Today in The Conversation Canada, we're highlighting the rich history and cultures of Black communities in Canada. While Black History Month is important, today’s two featured analyses remind us that amplifying the history and culture of Black communities is not something that should be confined to one month but, rather, should happen every day of the year.

Alpha Abebe of McMaster University writes about the growing diversity within Black Canadian communities. While sharing experiences, different communities across Canada have their own histories and cultures. “There is so much to make note of as far as how Blackness itself is being made and remade in Canada through these shifting tides,” she writes.

Also today, a group of researchers from Western University’s Black Londoners Project discuss the history of the Ontario city’s Black communities through archival records of one of its former residents, Aurelia Jones, who later moved to Halifax. Jones was a prominent member of the Black community in mid-19th century London, and the spouse of Abel Bedford Jones, a Black entrepreneur and religious and political leader.

“The project aims to form a map of Black spaces in London, and to trace the connection diverse African diasporas have to the city,” they write.

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All the best,