[BCMA] Speaker Series: Building a Brighter Future

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Take a Look at the next Speaker Series, offered by the Museum of Surrey. Completely virtual and free, join this discussion for Black History month and learn more about chattel slavery, and how reparations for Black Communities would brighten Canada’s future. Read more below.

Speaker Series: Building a Brighter Future
Many Canadians take pride in the history of the Underground Railroad. They celebrate that Canada, specifically what is now Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes, was the destination for freedom‐seeking enslaved Africans fleeing slavery in America. But Canada also has its own untold, dark history of slavery.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade spanned 400 years with more than 12 million African people held in bondage. In Canada, the system of racial chattel slavery was introduced by the French in the 17th century. The term “chattel slavery” relates to the fact that enslaved people are treated as commodities or resources to be traded and/or sold. This chattel slavery was a dehumanizing and violent system of abuse and subjugation. Importantly, Europeans viewed slavery in racist terms. Indigenous and African peoples were seen as less than human. White supremacy justified the violence of slavery for hundreds of years.
Canada’s economy and infrastructure was built using chattel slavery; and the fruits of this unpaid, brutal labour are still enjoyed across the nation today. Reparations is a term which signifies righting a wrong and undoing harms of the past. While this is an expansive effort in the U.S., Canada falls far behind. In this conversation we are asking: Why isn’t making reparations a wide-spread effort in Canada? What reparations, if any, are being made in Canada to Black communities? How would reparations support Black communities? Could these reparations build equity and bolster the economy as a whole? Start the conversation with Dominique Jacobs regarding Reparations in Canada.

[cid:image002.jpg at 01DB6032.AA49B4B0]When: Wednesday, February 19, 2024 - 12:00-1:00pm
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams
Cost: Free
How to Register: Register online: https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/activities-registration<https://cityofsurrey.perfectmind.com/23615/Clients/BookMe4LandingPages/CoursesLandingPage?widgetId=b4059e75-9755-401f-a7b5-d7c75361420d&courseId=cb189f63-86f4-4d7d-9298-d56a2cc2803b&landingPageBackUrl=%2F23615%2FClients%2FBookMe4%3FwidgetId%3Db4059e75-9755-401f-a7b5-d7c75361420d> (Course ID 00419371)
OR Call/Email the Museum of Surrey: 604-592-6956 | museum at surrey.ca
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More About our Speaker: Dominique Jacobs
Dominique Jacobs is a Communications Specialist and Professional Writer with international experience. Her current focus is on anti-Black racism and implicit bias training and awareness, Equity-Diversity -Inclusion (E.D.I.) workshops and seminars. She was a School Board Trustee candidate in SD62 (Oct.2022 Municipal elections) and has been working to bring much needed training on anti-Black racism, implicit bias and Black History curriculum to the Sooke school district (SD62).
Dominique will speak to reparations in Canada and how it would support marginalized Black communities, build equity and bolster the economy as a whole.



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