Join Dr. Dorothy Williams as she discusses her groundbreaking work on Montreal's Black community at the Shannon Lecture on January 13. Her books, including Blacks in Montreal and The Road to Now, are vital to understanding our shared history. ow.ly/GzZ250UEp6w

Starting 2025 with exciting news! Explore EnslavedAfricansInEarlyOntario.ca, led by @nhenrydixon. This #BlackDH project honours the lives of enslaved Africans in Ontario (1760–1834). Database launching soon! @slaveryOntario Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies @YorkU SSHRC #DigitalHumanities

Excited to announce Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone by our director Katrina Keefer (Trent University Research & Innovation Trent University Rowman & Littlefield SSHRC). Order now: rowman.com/ISBN/978166696… 💬 Comment for 30% off! #BookRelease

We congratulate Shruti Kapoor, our Outreach Consultant at Walk With Web, on successfully completing the Management Essentials 2024 program by MILVEST in collaboration with IIM Shillong!🌟 Congrats, Shruti! 👏 #WalkWithWeb #Leadership #IIMShillong #CareerGrowth

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honour Black communities' resilience, achievements & contributions worldwide. Stay tuned for updates on our work this month, celebrating and amplifying these contributions! #BHM2025 #HonorThePast #InspireTheFuture #CelebrateDiversity

This Black History Month, explore Mapping Ontario’s Black Archives (MOBA), a groundbreaking digital platform by Dr. Cheryl Thompson Toronto Metropolitan University. MOBA provides open access to Black archival collections across Ontario, preserving & enriching Black history. MobaProjects.ca

We is delighted to launch the Brought in Bondage Map, led by York University Prof Natasha Henry-Dixon. This interactive map highlights the forced migration of Black people in the 1700s & history of slavery in Toronto enslavedafricansinearlyontario.ca/Brought_in_Bon… @SlaveryOntario Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies SSHRC

This #BlackHistoryMonth, celebrate Black excellence in research! SSHRC is expanding funding for Black scholars at all academic levels—undergrad, master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral. To learn more, visit: nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/po… #BlackScholars #EquityinResearch #Diversity

Join us for a special retirement celebration honoring Prof. Paul Lovejoy (York University & Walk With Web), a leading historian of Africa and the African Diaspora! Featuring the book launch Transformations in History by Toyin Falola, celebrating Lovejoy's legacy. Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies @SSHRC

Tomorrow is the day! Join the Dept. of History & Harriet Tubman Institute York University to celebrate retirement & book launch in honour of Prof. Paul E. Lovejoy! Featuring Transformations in History by Prof. Toyin Falola. research.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.… SSHRC Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Walk With Web is delighted to partner with Central University in Sierra Leone to advance digital innovation through joint research, internships, and events. Six interns join us for Summer 2025. More updates soon! . . #Internships #AcademicIndustryPartnership #Collaboration

Walk With Web collaborator and assistant professor at Susquehanna University, Mégane Coulon will lead archival workshops at Sierra Leone Public Archive and give a lecture at Central University on Freetown’s history, trade, and social life. Grateful to our partners for their support!

Last week, Sierra Leone Public Archives hosted a workshop led by Dr. Mégane Coulon (Susquehanna University), co-director of Freedom Narratives, and organized by Walk With Web. This event was in prep for the upcoming archives’ website launch. Thanks to all partners, more coming soon!

Happy Canada Day! Today, we honor what makes Canada truly special—its people. From coast to coast to coast, our strength lies in our diversity, and Walk With Web, we believe the internet is a bridge that brings us all closer. #CanadaDay #StrongerTogether #Diversity #WalkWithWeb

Real people. Real stories. Real impact. At Walk With Web, we utilize technology and storytelling to amplify voices and connect communities. Let’s walk the path forward, together. walkwithweb.org #WalkWithWebVoices #TogetherWeRise #StoriesThatInspire

ReviewsInDH spotlights LiberatedAfricans.org, a project mapping #DigitalIdentities freed from slave ships in 19th century, only to face indentured labor. reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/liberated-… Partnership Digital Slavery Research Lab CU Boulder 🦬, support from SSHRC, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation

Event: Freedom Realized and Delayed Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon discusses Emancipation Day, Black resistance & Canadian history. 🗓️ July 27, 2025 🕑 2–4 PM EDT 📍 Simcoe Street Theatre, Collingwood ON Presented by Sheffield Park Black History Museum Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/freedom-real…

Today, we honor #NelsonMandelaDay! A powerful symbol of peace & justice, Mandela dedicated 67 years to human rights. His journey embodies resilience, reconciliation, and the power of collective action. Let’s honor him by dedicating some time today towards an act of kindness.

Celebrating 5 years of Walk With Web! Thank you to anyone who supported us through our journey as we embark on more collaborations and projects in the years ahead. Visit us at walkwithweb.org to learn more about our services, projects and initiatives. #Anniversary

Don’t miss special presentation Freedom Realized and Delayed featuring Walk With Web collaborator, director of One Too Many: African Enslavement in Early Ontario and assistant professor York University, Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon. Place: Collingwood | Date: July 27 | Time: 2-4PM EDT Tickets: ow.ly/nKLJ50WvzOi