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Posted: Apr 25, 2021 2:00 AM MT | Last Updated: April 25 We don t know exactly what Lulu Anderson looked like, but we know she is an early example of a Black Canadian refusing to accept systemic racism.(Brnesh Berhe) This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In May 1922, Lulu Anderson walked down the bright streets of Jasper Avenue in Edmonton toward the Metropolitan Theatre. She held a ticket for The Lion and The Mouse, a play that was reported as taking the city by storm. ....
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. ....
Author of the article: Fish Griwkowsky Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021 • February 5, 2021 • 2 minute read • Head on out to Deep Freeze this weekend and bring your skates! Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Fiddle & Skate: In a physical way, pretty much the only active show in town this weekend is Deep Freeze, with art installations including Marc Fornes’ Luna Over Vaulted Willow in Borden Park. But when it’s this cold the best thing to do is keep the blood flowing lest you turn into a cherry Slurpee, and so the Fiddle & Skate option sounds most awesome skating around to the tune of French-Canadian music at one of three rinks: Spruce Avenue (10240 115 Ave.); Eastwood (11903 86 St.); or Parkdale Cromdale (11335 85 St.). There’s a map and program of ....
Author of the article: Fish Griwkowsky Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 4, 2021 • 2 minute read • Kelly Davies working on a ice sculpture of a moose playing a violin on Borden Park for Deep Freeze. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Deep Freeze begins: Well, the name does specifically warn us, right? Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Fête kicks off Friday at Borden Park and across seven community leagues (Parkdale, Eastwood, Alberta Avenue, Elmwood, Delton, Westwood and Spruce Avenue) with ice sculptures, skating, performance, lanterns and, presumably, a little fire in the holes, all celebrating Indigenous, Ukrainian and Francophone culture and our impressive resilience in this damned Hoth wannabe. ....