February is Black Historical past Month—a time the place we have a good time Black Canadians’ many contributions to Canada’s historical past and tradition.
Manitoba hosts many Black cultures. In actual fact, the quickest rising Black inhabitants in Canada is on the Canadian Prairies, the place it has quadrupled within the final 20 years.
Here’s a listing of in-person and digital assets to mark Black Historical past Month 2023 in Manitoba.
In-Individual Occasions
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Black Historical past Manitoba is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. with Black Historical past Month opening ceremonies. The forty second annual celebration shall be held at 1425 Manitoba Ave. Pastor Azariah Francis is the particular visitor speaker for this occasion. Contact Black Historical past Manitoba for extra particulars at BHMWinnipeg@gmail.com. | Sunday, Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.
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Black Historical past Manitoba’s First Friday occasion is hosted on the Manitoba Museum. No tickets are required to entry the Museum Galleries, Planetarium and Science Gallery. | Feb. 3 from 4 to 9 p.m.
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The College of Winnipeg’s Pupil Affiliation, in partnership with the Canadian Federation of College students Manitoba, is internet hosting a celebration of Black history and culture. Try the BIPOC Pupil Lounge within the Bulman Pupil Centre. | Friday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m.
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Black Historical past Manitoba is internet hosting a film night time at Vincent Massey Collegiate, at 975 Dowker Ave.. | Feb. 10 at 6 p.m.
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Black Historical past Month is partnering with the Jamaican Affiliation of Manitoba to host a drive-through luncheon. Tickets are $15 for the occasion at 1098 Winnipeg Ave.. | Feb. 12 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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The Jamaican Affiliation of Manitoba is internet hosting a historical past lesson in their corridor at 1098 Winnipeg Ave. The occasion is free to attend. | Feb. 20 at 10:30 a.m.
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Black Historical past Manitoba is presenting a gospel live performance for Black Historical past Month, the Heart, Spirit and Soul Concert. New Beginnings Church at 1073 St. Mary’s Rd. will host the occasion. Tickets are $10. | Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m.
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Chamber Orchestra Musaic is honouring composers of African descent with an upcoming live performance, Shall We Gather, at Bethel Mennonite Church. This system contains works from composers from Ghana, the USA, Cuba, Jamaica and the UK. Tickets vary from $15 to $30 and will be bought on the door or by emailing chamorchwb@gmail.com. | Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.
Digital occasions
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Black Historical past Manitoba is internet hosting a trivia problem about Black athletes. This digital occasion contains prizes and giveaways. E mail bhmwinnipeg@gmail.com for extra info. | Feb. 4 from 7 to eight p.m.
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Black Historical past Manitoba is internet hosting digital area journeys to showcase Black historical past in Canada. This dwell, interactive area journey to the Manitoba Museum is geared toward college teams, homeschoolers and households. The digital tour will concentrate on Black communities in Canada, with an emphasis on tales from Manitoba. Registration is free.| Feb. 8 from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. and Feb. 22 from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m..
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The University of Manitoba Black Alliance is internet hosting a panel dialogue on the Scarborough Constitution. Audio system will embrace Dr. Barrington Walker, Dr. Knowledge Tetty, Dr. Michael Benarroch, Naomi Andrew, Orinthia Babb and Valerie Williams, with moderation by Dr. Warren Clarke. The occasion is free and shall be hosted on Zoom. Registration is open now. | Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
Native Assets
The College of Winnipeg College students’ Affiliation (UWSA) has added extra native and nationwide assets to their rising Black History Month list, with classes starting from eating places to neighborhood organizations.
To Watch
On CBC Gem
This ground-breaking wickedly humorous mockumentary collection, Sherman’s Showcase travels by means of time by way of music and clips drawn from the forty-year library of a legendary (fictional) music & selection present.
On CBC Docs
After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the primary Black man to play in Main League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights motion in the USA. When Robinson broke the color barrier in skilled baseball in 1946, the not possible appeared attainable in a segregated North America. All Montrealers, Black and white cheered him on and handled him like a hero. However did the white majority use the historic second to perpetuate the parable of a post-racial society?
To Pay attention
CBC Music
The Block is music of Black origin spanning a fluid mosaic of types. The Block is about tradition and neighborhood. Repping the weather of hip hop from its roots to its far reaching affect. Pay attention weekdays from 7 to 9 p.m..
Frequencies is a weekly one-hour present hosted by Errol Nazareth. Audiences shall be tuning in to music from all over the world and right here in Canada with tales that revolve across the experiences of Canadians of color and immigrants who’re sustaining and adapting their tradition. In different phrases, discovering their new frequencies. Pay attention Tuesdays 6 to 7 p.m. and Sundays from 4 to five p.m..
Comply with host Odario Williams as he fills your nights with music. Every weeknight Afterdark‘s musical journey leads off with fashionable up to date hits. Because the night time unfolds you may uncover new sounds starting from art-pop to avant-garde. Pay attention weekdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
CBC’s Black On The Prairies Playlist
Expertise the Prairies by means of music created by the highest Black artists hailing from Wild Rose Nation, The Land of the Residing Skies and Pleasant Manitoba. Hear Ruth B, Tremendous Responsibility Robust Work, Nuela Charles, JayWood and extra on the Black On The Prairies Playlist.
CBC Podcasts
The Africas vs. America is a seven-part podcast collection in regards to the bombing of a Black household in Philadelphia in 1985. The assault killed 11 folks, together with 5 youngsters, and the following hearth set a complete neighbourhood to ruins. The targets that day? A household recognized collectively as MOVE, who discovered themselves ensnared in a metropolis — and nation’s — home conflict on Black Liberation. Host Matthew Amha investigates the occasions that culminated within the MOVE bombing, and the lengthy afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. By means of intimate conversations, The Africas VS. America gives an unseen look into the MOVE’s origins and dynamics whereas waiting for the group’s unsure future.
The Africas VS. America3:30Introducing: The Africas VS. America
To those who keep in mind, it’s recognized merely because the bombing of West Philly. Within the spring of 1985, the Metropolis of Philadelphia turned the primary in U.S. historical past to drop a bomb on a household of Americans. The assault killed 11 folks, together with 5 youngsters, and the following hearth set a complete neighborhood to ruins. The targets that day? A household of Black radicals recognized collectively as MOVE, who discovered themselves ensnared in a metropolis — and nation’s — home conflict on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the occasions that culminated within the MOVE bombing, and the lengthy afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy. By means of intimate conversations, The Africas VS. America gives an unseen look into the MOVE’s origins and dynamics whereas waiting for the group’s unsure future.
Hearken to The Africas vs. America on CBC Pay attention on February 6.
To Learn
The Winnipeg Public Library has put collectively a guide about Black historical past, with an emphasis on Canadian experiences. The assets embrace articles, documentaries, brief movies, and e book suggestions. You may as well choose from the classes beneath:
Within the classroom
If you happen to’re a trainer or educator on the lookout for classroom content material for Black Historical past Month, CBC’s academic portal Curio.ca has launched a Black on the Prairies trainer’s information. For the month of February, the teacher’s guide is available for free.
CBC Children
CBC Children has Black Historical past Month content material for teenagers age six and older.
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Read stories about distinguished Black Canadians and their place in historical past.
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Watch CBC Children movies on YouTube.
Need extra?
What does it imply to be Black in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba? It’s not possible to restrict greater than 200 years of recorded Black presence on the Prairies to a single definition. Black on the Prairies started as a multiplatform undertaking led by CBC senior reporter Omayra Issa and CBC radio host Ify Chiwetelu.
Try CBC’s Being Black in Canada. It focuses on the various tales and experiences of Black Canadians and a breadth of content material together with information, documentaries, arts and different programming. Test again over the course of the month for first-person tales from Black Canadians from throughout the Prairies.
Have an occasion or useful resource so as to add? E mail us at communications.winnipeg@cbc.ca.