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<p class="MsoNormal">This is your last week to register for Museum of Surrey$B!G(Bs free virtual program this February. This discussion, led by Dominique Jacobs, revolves around chattel slavery and reparations for Black communities. We offering this program to students,
professionals, MLA$B!G(Bs, groups and individuals focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to register, please respond to this email.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I$B!G(Bve included more information about this free virtual program highlighting Black History month below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk155183277"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Speaker Series: Building a Brighter Future</span></u></b></a><b><u><span lang="EN-US"> / Reparations in Canada</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Many Canadians take pride in the history of the Underground Railroad. They celebrate that Canada, specifically what is now Quebec, Ontario, and the Maritimes, was the destination for freedom</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B!>(B</span><span lang="EN">seeking
enslaved Africans fleeing slavery in America. But Canada also has its own untold, dark history of slavery.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">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 $B!H(Bchattel
slavery$B!I(B 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.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Canada$B!G(Bs economy and infrastructure was built using chattel slavery; and the fruits of this unpaid, brutal labour are still enjoyed across the nation today. Reparations is a term which signifies righting a wrong and undoing
harms of the past. While this is an expansive effort in the U.S., Canada falls far behind. In this conversation we are asking: Why isn$B!G(Bt 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.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">When</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Wednesday, February 19, 2024 – 12:00-1:00pm<br>
<b>Where</b>: Online via Microsoft Teams <br>
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Free<br>
<b>How to Register</b>: Call or Email the Museum of Surrey: 604-592-6956 | <a href="mailto:museum@surrey.ca">
<span style="text-decoration:none">museum@surrey.ca</span><span style="color:#467886;text-decoration:none"><br>
</span></a>OR Register yourself with a mysurrey account online: <a href="https://cityofsurrey.perfectmind.com/23615/Clients/BookMe4LandingPages/CoursesLandingPage?widgetId=b4059e75-9755-401f-a7b5-d7c75361420d&courseId=cb189f63-86f4-4d7d-9298-d56a2cc2803b&landingPageBackUrl=/23615/Clients/BookMe4?widgetId%3Db4059e75-9755-401f-a7b5-d7c75361420d">
https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/activities-registration</a> (Course ID 00419371)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">More About our Speaker: Dominique Jacobs</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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).
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Dominique will speak to reparations in Canada and how it would support marginalized Black communities, build equity and bolster the economy as a whole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Parks, Recreation and Culture<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#999999;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">17710 56a Ave, Surrey, BC V3S 5H8</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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