://www.asalh.org/
- http://www.blackandasianstudies.org/
- http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/
- http://www.can-latam.org/
Research Chairs
Teaching Tools: Charmaine Nelson
- Charmaine Nelson - McCready Lecture on Canadian Art: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 20 January 2016
- Charmaine Nelson - Dr. James McCune Smith Lecture, University of Glasgow, Scotland (October 2018)
- Charmaine Nelson Article "Portrait of a Negro Slave," Historica Canada
- Charmaine Nelson Video Lecture: "Portrait of Negro Slave" (1786)
- Charmaine Nelson - Montreal Black History Month Roundtable 2014 Laureate Video
- Noah Leve video interview with Charmaine Nelson: "He should have known better"
- Charmaine Nelson - AGO: Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom: Interview with Curator Adam Levine on Race and Representation
Teaching Tools: Other
- AGO: Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom
- BBC Two: Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
- Historica Canada: Black History Month Canada
- Slavery in the North
- Toronto Star - Classroom Connection: #BlackHistoryMatters Teaching Resource
- White Privilege - Toronto Star
- "Episode 3: The Secret Life of Birchtown," The Secret Life of Canada, 27 October 2017
- Alabama's Lynching Memorial - The Guardian
- Who are the Windrush Generation: Video Explainer - The Guardian
- Windrush Citizens: "It's like having your world torn apart"
- Black Lives Rooted Podcasts - Produced by Liz Ikiriko with Andrew Hunter
- "A Double Whodunnit," Fake or Fortune? (S07E04) 2 September 2018, BBC
- Representing Slavery in Children's Literature
- Teen Vogue: Why you can't ever call an enslaved woman a Mistress
- Windrush: The Scandal isn't over (audio)
Temporary Resources
- Audio: Acadian Slave Owners in Nova Scotia
- Article: If Black Lives truly matter in Canada, an Apology for Slavery is only a first step - Natasha Henry
- OpEd: It's not just Cambridge University - all of Britain benefited from slavery
- Database: Freedom on the Move
- Freedom's Founders
- Historians Expose Early Scientists' debt to Slave Trade
- Film: Traces of the Trade
- Last known US Slave Ship found in Alabama
- Slavery and the University
- Teaching America's Truth, The Washington Post
- Les traces discrètes de l'esclavage en France, Radio-Canada
- You want a Confederate Monument? NY Times OpEd