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February is Black History Month in Oakville

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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. 

Just a few things chat can be done.

  • 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
The Four Points of the Compass: Oakville and the Underground Railroad  

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Dr. Karolyn Smardz Frost has helped explore and preserve our nation's rich African Canadian past for nearly four decades.  Recently she has been working with the Town of Oakville to unearth clues to the lives of Black immigrants who made Halton County their home during the Underground Railroad era. In this presentation learn about four of those individuals who arrived from the South, West, North, and East. Each carried with them skills and talents, courage and ambition to help build Oakville as we know it today.
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  • 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
  •  Black History Explorers in partnership with the Oakville Pubic Library and CCAH
​Oakville Public Library
  • Halton County Genealogy Meetup (Virtual) 

Visit the Oakville Museum
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See the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton website.  
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Freedom, Opportunity and Family: Oakville’s Black History

The Underground Railroad: Next Stop Freedom
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Permanent Exhibits at Erchless Estate, 8 Navy Street
Turner Chapel in Oakville. See more videos.
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  • HOME
  • Contact
    • DONATE
  • ABOUT
    • Our Story
    • Our Town
    • Our Downtown
    • Our Office and Grounds
    • Our Thomas House
    • Our Interns
    • Our Sponsors
    • Our Plaques
    • Supporting our Cadets
  • Membership
    • Join, Renew or Update
    • Why Be A Member
    • Our Volunteers
  • Publications and Resources
    • Newsletters
    • Reprints >
      • Beautiful Oakville - 1897
      • Garden of Canada - c1902
      • Telephone Book 1947
      • The Sumner Diaries
    • Audio Video >
      • Videos of Life in Early Oakville
      • Oakville Heritage Moments
    • Links
  • Collections and Exhibits
    • Archives, Photos and Libraries
    • Stories
    • Village Essays
    • Website
    • Basket Factory Memorial Plaques
    • War >
      • War Memorials
      • First World War >
        • First World War Poppies Exhibit
        • Munro Letters
    • Ontario Farmerettes
    • Health Care As It Was >
      • Health Care As It Was - Continued
    • Oakville Images
    • Plaqued Houses and Buildings
    • The Thomas House
    • Town of Oakville Online Collections
  • Activities
    • Ghost Walks >
      • Ghost Stories
      • Review Ghost Walks
      • Reviews
      • Questions and Comments
      • Manage Tickets
      • Volunteer for Ghost Walks
      • Photos, and Videos 2023 Ghost Walks
      • Photos 2022 Ghost Walks
      • Photos 2010 - 2022, Reviews 2016 - 2018
    • Speakers' Nights
    • Reviews 2022 Ghost Walks
    • Video Ghost Stories
    • The Thomas House
    • Guided Walking Tours
    • Self-guided Walking Tours >
      • Downtown Oakville Historical Walk
      • Erchless Estate
      • Navy Street
      • Old Oakville
      • Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District
      • Trafalgar-Allan Corridor
      • Lot 12
      • Historic Reynolds
    • Black History Month
    • Indigenous History Month
    • Culture Days
    • Historic Places Days
    • Yard Sale
    • Oakville Mayor’s Picnic
    • Family Activities >
      • Family Day
      • Annual Family Activities
      • Colouring >
        • Jigsaw Puzzles
  • Shop
    • Shop
    • Fine Art Prints
    • Shop Order Form
    • Art of Oakville
    • Payment
    • Annual Sale