CBC*: 'Teachers are helping Black history become part of everyday learning in schools.
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'Black history is Canadian history,' says historian and professor Afua Cooper'.
*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/black-canadian-history-classrooms-1.6369258
'While walking high schoolers through the Vancouver neighbourhood where the historic Black community of Hogan's Alley was located, Ruby Smith Díaz sometimes asks the teens to snap a photo of something that resonates with them.
Smith Diaz, an arts-based facilitator, educator and artist, leads those tours as part of her workshop series exploring Black history and the Black Canadian experience with secondary students and fellow teachers.
Once, a student shared a photo of a mosque after their tour had stopped at Fountain Chapel, one of the few landmarks still remaining after Hogan's Alley was largely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
She described the mosque as a "safe place" that helped her connect with "why a church might be important for someone of African ancestry that lived in Vancouver at that time," explained Smith Díaz.'
Black History Month in Canada and The U.S. may be over but it's good to see the
CBC continuing their regular informative articles. There's much more text, photos, videos and and access to 'Black On The Prairies: A Teacher's Guide' plus 'Being Black
In Canada' at the link above. I have edited the OP title to fit.