How an infilled area of the Bedford Basin could advance the Africville story
A large piece of land that juts into the Bedford Basin and curves around Africville Park could one day be a marina or outdoor community space after consultation with community members, says the head of the Africville Heritage Trust.
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Africville Heritage Trust in talks to take ownership of land across from where the community once stood
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 7:00 PM AT | Last Updated: April 9
The Halifax Port Authority has been infilling part of the Bedford Basin since 2012 but a proposed land swap could see it turned over to the Africville Heritage Trust.(Halifax Port Authority)
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Children in front of the Marble Village Coloured School, [ca. 1900], Alvin D. McCurdy fonds, F 2076-16-5-2, Archives of Ontario, I0024783 The idea that racism doesn’t happen in Canada has been believed for many years and it’s not true. Black people faced racism when they first came to Canada. And unfortunately, Black Canadians are still victims of anti-Black racism today. Let s talk about segregation
Segregation means someone with power (like governments, for example) forces the separation of different racial groups (which is based on something like skin colour). This could happen in a country, community or shared space like schools, offices, movie theatres and so on.