The University of Alberta is launching a new online, on-demand micro-course celebrating the history and accomplishments of Black Canadians.
Called Black Canadians: History, Presence and Anti-Racist Futures, the course also explores the legacy of systemic racism and unconscious racial bias in Canadian institutions.
"Anti-Black racism is something that's systemic and structural," says course director Andy Knight, U of A political scientist and provost fellow in Black excellence and leadership.
"I call it polite racism, because in Canada we have a tendency to sweep things under the rug we don't like to talk about the nasty elements of the way Black people are treated."
