Canadian schools devote time to Black history and the Black Canadian experience in February, but what happens the rest of the year? Many educators, historians, students and community members are working to make Black history part of everyday learning.
At one Edmonton high school, students are taking the lead and sharing Black issues with their peers, with topics ranging from micro-aggression to mental health to success stories. But it's already encountered some resistance.
For Alberta’s class of 2021, there will be no awkward slow dances with their grad dates, no big banquets to mark the milestone of graduation. For a second year, these rites of passage have been altered or canceled outright by the pandemic.