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Ontario adding mandatory Black history learning to Grades 7, 8 and 10 courses (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How uncharacteristically progressive!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Finally some good news! Although I'm sort of surprised this didn't exist already

[–] otp 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if I learned it in those grades, but I do remember attention being given to BHM in Februaries in elementary and high school. Black history was explicitly taught in elementary school for me for sure. I remember learning about The Underground Railroad.

Of course, they glossed over the fact that Canada had slavery too, they just ended it earlier. We also didn't need a war to do it, so there's that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I know halifax has some shit history that i didn't learn in school -- i think i mostly learned about black history from american sources, and my own reading.