REFLECTION & REASON

It's the time of year when we get an extra dose of reminders of all of the horrible atrocities committed openly against Black people here in Canada, and around the world. Reminders of the disrespect, the discrimination...and an annual reminder of how much more work needs to be done to attempt to repair the damages deliberately invoked on peoples of African descent. It would have been so wonderful to learn these stories in school from a young age, in addition to at-home lessons. To have everyone learn about the collective histories of settlers, and of the Indigenous, as we coloured maps of Canada and memorized capital cities in each province. Now designated as a National Historic Site, the spirit of the town of Africville holds so much more power and inspiration that geography class could have been enhanced with. Decades ago, had the truth been communicated openly. James Lorimer & Co. Ltd., Publishing, 2021 In the  Righting Canada's Wrongs  collection of anti-racism resour...

  RECOMMENDED READINGS ABOUT THE BLACK STUDENT EXPERIENCE If you're interested in researching the history of Black student movements, from an African-American perspective, Ibram X. Kendi wrote  The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstruction of Higher Education, 1965 - 1972 . Here's the book's overview: "Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically Black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, progressive Black universities, new faces, new ideas--in short, a truly diverse system of higher education relevant to the Black community." It continues to outline: "Taking inspiration from the Black Power Movement, Black students drew support from many quarters--including White, Latino, Chicano, Asian American, and Native American students--and disrupted and challenged institutions in nearly every state. By the end, black students had thoroughly...

Kya Publishing is compiling an ongoing list of articles and other resources on the subject of Black Students/Education in Canada, hosted on our website . The website also highlights resources for Publishing & Black Studies Programs in Canada . Your recommendations and additions are welcome; we hope this resource can serve as a guide for continued research and focused innovations. Please feel free to contact us at blackstudents@kyapublishing.com with your inquiries. DECEMBER 29, 2022 // Police in schools have outsize effect on Black children, report says (Maya Brown)  DECEMBER 21, 2022 // Bringing Halton’s rich Black history to the forefront (Tania Theriault)  DECEMBER 20, 2022 // Ontario teacher union engages in segregation by restricting bursary to black students (Jonathan Bradley)  DECEMBER 08, 2022 // White teacher often talk about Black students in racially coded ways (Jonathan Kirn)  DECEMBER 07, 2022 // To resolve youth violence, Canada must move beyond...