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Experiential Learning

When we consider the earliest known image of a Black Loyalist African Nova Scotian, it is atypical for its time. The depiction of the Black woodcutter is devoid of racist caricatures typical of later depictions of Black people. The duplicitous aspect of systematic racism is how subtly it can ingrain a kernel of inferiority without you even realizing it. This immersive story map investigates the history of several Black communities with the goal of confronting the traditional and trope laden narratives of the past. 

Black Loyalist Conference of Knowledge

Loyalist Connection Creative Society and The Black Loyalist Heritage Society hosted the Black Loyalist Academic Conference of Knowledge, an event to provide academic and public historians a venue to discuss the latest directions in Black Loyalist scholarship, public history, and genealogy. This year's keynote speaker was visiting scholar, Nicole Brown from William and Mary, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. Nicole's expertise in the Atlantic network of Bray Schools and expertise in digitization projects provided a glimpse into new sources and methodologies in understanding the evolution of Black Loyalist society in the Maritime Provinces as an extension of the history of the Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia. Lyndsey Beutin, from McMaster University, lectured on their work in critical memory studies. Their lectures challenged public memory and how the preservation of historical memory often serves the goals of White supremacy. Lyndsey also conducted several community workshops investigating Black Loyalist memory and ties to geography. Other activities: Community interviews to capture our history in our own voices. Hidden History Geo tour in the evening. Interactive commemoration of the No. 2 Construction Battalion

Loyalist Connections Podcast

Nova Scotia (and the Maritime Provinces more broadly) is home to many historical black communities due to the resettlement of Black Loyalists, The Jamaican Maroons, the Black Refugees from the war of 1812, and Caribbean Migrants. In this podcast along with our special guests, we discuss the legacy of slavery, segregation, and race-based discrimination in the region and identify how it has shaped contemporary Black communities. Through a penetrating analysis of the region's past we come to new findings and understandings of 'who' is African Nova Scotian and 'what' it means to be African Nova Scotian in the context of colonial Atlantic British North America and contemporary African Nova Scotians.