About the platform

A digital learning platform built to teach Black Canadian history as foundational Canadian history.

Black History in Canada is designed as more than a video course. It is a premium learning environment that combines rigorous historical storytelling with resources that can be used by individuals, classrooms, and institutions.

Instructor

Channon Oyeniran

Historian, author, speaker, and educator

The platform introduces Black Canadian history through a nationally relevant learning experience shaped for public learners, educators, and institutions that need more than a one-off presentation.

Why now

Too much Black Canadian history has been overlooked, under-taught, or compressed into short seasonal moments. This platform exists to provide a fuller national story, one that connects Black presence, resistance, leadership, community, and memory across more than four centuries.

The MVP focuses on a single flagship course, but it is structured to scale into a broader educational platform with resources, institutional licensing, and additional programming.

Who it serves

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

Learning design

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

Core outcomes

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.