Opinion in Dialogue

Opinions in Dialogue: Importance of incorporating Black history into education

Editor's Note: Names used in conversation have been changed for the sake of anonymity As Black Lives Matter protests continue in the US as well as here in Canada, the questions of ways to bring more awareness to the oppression Black Canadians have faced comes up. Education is one way to do so, but school curriculum currently doesn’t include Canadian Black history — or at least, not to the extent it should be taught. Why is it that the education students in Canada are given does not include the oppression Black people?   Manisha: I was having a conversation the…

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