“Canada is quite a blessing for anybody who is here. So being black is one of the aspects that I can give to the country, that I can express myself in. And Canada allows you to do that, with ...

How can you be a lawyer – you are Black!” When I got into my car, I called my husband and started sobbing as I recalled the incident to him. After being in Canada for almost 50 years ...

Most Black Canadians participating in politics face discrimination and barriers to getting involved in government, according to a recent study. Erin Tolley, who is a Canada Research Chair in ...

The first Black person in Canada, Mathieu Da Costa, arrived on the country’s East Coast in 1605. He’d sailed with Samuel de Champlain, hired as a valued interpreter. But for the many Blacks ...