Passages Canada
@passagescanada
A past program of @HistoricaCanada, Passages Canada brought spoken stories of cultural diversity & immigration into schools and community groups.
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Joignez-vous à Historica Canada et au Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity pour le lancement de la première Minute du patrimoine LGBTQ2! Apprenez-en plus : eventbrite.ca/e/launching-th…
Today, we are very proud to announce that our Kensington Market #HeritageMinute has been nominated for the Heritage Toronto Public History Award! If you haven't seen this #HeritageMinute yet, check it out here! #HTAwards
“We are all immigrants in Canada”. For every culture that makes up the country, there are thousands of different stories. Watch how Passages Canada introduces today’s immigrants to #Canada - loom.ly/wkd_esA #NewCdns #NewtoCanada
#OTD 55 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous #IHaveADream speech in Washington. Like #MLK, Canada also had civil rights activists that fought for equal rights. Hugh Burnett, born in Dresden, ON in 1918 was one of these people. Learn his story: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hug…
"The sky was just lit up like it was broad daylight. There was so much going on about us. And all we could hear was bombs." Welsford Daniels was born in Halifax and enlisted in Montréal at the age of 19. To hear his full story visit the The Memory Project: thememoryproject.com/stories/716:we…
Apprenez-en plus sur l’histoire du droit de vote des Canadiens noirs. Réduits à l'esclavage de 1600 à 1834, les Noirs n’avaient pas accès au vote. Une fois émancipés, cela change, mais la discrimination raciale fait souvent obstacle au droit de vote. encyclopediecanadienne.ca/fr/article/dro…
It is a pleasure to sharing my story with the young of the #french high school #EtienneBrule CS Viamonde Serge PAUL the young students got out of there very much inspired Passages Canada Historica Canada #MoisdelhistoiredesNoirs
On March 8th, the Bank of Canada will unveil the first look at the new $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond. Learn more about Desmond’s courageous fight against racial discrimination in Nova Scotia by watching our #HeritageMinute.
Introducing our new Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide. This guide isn't just for teachers - it is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn about diverse narratives in Canada and the complex relations between Indigenous peoples & settlers. fb.historicacanada.ca/education/engl…
Congrats to Dr. afua cooper who has been named Halifax's new poet laureate! We were honoured to have Dr. Cooper speak at our Black History Month event last year and we are so happy to hear this wonderful news! You can watch Dr. Cooper's talk here: youtube.com/watch?v=0c1Fes…
In 1948, Norman Kwong became the 1st Chinese Canadian football player as a member of the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL. Norman played 12 yrs, won 4 Grey Cups & was twice named the most outstanding player. Learn more about Norman this #AsianHeritageMonth. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nor…
Thanks to Historica Canada, Roaming Storytellers will be on @npstoronto from 11:30am to 1:30pm at #TONewcomerDay to share their experiences of immigration. Be sure to chat with one of them!
Toronto! Join us June 12 at Glad Day Bookshop as we launch the first LGBTQ2 #HeritageMinute with Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Food, drink, prizes, storytellers, and it's all free! More info: eventbrite.ca/e/launching-th…
