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Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon
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Assistant Professor of African Canadian History, York University | PI for "One Too Many: Black People Enslaved in Upper Canada
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Excited to share my latest collaboration with Dictionary of @dcb-dbc.bsky.social highlighting the lives and experiences of Black people enslaved in colonial Ontario!

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NAME UNRECORDED (fl. 1802–3) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
During the colonial era of present-day Ontario, more than 600 Black men, women, and children were enslaved, many of them by white loyalists such as Matthew Elliott, one of Upper Canada’s largest slave...
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Excited to share the new version of my website Teaching African Canadian History!

Visit and explore resources on Black Canadian history: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.

The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Feb 5th of #BHM

"According to @nhenrydixon.bsky.social , we should consider renaming spaces after people who have made positive contributions and reflect the collective values of the community."

Daneese Rao @therundowntvo.bsky.social

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Here’s who Toronto should rename Dundas Street after | TVO Today
You may not have heard of her — but her act of resistance helped lead to the first anti-slavery legislation in Canada.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Ontario plans new Black history courses (Gr. 7, 8 & 10) this September. How is it taught now, and what will change? @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks with @nhenrydixon.bsky.social (@yorkuniversity.bsky.social) and Greg Morris (@yrdsb.bsky.social)
What are the Merits of Mandating Black History in Schools? | The Rundown
YouTube video by TVO Today
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February 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Why has Black history not been part of Ontario's official curriculum? A lack of will and persistent misconceptions, suggest @nhenrydixon.bsky.social (@yorkuniversity.bsky.social) and Greg Morris (@yrdsb.bsky.social). Tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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#tdih 1847, several 100 residents of Marshall, Mich., helped Adam & Sarah Crosswhite escape from being kidnapped. Went to Canada.

It was a victory that they survived, but a tragedy that white supremacist terrorism forced them to flee their home. See ⬇️+ lessons
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Jan. 27, 1847: Crosswhites Escaped to Canada
Several hundred citizens of Marshall, Michigan, helped Adam and Sarah Crosswhite escape slavery and kidnapping and flee to Canada.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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In the age of Trump, @aft.org's Fedrick Ingram says the blueprint for Black educational power still stands: "Black history is not just a collection of struggles and pain, but a chronicling of our strength and a timeline of victories."
wordinblack.com/2026/01/game...
The Game Plan: Education for Us, by Us
In the age of Trump, AFT's Fedrick Ingram outlines a blueprint for Black educational power.
wordinblack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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The Legacy Museum, which is “perhaps the closest thing America has to a national slavery museum,” is free from government control and displays the “history that the Trump administration aims to de-emphasize—if not outright erase,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social argues.
The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Looking forward to kicking off BHM 2026 with this talk!
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams

A growing number of educators are finding that oral exams allow them to test their students’ learning without the benefit of AI platforms such as ChatGPT.

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Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Thanks to a generous sponsor, we are pleased to offer a fourth reprint of Black History in Canada!
Sign up below to receive your FREE class sets of our very popular Kayak issue devoted to Black history. PLUS you’ll have access to free lesson plans and resources. Registration link in comments.
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Get your copies asap!

I'm so excited that another run of print copies are available. Hands down, one of the most impactful projects I've worked on. A pleasure to be the guest editor.
Thanks to a generous sponsor, we are pleased to offer a fourth reprint of Black History in Canada!
Sign up below to receive your FREE class sets of our very popular Kayak issue devoted to Black history. PLUS you’ll have access to free lesson plans and resources. Registration link in comments.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed
Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The Studio Museum of Harlem is at the top of the list of independent cultural institutions we must support. This week the museum offered a preview of the opening of its extraordinary new building on 125th Street. Director Thelma Golden is a leader without parallel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
Planting a Flag, and a Flagship, for Black Art
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#OTD Oct. 28, 1830, Josiah Henson (abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, leader, minister, author, orator), his wife, and four children arrived in Fort Erie, Upper Canada. Their freedom journey took them through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, by ship to Buffalo, and across the Niagara River.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like in Upper Canada beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us on Oct. 15th!

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October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us!
Looking forward to speaking in Prince Edward County next month!

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September 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Looking forward to speaking in Prince Edward County next month!

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September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Looking forward to speaking in Prince Edward County next month!

Registration info: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...
September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Resharing my recent article in recognition of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition today (August 23rd).
August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM