Manitoba s Black history has become better integrated into school curriculums and not relegated to February, but historians say more work needs to be done as they collect and share the stories of Manitoba s Black community.
Winnipeg Free Press
Students, educators advocate for updates, additions to diversify Manitoba s curriculum
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West Kildonan Collegiate Grade 11 student Tofunmi Eludipo says her classes provide very little in the way of Black Canadian history.
Oluwadamilola Ojo can only remember spending a handful of classroom hours learning about Canada’s Black history everything else she knows has been self-taught.
Oluwadamilola Ojo can only remember spending a handful of classroom hours learning about Canada’s Black history everything else she knows has been self-taught. It’s a little bit embarrassing on the Manitoba government, because Winnipeg in particular is full of immigrants… and we don’t even know the history of Black Canadians, said Ojo, 17, the leader of Black History Month events at St. Mary’s Academy.