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Blackhurst Cultural Centre Commemorates the 10th Annual Underground Freedom Train Ride: “We’re Back on Track”

 

The Underground Freedom Train Ride and Emancipation Day Commemorations Still Matter…

Recently, Dr. Afua Cooper, Professor in the Sociology and Social Anthropology Department at Dalhousie University explained why issues around slavery and emancipation are still important. 

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A specific form of anti-black racism: Scholars want Canadian apology for slavery

Listen carefully for echoes and reverberations of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) as Blackhurst Managing Director Itah Sadhu regales you with a captivatingly told true story of the struggle to include the Jamaican Patty in Canadian popular culture

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Shab-e Yalda Celebrating the Winter Solstice
Shab-e Yalda: Celebrating the Winter Solstice​
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Shab-e Yalda, also known as Shab-e Chelleh, is an ancient celebration of the winter solstice, which is celebrated today in modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan amongst others. The winter solstice marks the beginning of winter, and the longest night of the year. On this day the sun is at the lowest point in the sky, so the day feels darker. From this point onwards, the length of daylight begins to increase each day, as the sun sets later. Shab-e Yalda translates to Night of Rebirth, referring to the “rebirth” of the sun, which will bring longer days after the winter solstice.

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Murray Sinclair – Canadian Leader
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He was well-known as Justice Murray Sinclair, the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba and only the second in all of Canada. He became a Canadian senator, then chancellor at Queen’s University.

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