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On this page, you’ll find some learning resources on Black History Month – including ways for you to get more involved in fighting anti-Black racism and all discrimination.
Every February, CUPE celebrates Black History Month (also known as African Heritage Month) when we pause to reflect on the efforts of the many union activists and community organizers of African descent who lead the fight for inclusive communities and workplaces.
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Take CUPE's Black History quiz!
Black History word search!
Play CUPE’s word search game! Available in English and French just in time for Black History Month.
Home Feeling NFB Film
News
CUPE stands against anti-Black racism
Over the past months, the Black Lives Matter movement has risen up across the world. After centuries of injustice, Black people and others have organized to demand an end to racism.
Resources
Discrimination: A checklist and sample collective agreement language
This document provides a checklist and examples of collective agreement language on discrimination.
NFB collection of films on Black history in Canada
Remember Africville NFB film
Africville was a Black community in Halifax that was bulldozed in the 1960s in the name of urban renewal and integration. You can see the whole story as told by the National Film Board.
Learn more about Africville from the Africville museum in Halifax
International Decade for People of African Descent
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Black History Month
Every year CUPE honours a Black ancestor, or someone who is making history today. This year we’re honouring Marjorie Villefranche, Executive Director of Maison d’Haïti in Montreal.