A curated selection of open-access readings assembled by Dr. Cory Wright-Maley, highlighting the rich tapestry of Black Canadian history. From narratives of resilience to examinations of identity, these texts illuminate crucial aspects of the Black experience in Canada.
- Bass, S. (2022, March 3). Why I continue to teach Black history despite the price I pay as a Black teacher. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/first-person-teaching-Black- history-1.6369017
- Crawford, C., Flynn, K., & Gooden, A. (2012). Constructing Black Canada. Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, 5(1–2), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.22215/sjcs.v5i1.286den
- Dei, G. J. S. (2012). Indigenous anti-colonial knowledge as ‘heritage knowledge’ for promoting Black/ African education in diasporic contexts. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 102–119. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18631
- Gooden, A., & Crawford, C. (2016). Teaching Black Canada (s) across borders: Insights from the Caribbean and United States. Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, 7, 3–18. https://doi.org/10. 22215/sjcs.v7i0.1169
- Henry, N. L. (2010). Emancipation day: Celebrating freedom in Canada. Dundurn. https://books.google.ca/books?id=JiB_Bp2zMX8C&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Hyslop, K. (2018, March 7). Imagining Canada ‘Where Black lives do matter’: A tyee Q&A with Canadian Black feminist Robyn Maynard. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/03/07/Canada- Black-Lives-Matter/
- Kelly, J. R. (2010). Engaging community: Exploring the African-Canadian experience through dialogue and script writing. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 36(2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.21225/D5W88Z
- Lobo, R. (2021). Resisting erasure: Photographic archives and Black history in Canada. International Journal of Canadian Studies, 58, 7–36. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijcs.58.x.7
- McRae, M. (n.d). The story of slavery in Canadian history: It happened here, too. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights. https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-slavery-in-canadian-history
- Nelson, C. A. (2020, October 1). Our unspoken discomfort with interracial relationships: Canada’s history of slavery has had a profound impact on how we view cross-racial couples. The Walrus. https://thewalrus.ca/our-unspoken-discomfort-with-interracial-relationships/
- Smith, L., Kashubeck-West, S., Payton, G., & Adams, E. (2017). White professors teaching about racism: Challenges and rewards. The Counseling Psychologist, 45(5), 651–668. https://doi.org/10. 1177/0011000017717705