Nishat Chowdhury CBC
March 23, 2024
The University of Alberta is offering a new free online course to highlight the history and accomplishments of Black Canadians.
Called Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures,the course will explore topics like systemic racism and unconscious racial bias in Canadian institutions.
The course became available Friday.
Course director Andy Knight, a political scientist at the U of A and provost fellow in Black excellence and leadership, spoke with Radio Active host Jessica Ng about the four-module course…
CBC News, Edmonton Website
Read, or listen to, the full CBC Jessica Ng interview here.
Prof. Knight was also interviewed by CBC NS. Listen to the full Portia Clark interview here.
Black Canadians: History, Presence and Anti-Racist Futures is offered on a platform called Coursera, the U.S.-based massive open online course provider. Link to course here.