Ghosts of Remembrance is a powerful virtual reality app that brings to life Canada's long-buried history of slavery.
Toronto, Ontario
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It’s not a secret. Ghosts of Remembrance, a VR app exploring stories of slavery in Canada is in development. Award-winning creators @glacelawrence, @nvalcin5, @sashaboersma, & @TedBrunt from @gumsmarts, are the exec team. Follow & share our journey. #VR #BlackHistory #Innovation
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#OTD On August 1, 1834, #slavery was abolished in Canada. Below a picture shows North Buxton Marching Band performing at the 1960 Emancipation day parade in Windsor, Ontario. Happy Emancipation Day! #slaveryarchive #twitterstorians
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I had a really moving experience in BREONNA'S GARDEN AR app, which was created in collaboration with Breonna Taylor's family to share their love & memories of her.
I spoke with @yesladypheOnix on her journey, process, & intentions in creating this project.
voicesofvr.com/995-breonnas-…
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Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, take a minute to learn about Opal Lee—the woman who did more than anyone to make it happen. Let’s follow her lead and try to leave our grandkids a better world than the one we came up in. cnn.com/2021/06/17/us/iyw-ju…
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Looking forward to this discussion!
Join us for a discussion about the Black History in Canada.
👇🏿Register Now! Limited Space!👇🏿: BlackHistoryinCanada.eventbr…
#BlackHistoryInCanada #TamilCommunityLearningSeries #Tamil
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If this guy is gonna try to use an ad hominem about how many history courses the brilliant @wickdchiq has taken to try to win a debate about racism...which he clearly has no qualifications to argue...let me just undo the "history" the man was spouting. /2
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Here’s what all the revisionist historians in my mentions are complaining about: I was on @CTV_PowerPlay to talk about #HarryandMeghanOprah and former lieutenant governor of Ontario David Onley turned it into a treatise of how good Canada was during slavery #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
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Early Black settlers arrived in Newmarket via underground railroad newmarkettoday.ca/remember-t… via @newmarkettoday
Quebec History X: Exploring Quebec’s Black and slave past with historian and rapper Aly Ndiaye cbc.ca/localinteractives/qc/…
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William D. Chappelle was @DaveChappelle’s great-grandfather. He was enslaved at birth in 1857 in South Carolina and went on to become educated and President of Allen University, a HBCU in SC. He was also the 37th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. #SNL
This Montrealer leads walking tours to teach others about Black history
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“Mary Ann Shadd was born on this day in 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware.” @meeshell_t beautiful!#blackcanadianhistory #googledoodle
A #GoogleDoodle in honor of American-Canadian newspaper editor & publisher, journalist, teacher, lawyer, abolitionist, & suffragist Mary Ann Shadd Carry.
🎨 by guest artist @meeshell_t → goo.gle/32Pwbda
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Super excited, today I got my copy of this new @InfoAgePub book with my latest chapter "Where are the Black People?”: Teaching Black History in ON, Cda"! I examine the state of the teaching of Black history & illustrate how to teach Black history using an antiracist framework.
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(1/3)Today's Freedom Fighter Spotlight features American-Canadian #lawyer, #abolitionist, and #publisher, Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Cary was the first #Black woman publisher in North America and the first #woman publisher in 🇨🇦 for her newspapers entitled, "The Provincial Freeman”...
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Today is Emancipation Day in Jamaica, the day African slaves in British colonies received freedom from slavery.
So, here's yet another thread of vintage photos of Jamaica, this one highlights Jamaican joy! 🖤
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Between c.1629-1834, approx. 4,000 people of African descent were enslaved across Canada. This left a legacy of discrimination & systemic racism, that Black Canadians still feel today. Learn more about this shameful period of our history ➡ ow.ly/lim750ANwxY
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This Saturday, watch FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2020, a CBC special celebrating Black Canadian artists hosted by Ngozi Paul (@gozigirltweets) and featuring performances from @JullyBlack @DOdelisca @EsieMensah and many more! cbc.ca/1.5667532