Hello Friends,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a busy week.<\/p>\n
Through these weeks of reflecting, celebrating, and learning about the history of Black Canadians, I hope the sheer diversity of the Black Canadian experience has been evident. When we speak about Black history we can speak about it within the Canadian context, and as we\u2019ve seen via some of the resources previously shared, the uniqueness of Black history in our own region, as well as Black history in the broader global context.<\/p>\n
We know that Black history doesn’t begin with slavery. Yet, often, that’s the first narrative we encounter in our Canadian education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Missing from this are stories of\u00a0Black excellence<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where were the stories and histories of pre-colonial African history? The Black kings and queens who existed, and who still exist? What of the leaders, the activists, the scientists, the doctors, the inventors, the writers, the content creators? All these people who have contributed to society, to science, and art, and who have shaped our culture, where are they? They exist…and fill pages and pages in Nigerian, Eritrean, Ghanaian, Jamaican and Barbadian textbooks. Immigrants from these countries and regions bring this knowledge with them and share with their children, families, and friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n Friends, the Black Canadian experience is diverse. We need to recognize and celebrate this diversity.<\/p>\n Many of you have shared that you are looking to learn more. We know that students are wanting to learn more. Black Canadian students, in particular, aren\u2019t waiting around either, they are proactively seeking this knowledge via their own research, blogs, books, movies, and podcasts. For this week, I wanted to share and amplify Black artists and content creators, and given that we all learn differently, here are my suggestions for engagement this week. Enjoy!<\/p>\n Watch movies and television shows! There are tons of great ones on streaming sites like Netflix,<\/a>\u00a0Hulu,<\/a>\u00a0Prime<\/a>\u00a0and Disney+<\/a>, most of which have been created, written, and star Black artists and centre Black stories and the Black gaze (more on this next week!).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n You can also check out the\u00a0National Film Board of Canada<\/a>\u00a0as they’ve curated a great line up. This is a list of 10 films that \u2018Celebrate Black Excellence\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n If you haven\u2019t seen Abbot Elementary<\/a>\u00a0yet you\u2019re missing out friends! This is an incredibly insightful and funny show, which is created by and stars the incredible Quinta Brunson<\/a>, a young, Black content creator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n If you\u2019re more of a podcast person, check out and share these<\/a>\u00a0podcasts<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Black Canadians<\/a>\u00a0with your colleagues and your students. My personal favourites are \u2018The Secret Life of Canada\u2019 and ‘Code Switch’.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Once again friends, if you have any suggestions or would like for me to share and amplify events or resources, or if you have questions or want to chat some more, please feel free to connect with me. As ever,<\/p>\n Sundeep<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n For more information, contact Sundeep Hans at sundeep.hans@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 03\/01\/2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello Friends, It\u2019s been a busy week. Through these weeks of reflecting, celebrating, and learning about the history of Black Canadians, I hope the sheer diversity of the Black Canadian experience has been evident. When we speak about Black history we can speak about it within the Canadian context, and as we\u2019ve seen via some … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myufv","category-news","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26895,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26878\/revisions\/26895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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