The school curriculum is a guide that leaves interpretation up to individual teachers, Williams said. Education Minister Rob Fleming pledged in June to get more Black Canadian history into the provincial school curriculum. Silvia Mangue Alene, president of the BC Black History Awareness Society, helped facilitate a roundtable meeting with government officials, Black community leaders and education partners on school curriculum in late July. (CBC)Held remotely twice a week in August, the program saw Black Nova Scotian educators teach students aged 12 through 17 about Black history, culture and leadership. And our students, Black students especially, have a lot to work through," said Martin, executive director of the Vaughan African Canadian Association.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2020 07:52 UTC