Bee Quammie is a freelance writer and the co-host of The Kultur’D Show on Global News Radio.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve absorbed the seemingly never-ending stream of news surrounding the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by police in Minneapolis. It can’t be healthy to take in so much trauma – in the middle of a global pandemic, no less – but I at least attempt to transform the pain and fury into fuel for my actions. One such action has been reflecting on Black Canadian activism. It has always been a force, and being aware of its past can help us shape its future.
One major failing of Canadian history education is that histories related to Black folks – save for the Underground Railroad, Viola Desmond and a handful of other notable Black Canadian “firsts” – are missing. My initial understandings of Black activism and Black-led protests consisted of the Jamaican history my parents shared with me, and the United States’ history of the Montgomery bus boycotts, the Black Panther Party, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. I learned next to nothing about Black Canadian activist movements until I sought out the information myself in adulthood – and as a first-generation Canadian, that knowledge helped me redefine my role in the movement.
From the Jamaican Maroons who fought for their freedoms after being transplanted in Nova Scotia in the late 1700s, to the Black student activists who made history in the 1969 Sir George Williams Affair, to the 1991 sit-in led by Black women to secure funding for Women’s Health In Women’s Hands – North America’s first community health centre dedicated to serving racialized women – to the Black Lives Matter movement in the new millennium, Canada has been shaped by the sociopolitical actions of Black people in this country.
Last month, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) began their investigation into Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s death while in police presence in Toronto. Many reacted to the SIU’s involvement with skepticism – while meant to be an impartial arm of police accountability, that trust has eroded, particularly within racialized communities. The twist is that the SIU itself was originally formed through the efforts of Black Canadian activists.
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Source: The Globe and Mail
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Justin Trudeau’s “Liberal” government is planning on criminalizing the CERB making it a crime punishable by large fines or jail time if you receive the CERB and do not return to work or accept a job offer ‘when reasonable’, as well as other cases of ‘fraud’:
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The name N95 comes from the fact the masks filter 95% of airborne particles, such as viruses. Lab results show Tommye’s masks block 96.5%.
N95s weren’t intended for all-day use, so they tend to carve painful, unsightly marks into noses, cheeks and chins. Hers don’t.
With nowhere for exhaled carbon dioxide to escape, N95 wearers sometimes suffer dizziness or headaches. Hers have an air pocket so the C02 floats more easily away
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