Black Canadian history

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February is Black History Month in Canada. It’s the perfect time to learn more about the many important achievements and contributions of Black Canadians!

And why not take this opportunity to refresh your language skills? Identify the errors in the sentences below to test your knowledge of English writing conventions!

1. In 1946, civil rights activist Carrie Best and her son co-founded The Clarion, Nova Scotia’s first newspaper Placeholder for the answer by and for Black Canadians.
2. Upon winning the 1963 Ontario provincial election, Leonard Braithwaite became the first Black Canadian elected to a provincial government. He was later Placeholder for the answer in 1967 and 1971.
3. Between 1800 and 1865, some 30,000 people fleeing slavery travelled on the Underground Railroad to seek freedom in Canada Placeholder for the answer the “Promised Land.”
4. After settling in Dresden, Ontario, Josiah Henson, who had once been enslaved, founded a community called the Dawn Settlement, a place to educate others who had been enslaved and teach them skills that would help them become Placeholder for the answer.
5. In the 1850s, Chatham, Ontario, was a hub of anti-slavery activity and one of the northern Placeholder for the answer of the Underground Railroad. Descendants of some of Chatham’s formerly enslaved settlers still live there today.
6. Trailblazing politician Jean Augustine, who played a pivotal role in establishing Black History Month in Canada, was the first Black woman elected as a Placeholder for the answer.
7. William Hall became the first Black person, the first Nova Scotian and the first Canadian sailor to be awarded the Placeholder for the answer for bravery.
8. Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop, which was founded in the early 1970s, provides a venue for the work of Black actors, directors and Placeholder for the answer, allowing Black theatre to flourish.
9. Having won gold medals in various running events, including Placeholder for the answer, Andre De Grasse is one of the greatest sprinters of all time.
10. In 1967, Toronto’s West Indian community founded the Caribana festival—renamed the Toronto Caribbean Carnival in 2015—to celebrate the Placeholder for the answer traditions of the Caribbean.
  
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