Many people from other parts of the Americas reflect on their identity in the month of October, also known as Latin American Heritage Month in Canada. Karla Martínez Pomier, originally from Havana and now living in Hamilton, is one of them.
Back home, Danielle Berges was taught only one side of the story when it comes to Dominican-Haiti relations, she says. Now, as she takes a new course on decolonized history of Latin America in Hamilton, she is learning there's more to it.
A new network at McMaster University, launching formally during Latin American Heritage Month, is out to centre Black and Indigenous content in the field of study, while celebrating and supporting Latin American students in Hamilton.