Dr. Cheryl Thompson
@drcherylt.bsky.social
3-Time Author, Public Speaker, Expert Researcher, Director of Black Creative Lab, Mapping Ontario's Black Archives (MOBA)
Last year, I wrote Remembering the Harriet Tubman Youth Centre on St. Clair West for Spacing.ca. It was the most-read article of summer 2024, and generated over 30,000 views. Today, it is nominated for a Toronto Heritage Public History Award!! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
2025 Public History Award Nominees – Heritage Toronto
Discover the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominees, which cover a range of heritage topics, from music history to multiculturalism.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Last year, I wrote Remembering the Harriet Tubman Youth Centre on St. Clair West for Spacing.ca. It was the most-read article of summer 2024, and generated over 30,000 views. Today, it is nominated for a Toronto Heritage Public History Award!! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
My book. In store. Indigo. And in the Canadian History section!!!!! I've arrived lol
August 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My book. In store. Indigo. And in the Canadian History section!!!!! I've arrived lol
Cadillac Fairview thinks Liu's plans are too ambitious, and they would be more "comfortable" with "someone" with more retail experience taking over the former Bay stores in their malls. "More experience" like the mostly white men who ran a 300-year co into the ground? Ok.
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Landlords say B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu's plan for Bay properties 'defies commercial common sense' | CBC News
In filings made with the Ontario Superior Court on Saturday, Cadillac Fairview says it is “resolutely opposed” to Liu becoming a tenant at some of its malls because she has no detailed or credible bus...
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August 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cadillac Fairview thinks Liu's plans are too ambitious, and they would be more "comfortable" with "someone" with more retail experience taking over the former Bay stores in their malls. "More experience" like the mostly white men who ran a 300-year co into the ground? Ok.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sharing an interview I did with the New Books Network Podcast on my latest book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic published with @wlupress.bsky.social . If you haven't yet read it, or are on the fence, this conversation is in-depth with a lot of inside stories about writing the book!
July 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sharing an interview I did with the New Books Network Podcast on my latest book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic published with @wlupress.bsky.social . If you haven't yet read it, or are on the fence, this conversation is in-depth with a lot of inside stories about writing the book!
Syriah Bailey writes about @TheArQuives collections of Black queer activism in Toronto from ZAMI to chosen family to other forms of political resistance. Learn more about the voices that shaped a movement. Read the full blog here: mobaprojects.ca/the-arquives/
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Syriah Bailey writes about @TheArQuives collections of Black queer activism in Toronto from ZAMI to chosen family to other forms of political resistance. Learn more about the voices that shaped a movement. Read the full blog here: mobaprojects.ca/the-arquives/
I hope everything politician who was once in office thinking of coming back just learned that Cuomo lost his bid to be NYC Mayor. Please just retire and let Gex and early Millennials lead for a minute.
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I hope everything politician who was once in office thinking of coming back just learned that Cuomo lost his bid to be NYC Mayor. Please just retire and let Gex and early Millennials lead for a minute.
Folks searching so hard for a Chow negative. If the worse things she's done is not apologize "properly" for 1 pool closure or for home owner confusion over vacant tax, still winning over previous mayor who stopped fixing shit, let subways become hostels, and workplace gate. Why do we forget so soon?
June 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Folks searching so hard for a Chow negative. If the worse things she's done is not apologize "properly" for 1 pool closure or for home owner confusion over vacant tax, still winning over previous mayor who stopped fixing shit, let subways become hostels, and workplace gate. Why do we forget so soon?
Why is America getting back into the war business??? Because it makes a few companies really rich. Wars make $$
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Why is America getting back into the war business??? Because it makes a few companies really rich. Wars make $$
When he marched tanks down the street, folks should have known he was going to use them. Narcs always foreshadow their evil.
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
When he marched tanks down the street, folks should have known he was going to use them. Narcs always foreshadow their evil.
Loving all the men really keen to be mayor but been in council for years and their actual wards are riddled with problems. Classic case of seeking power, not solutions. Mayor Chow hasn't fixed everything or gotten it all right, but we know she's not sitting in photo ops at 7am. shuffling paper.
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Loving all the men really keen to be mayor but been in council for years and their actual wards are riddled with problems. Classic case of seeking power, not solutions. Mayor Chow hasn't fixed everything or gotten it all right, but we know she's not sitting in photo ops at 7am. shuffling paper.
Reposted by Dr. Cheryl Thompson
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
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The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
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Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
Black scholars warn that post-2020 equity promises are unraveling as Canada faces an anti-EDI backlash and rising political hostility.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...
Vintage speakers. Wall-slapping bass. 12 hours of nonstop vibes.
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps: Listening to the Black Sonic Past – MOBA
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June 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Vintage speakers. Wall-slapping bass. 12 hours of nonstop vibes.
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
I find it so fascinating that to show the Americans strength we double down on being a colony of Britain. Truly a Canadian thing to do, if Americans still think we're basically the same. Lol. We're not.
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I find it so fascinating that to show the Americans strength we double down on being a colony of Britain. Truly a Canadian thing to do, if Americans still think we're basically the same. Lol. We're not.
If you ever known anyone who had to recover from a major injury or setback. Just know, not the folks to mess with hahaha we have superpower resilience, self motivation, and perseverance. Whatever it was that happened, happened to us for a reason. Big mistake. Huge.
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you ever known anyone who had to recover from a major injury or setback. Just know, not the folks to mess with hahaha we have superpower resilience, self motivation, and perseverance. Whatever it was that happened, happened to us for a reason. Big mistake. Huge.
I gave an interview to Open Book on the writing process and some of the challenges I overcame to write my latest book. You don't just wake up and start writing about blackface lol especially as a Black person. This was hard work, but worth it. It's history unplugged.
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Scholar Cheryl Thompson Unpacks a Crucial Part of our National History in Canada and the Blackface Atlantic
While most Canadians tend to think that the legacy of racism and slavery that forms so much of United States history is separate from ours, there is a ...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I gave an interview to Open Book on the writing process and some of the challenges I overcame to write my latest book. You don't just wake up and start writing about blackface lol especially as a Black person. This was hard work, but worth it. It's history unplugged.
open-book.ca/News/Scholar...
open-book.ca/News/Scholar...
I know exactly what went wrong with the Leafs.
1. Fear of winning.
2. Fear of losing.
3. Fear of winning, but feel like they should have lost.
Very common attributes of self-sabbatoge.
1. Fear of winning.
2. Fear of losing.
3. Fear of winning, but feel like they should have lost.
Very common attributes of self-sabbatoge.
May 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I know exactly what went wrong with the Leafs.
1. Fear of winning.
2. Fear of losing.
3. Fear of winning, but feel like they should have lost.
Very common attributes of self-sabbatoge.
1. Fear of winning.
2. Fear of losing.
3. Fear of winning, but feel like they should have lost.
Very common attributes of self-sabbatoge.
I literally think the president of the United States is not well. I cannot follow anything he is saying in this press conference with Carney. Everyone is not spending money right or hiring the right people but him? Lol. I can't. And Carney sitting there like "let me say as little as possible." Wise
May 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I literally think the president of the United States is not well. I cannot follow anything he is saying in this press conference with Carney. Everyone is not spending money right or hiring the right people but him? Lol. I can't. And Carney sitting there like "let me say as little as possible." Wise
Ok so that storm yesterday was right at the time of my book launch! It was a small intimate group, so thank you to A Different Booklist for hosting, and Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Truly a cathartic night and respect to the elder to my right. So sweet, she laughed at all my jokes ❤️🙏🏾🙂
April 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Ok so that storm yesterday was right at the time of my book launch! It was a small intimate group, so thank you to A Different Booklist for hosting, and Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Truly a cathartic night and respect to the elder to my right. So sweet, she laughed at all my jokes ❤️🙏🏾🙂
I never understand how someone who votes NDP would swing PC. That makes no sense to me.
April 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I never understand how someone who votes NDP would swing PC. That makes no sense to me.
A headline like "Canada becoming a two-party" country still better than a Conservative majority lol just saying. 5 months ago, that was the only outcome.
April 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A headline like "Canada becoming a two-party" country still better than a Conservative majority lol just saying. 5 months ago, that was the only outcome.
I actually like Minority govt means no party can fundamentally screw it up they have to work together and I know Conservatives hate collaboration but the alternative is 51st state.
April 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I actually like Minority govt means no party can fundamentally screw it up they have to work together and I know Conservatives hate collaboration but the alternative is 51st state.
Can someone tell me what Conservative Party was "good" for Canada? I'm almost 50, haven't seen one. For those "tired" of Liberals, show me when a Conservative govt grew thr country.....
April 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Can someone tell me what Conservative Party was "good" for Canada? I'm almost 50, haven't seen one. For those "tired" of Liberals, show me when a Conservative govt grew thr country.....
I dropped a short piece today on writer's block and some tips to work through it
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How to eliminate writer's block
Some tips I've learned over the years
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April 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I dropped a short piece today on writer's block and some tips to work through it
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...
I wrote a piece today on Substack about why I wrote this book! It's officially out today, and I'm excited to share where the idea came from. The personal isn't always political, but the political is always personal.
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...
April 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wrote a piece today on Substack about why I wrote this book! It's officially out today, and I'm excited to share where the idea came from. The personal isn't always political, but the political is always personal.
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...
open.substack.com/pub/drcheryl...