A baby with curly brown hair and a smiling man with brown skin, black curly hair, and a black beard and mustache.

Me and my dad in the 80s. #BlackCanadian #AfricanNovaScotian

Dwelling on the Margins of Empire Embracing the concept of marginality as a method for recovering histories of home, this book explores communities that have been seen to exist outside of wester…

Gotta brag about my lil sis who has a cool book chapter hot off the presses. Check out Ch. 12, Working the land: Resistance, reclamation, and regenerative farming, by SJ Jones. #AfricanNovaScotian #Agriculture #BlackStudies #ExperimentalArcheology #MaterialCulture www.bloomsbury.com/ca/dwelling-...

N.S. education minister says schools are expected to fly diverse flags | CBC News Brendan Maguire says he will make it clear to South Shore school officials that a directive to remove any flag other than the Canadian and Nova Scotian flags must be reversed.

That was fast!
"Maguire said a 'clear message' would be sent to all schools that flags representing Mi'kmaw, African Nova Scotian, LGBTQ+ and other communities should be restored."
#Mikmaki #Acadie #AfricanNovaScotian #LGBTQ+ #NovaScotia #NSpoli

Only Canada, N.S. flags allowed outside schools on Nova Scotia's South Shore HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia centre for education has issued a directive allowing only Canada and Nova Scotia flags to fly outside South Shore schools.

Imagine trying to spin a naked act of discrimination as: just trying to protect the flags.
"The South Shore Regional Centre for Education, ... says it wants to ensure the removed flags are 'better cared for and protected from damage.'"
#Mikmaki #Acadie #AfricanNovaScotian #LGBTQ+ #NovaScotia #NSpoli

A poster to promote the call for applications for the 2025 Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award. The deadline has been extended to Monday, March 31, 2025 for BA/BES students at SMU who are planning to graduate in 2025. The poster includes a photo of Floyd Kane BA'92 on the set of his hit TV show, Diggstown.

Deadline extended to March 31: The Edna and Velma Thomas #KaneWritersAward supports students of #AfricanNovaScotian and Black/African descent in the next steps toward their #writing aspirations. Graduating in 2025 with a BA or BES from Saint Mary's University? Learn more: loom.ly/7sBnm9g.