{"id":3609,"date":"2022-02-02T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2022-03-24T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:25:26","slug":"february-is-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/february-is-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"February is Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February is <\/span><b>Black History Month<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an opportunity to honour, celebrate, and reflect on the experiences and stories of Black Canadians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcblackhistory.ca\/black-history-month-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BC Black History Awareness Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website, there are a number of opportunities to listen and learn:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcblackhistory.ca\/events\/#dr-june-francis\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History of anti-Black Racism in Canadian Schools and Universities<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Dr. June Francis: on Saturday, Feb 5, 1:30 to 3 pm (Livestream) will explore <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cthe ways in which the history of Canadian educational institutions have contributed to persistent and contemporary anti-black racism in the educational system.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A conversation with Dr. Cornel West <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bcblackhistory.ca\/events\/#dr-cornel-west\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a Hope Amid Crisis<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Wednesday, Feb 16, 5 to 6 pm (Livestream) focuses on \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">economics, democracy, racial justice and Black identity.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationally, the Government of Canada is hosting a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/campaigns\/black-history-month.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtual celebration on Facebook Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Feb. 17, 7 pm EST (4 pm PST) with performances, tributes, interviews, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also find online and print resources for adults and children through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/virl.bc.ca\/black-history-month\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Island Regional Libraries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (VIRL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, the Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Centre celebrated Black\/African Canadians with a poster campaign in the windows of Courtenay businesses. You can visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvllc.ca\/black-history-month\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cvllc.ca\/black-history-month<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to view the posters and profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have a local community Black History Month event in the Comox Valley or Campbell River to share? Please email us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@immigrantwelcome.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@immigrantwelcome.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is Black History Month, an opportunity to honour, celebrate, and reflect on the experiences and stories of Black Canadians. On the BC Black History Awareness Society website, there are a number of opportunities to listen and learn: History of anti-Black Racism in Canadian Schools and Universities with Dr. June Francis: on Saturday, Feb 5, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[68,69],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3619,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3609\/revisions\/3619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantwelcome.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}