Black History Month

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Whitby Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Black Entrepreneurs for Black History Month
On February 2nd, the Whitby Chamber of Commerce held a Black History Month panel to highlight Black entrepreneurs in Durham Region.
Peterborough Proclaims February Black History Month at Community Race Relations Committee-led Event
On the evening of February 1st, the Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough (CRRC) kicked off Black History Month with their Proclamation Event in collaboration with the City of Peterborough and the Peterborough Public Library. 
Dear Jackie: Learning About Black History in Canada
It is impossible to move on from the past without admitting and addressing what had happened. The future is bleak if the mistakes of the past are not recognized, addressed, and compensated for. Canada’s multiculturalism policy is set to fail because the country has failed to address the way it has marginalized several groups. Canadians compare themselves to the United States and convince themselves that they are better because they are not as bad. A long history of slavery, racist immigration policy, segregation and violence against Black people in Canada is continually disregarded because it is not taught nor talked about.
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Black Girls Chatter
*Content Warning* This episode covers sensitive topics including physical sexual assault/rape/murder. Alicia and Shaela dive into the foundational alignment of the stereotypical representation of Blackness and how this representation has affected the day-to-day life of Black individuals globally, in a historic and modern day sense.
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