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The 2021 census data identifies 43.2% of the Town as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour. The Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton and Sheridan College, “Belonging and Racial Identity in Halton” is e timely.
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- Visit the Oakville Museum and check out their exhibits Freedom, Opportunity and Family: Oakville’s Black History, and The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom
- Check out the Halton Black History Awareness Society’s website to learn more about how they are promoting Canadian Black History in Halton
- Engage with this lecture on HHPL’s YouTube channel: Enslavement in Early Ontario, 1760 - 1834
- Reading Black & African-American Activists – February 13, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Virtual)
- Titles Book Club - Featuring: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris – February 16, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Tansley Woods Branch
- What We Deserve Film Premiere: A Black History Month Special Event – February 18, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Centennial Hall at Central Branch
- Check out the Halton Hills Public Library’s online exhibit RSM Henry Thomas Shepherd MBE to learn about Henry Thomas Shepherd and his legacy in Halton Hills
- Engage with this lecture on HHPL’s YouTube channel: Tracing Black Lives in Guelph, 1890 - 1945
- Oakville Museum
- Crafting Valentine Traditions (parented) – February 11, 10:30 a.m. to noon, registration closes February 8
- Black History Explorers in partnership with the Oakville Pubic Library and CCAH
- February 18, noon to 1 p.m. at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy Street, Oakville
- March 11, noon to 1 p.m. at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy Street, Oakville
- Celebrating African Cultures through Stories with Ekiuwa Aire – February 5, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Iroquois Ridge Branch
- Adult Book Club: Africville by Jeffrey Colvin – February 11, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Woodside Branch
- Black History Explorers in partnership with the Oakville Museum and CCAH
- February 18, noon to 1 p.m. at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy Street, Oakville
- March 11, noon to 1 p.m. at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy Street, Oakville
- Black History Month Art Hive with Camille King
- February 18, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Iroquois Ridge Branch
- February 19, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Branch
- Halton County Genealogy Meetup (Virtual) – February 21, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- The Four Points of the Compass: Oakville and the Underground Railroad – February 23, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Virtual)
- Oakville's Treaty Day: Learn About Local Indigenous History – February 28, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Central Branch
