Current Gallery Exhibit

The Archives is pleased to host the exhibit "Black Communities in British Columbia, 1858-2008" in its gallery this summer. The exhibit was originally shown in the Teck Gallery at SFU’s Vancouver Campus from February 18 to May 10, 2009.

Following the model of the Vancouver Park Board’s “Remarkable Vancouver Women” poster project in 2008, this poster exhibit is curated by Dr. Afua Cooper, the Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair, Women’s Studies, SFU, who has partnered with the SFU Gallery to create this exhibition.

The exhibition explores an often-ignored aspect of BC’s history, highlighting the various ways that members of the Black community have enriched the culture, and contributed to the growth and development of the province. This exhibit has several objectives: to briefly document the marginalized history of the Black presence in BC; to celebrate that experience, pay homage to the women and men who helped build British Columbia; and finally, to highlight and commemorate the above as part of BC’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

The exhibit was originally made possible with the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through BC 150, a Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts initiative, the Heritage Legacy Fund of BC, and the Celebration and Commemoration Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Government of Canada.

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