BlackHistoryInCanada.ca

Over 400 years of Black Canadian history, taught with depth, truth, and purpose.

Discover the people, places, movements, and legacies that shaped Canada through a premium course experience designed for learners, educators, and institutions.

What stories shaped the Canada we know today? This platform brings together authoritative lessons, downloadable teaching tools, and guided reflection so learners can study Black Canadian history with clarity and care.

9

modules including orientation

70-85

recommended short lessons

8-15 hrs

self-paced learning time

1

certificate-backed flagship course

Course cover card for Black History in Canada

Built for meaningful learning

  • Short cinematic lessons built for focused online learning
  • Transcripts, maps, timelines, and archival visuals
  • Reflection prompts, quizzes, and downloadable resources
  • Educator and institutional pathways for broader implementation
Who this is for

A premium learning platform for learners, educators, and institutions.

This MVP is designed to launch as a public-facing course platform with enough depth for individual learning and enough structure for educational and institutional adoption.

Individuals building historical knowledge

Teachers and school boards seeking classroom-ready resources

Public servants and institutions needing structured learning

Museums, libraries, and organizations investing in shared historical literacy

Flagship course

The curriculum is already structured around the full journey.

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Welcome, Orientation and Why Black Canadian History Matters
Module 045-75 min

Welcome, Orientation and Why Black Canadian History Matters

Set the tone for the course, understand why this history matters, and prepare to engage difficult material with care and responsibility.

Orientation, historical responsibility, respectful learning

Before Enslavement - African Civilizations, Identity and Historical Foundations
Module 160-120 min

Before Enslavement - African Civilizations, Identity and Historical Foundations

Begin before enslavement by studying African civilizations, institutions, knowledge systems, and cultural richness.

African civilizations, identity, historical reframing

Colonization, Enslavement and the Black Presence in Early Canada
Module 290-150 min

Colonization, Enslavement and the Black Presence in Early Canada

Examine slavery in New France and British North America and confront the myth that Canada stood outside that history.

Colonial law, enslavement, abolition, early Black presence

Freedom Seekers, Black Loyalists and Trelawny Maroons
Module 390-150 min

Freedom Seekers, Black Loyalists and Trelawny Maroons

Follow Black resistance, migration, broken promises, and institution-building across multiple routes into Canada.

Resistance, migration, settlement, early Black institutions

Historic Black Communities Across Canada
Module 4120-180 min

Historic Black Communities Across Canada

Study neighbourhoods, churches, businesses, and community life across Canada, including sites erased by exclusion and urban renewal.

Place-based history, communities, displacement, resilience

Notable African Canadians - Leadership, Firsts and Legacy
Module 5100-160 min

Notable African Canadians - Leadership, Firsts and Legacy

Connect biography to broader movements through leaders whose work shaped law, arts, education, labour, and public life.

Leadership, biography, social change, legacy

Segregation, Anti-Black Racism and the Civil Rights Movement in Canada
Module 6120-180 min

Segregation, Anti-Black Racism and the Civil Rights Movement in Canada

Trace segregation and organized resistance in Canada through legal struggle, advocacy, journalism, labour organizing, and community action.

Segregation, anti-Black racism, civil rights, activism

Immigration, Labour, Identity and Community Building
Module 790-150 min

Immigration, Labour, Identity and Community Building

Explore how migration, labour policy, family, and faith shaped Black Canadian communities across generations.

Immigration, labour, community formation, identity

Black History Month, Memory, Education and the Future
Module 890-150 min

Black History Month, Memory, Education and the Future

Close the course by linking knowledge to responsibility in classrooms, institutions, archives, museums, and public life.

Public memory, education, responsibility, future action

What learners gain

Learning outcomes that move beyond awareness.

Explain why Black history is Canadian history and identify key historical periods.
Describe Black presence, leadership, resistance, and community-building across more than four centuries.
Understand enslavement, segregation, civil rights, migration, labour, and public memory in the Canadian context.
Apply the course through teaching, facilitation, institutional learning, and informed public conversation.
Course promise
“Discover over 400 years of Black history in Canada through powerful lessons on presence, resistance, leadership, community, and legacy.”

This course frames Black Canadian history as foundational Canadian history and gives educators the structure they need to teach it well.

MVP positioning statement for educators and institutional partners

The platform is designed to move learners from awareness to action through guided study, reflection, and credible historical sourcing.

Launch narrative for organizations and public learners

Pricing pathways

Start with one flagship course and clear audience pathways.

Independent learners and lifelong students

Individual

$149/year

Full flagship course access with certificate tracking, transcripts, and downloadable resources.

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Teachers, facilitators, and classroom leaders

Educator

$249/year

Everything in the individual tier plus educator-facing guides and classroom-ready learning supports.

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School boards, museums, governments, and organizations

Institutional

Custom

Multi-seat access, custom onboarding, and a structured pathway for team-based or public-facing learning programs.

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Who is this platform for?

The MVP is designed for individual learners, educators, school systems, public institutions, museums, libraries, community organizations, and workplace learning teams.

How is the course delivered?

The flagship course is self-paced and combines short video lessons with transcripts, downloadable resources, quizzes, reflection prompts, and a certificate of completion.

Will there be educator and institutional options?

Yes. The MVP includes pricing and access pathways for individuals, educators, and institutional teams, with room to add bulk licensing and reporting as the platform matures.

Why begin before enslavement?

Because Black history does not begin with oppression. The course starts with African civilizations and historical foundations so learners understand the full depth of Black life, knowledge, and achievement.

Institutional adoption

Built to support course delivery and organizational learning.

The MVP is intentionally strong enough for public launch while leaving room for future educator toolkit expansion, reporting, and multi-seat access.