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Academic Units
- Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Centre for Study of Slavery in Charleston, College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University
- Institute for Black Atlantic Research
- Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement
- Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 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
- The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery
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
Arts and Cultural Institutions
- Black Theatre Workshop, Montreal, Canada
- Chateau Ramezay, Montreal, Canada
- Detroit Institute of the Arts, Michigan, USA
- McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada
- Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, USA
- National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
- Of Africa: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
- Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., USA
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., USA
- Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Dresden, Ontario, Canada
- Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, Canada
Arts, Culture, Film, Literature, and Media
- Black Curators: Canadian Art
- BBC Culture: The Hidden Figures Revealed by Art
- C'est Moi
- Deeply Rooted: A Black Family's History as 7th-generation Canadians
- Festival International Film Black Montreal
- Halifax Black Film Festival
- Heritage Minute: Chanie Wenjack
- Heritage Minute: Chloe Cooley
- Heritage Minute: Viola Desmond
- Hungry Eyes media
- The Ida B. Wells Society
- MacPherson, Animation, National Film Board of Canada
- Marys Seacole - Play
- Portrait of a Negro Slave
- Rasta Mouse
- Viola Davis' Historic Emmy Speech 2015
- We Lit Afro Indie Book Fair
- The Whiteness Project
Black Canadian Academia
- CAUT - Underrepresented and Underpaid: Diversity and Equity Among Canada's Post-Secondary Education Teachers
- Dr. Kenneth Mellville McGill Black Faculty and Staff Caucus
- Carleton University Inclusion Week 2020: The African Diaspora in the Academy
- Queen's Black Faculty and Staff Caucus
- Simon Fraser University - African Studies Working Group
- University of Toronto - Black Faculty Working Group
- Where are all the Black people? Underrepresentation in the Academy
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
Black Artists (Contemporary)
- Black Lives Rooted: Andrew Hunter
- Moridja Kitenge Banza
- Sonya Clark
- Eddy Firmin
- Karin Jones
- Kama La Mackerel
- Charmaine Lurch
- Manuel Mathieu
- Tony Miller
- Camille Turner
Community, Government, and Other Organizations and Resources
- Alfie Roberts Institute
- Black Boys Code
- Black Cultural Society of Prince Edward Island
- Black History Month
- Black North
- Black North: A Conversation with the Black North Initiative
- Black Women Connect Vancouver
- Brock Niagara African Canadian Renaissance Group
- Le Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Haitienne, Caribéenne et Afro-canadienne
- Government of Canada - Support of Black Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
- The Ida B. Wells Society
- Montreal Black History Month Roundtable
- Jamaican Association of Montreal
- Pitch Better Canada
Funding
- Arts Nova Scotia
- Calgary Foundation
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Edmonton Community Foundation
- Foundation for Black Communities
Guides
- African Diaspora: Home
- 13 Honest Books about Slavery Young People should actually Read
- Quebec's Caribbean (Hi)stories
Beauty, Health and Wellness
- Birth Queen
- The Doctor's Pharmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.
- Inhairitance
- Sickle Cell Foundation of Alberta
- Tara's Body
- Treatment of Sickle Cell
Ideas & Innovations
- Afrobiz.ca
- BLK + GRN
- Clare
- The Dad Gang
- GirlTrek
- Ghetto Gastro
- Greenwood Banking
- Lady Justice Brewing Company
- Push Black
Archives, Libraries, and Research Collections
- McGill University, Rare Books and Special Collections, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management: African Nova Scotians
- Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
- Le Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Hatienne, Caribeenne 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
News Media
- AfroToronto.com
- Byblacks.com
- Canadian Latino Newspaper
- The Caribbean Camera
- Ghanaian News Canada
- Good Black News
- Jamaicans.com
- La Jornada
- Magazine Latino
- Melanistic Magazine
- Montreal Community Contact
- Omoluabi
- Pride
- Ron Fanfair
- Share
- Toronto Caribbean
- Vision Newspaper
Other Resources
- African Nova Scotian Seafaring Project
- International Decade for People of African Descent
- Dr. Vibe Show
- Ted Talk: We are what we Think
- S. G. Howe: The Refugees from Slavery (1864)
- 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"
Podcasts
- 1619 Podcast
- Black History Year
- Secret Feminist Agenda
- TED Podcasts
- The Secret Life of Canada
- Therapy for Black Girls
- What's Her Name Podcast
Programs of Study
- The African Language Program and Harvard
- 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 Academic Associations
- The National Black Law Students Association of Canada
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
- Caribbean Studies Association
- The Association for Critical Race Art History
- National Council for Black Studies
- National Association of African American Studies
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- Black and Asian Studies Association
- The Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Research Chairs
- Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Transatlantic Black Diaspora Art and Community Engagement, NSCAD, Halifax, NS
- James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
- Jean Augustine Chair, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Teaching Tools: Charmaine Nelson
- Video: Canadian Slavery and its Legacies: A Conversation with Charmaine A. Nelson, Thomas More Institute, Montreal
- Video: McCready Lecture on Canadian Art: Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 20 January 2016
- Video: Dr. James McCune Smith Lecture, University of Glasgow, Scotland (October 2018)
- Article: "Portrait of a Negro Slave," Historica Canada
- Audio: CBC News Nova Scotia: Research on Nova Scotia Slave Advertising
- Audio: CJAD News Talk Radio Montreal: Slavery in Canada
- Video: Lecture: "Portrait of Negro Slave" (1786)
- Video: Montreal Black History Month Roundtable 2014 Laureate
- Video: Noah Leve Interview with Charmaine Nelson: "He should have known better"
- Audio: AGO: Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom: Interview with Curator Adam Levine on Race and Representation
- Video: Slavery, Geography, and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica
- Articles: The Walrus
- Video: Confederation Centre Art Gallery: Introduction to Canadian Slavery
- Video: Grappling with a Colonial Archive: An Introduction to Canadian Slavery
- Unravelling the Mystery: Edmonia Lewis and Bute
- Listen Notes: Charmaine Nelson Podcasts
- Video: Slavery, Mobility, and the Creolized Counter-Knowledge of Resistance (MSVU Black and Indigenous Speaker Series, 4 February 2022)
Teaching Tools: Other
- AGO: Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom
- A.. J. Smitherman, Civil Right Lawyer, Editor, Political Reformer
- BBC Two: Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
- The Black Cop: The Guardian
- CBC: Amber Valley, Alberta
- Being Black in P.E.I: Meet William Toussaint armed forces veteran and legion president
- Smithsonian Magazine: New Research Reveals the Transatlantic Slave Trade's Genetic Legacy
- American Journal of Human Genetics: Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas
- Black Enough? Why the first US Cowboys were Black
- The Fashion and Race Database
- Historica Canada: Black History Month Canada
- Kamala Harris Historic Victory Speech: "You chose Truth"
- Slate: The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes
- Sunn M'Cheaux: Gullah Teacha
- 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
- Ron Fanfair: Educator sacrificed his career for future generations
- 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
- Teen Vogue: Why you can't ever call an enslaved woman a Mistress
- Windrush: The Scandal isn't over (audio)
Temporary Resources
- African American Portraits: Photographs from the 1940's and 1950s
- Black History Month Creative Arts Gallery - University of Calgary
Transatlantic Slavery (Canada)
- Fugitives!: From Slavery to Human Rights
- Fugitives!: From Slavery to Resistance
- If Black Lives truly mattered in Canada, An Apology for Slavery is only the first step
- Nova Scotia: Acadian Slave Owners
- Nova Scotia: Land Claims, Racism, and Slavery
- Quebec History X
- Slavery's Long Shadow: The Impact of 200 Years of Enslavement in Canada
- Slavery, Resistance and Emancipation, Episode 1: What came before emancipation?
- Slavery and Resistance: Exploring the meaning of Emancipation Day in N.S.
Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery - Newsletters
Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery - Interviews
- Bruno Véras de Morais E. Silva, PhD Candidate, Department of History, York University, graduate student fellow (fall 2021)
- Jason Cyrus, PhD Candidate, History of Art, Warwick University, graduate student fellow (fall 2021)
- Tonya “Sam’Gwan” Paris, Independent Artist, artist-in-residence fellow (fall 2021)
Transatlantic Slavery
- American Journal of Human Genetics: Genetic Consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Americas
- The Clotilda: The Last Slave Ship known to have brought enslaved Africans to America
- CODART Focus: Slavery Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum 2021
- Enslaved: Documentary Series
- "Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade" Panel Discussion
- Freedom's Founders
- Hidden in Plain Sight: The History of Slavery in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, USA
- Historians Expose Early Scientists' debt to Slave Trade
- Film: Traces of the Trade
- Last known US Slave Ship found in Alabama
- A massive new effort to name million sold in to bondage during the transatlantic slave trade
- Preserving Black Heritage Sites: US Embassy, Ottawa
- Representing Slavery in Children's Literature
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Slavery
- Slavery in the North
- Smithsonian Magazine: New research Reveals at the Transatlantic Slave Trade's Genetic Legacy
- Teaching America's Truth, The Washington Post
- Les traces discrete de l'esclavage en France, Radio-Canada
- Why Management History Needs to Reckon with Slavery
- You want a Confederate Monument? NY Times OpEd
Transatlantic Slavery: Research Databases
- earlycanadianhistory.ca
- East Texas Digital Archives: Stephen F. Austin State University
- Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade
- Fashioning the Self
- Freedom on the Move
- The Geography of Slavery
- Le Marronnage
- North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements, 1750-1865
- People of the Founding Era: A Biographical Resource
- Runaway Slave Ads: Baltimore County, Maryland, 1842-1863
- Runaway Slave in Britain: Bondage, Freedom, and Race in the Eighteenth-Century
- Slavery Adverts 250: Twitter
- Slave House Database
- The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes
- Slave Voyages
Transatlantic Slavery and Universities
- Consortium: Universities Studying Slavery
- It's not just Cambridge University - All of Britain benefited from Slavery
- John Hopkins Reveals that its Founder owned Slaves
- Slavery and McGill University: Bicentenary Recommendations
- Slavery and the University