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“When I was ten, my grandmother Beatrice said, ‘if you look back four generations of most Black families in Canada, you will find enslavement.’”

Judy Williams, community developer, social worker and Chair of the Black Canadian Experience Centre

Outdoor portrait of a smiling woman with long gray-streaked locs, wearing a patterned kufi-style cap, orange patterned earrings, and a brown sleeveless top, with a soft green foliage background. Partially obscured. — Photo: Gabriel Bell-Gam

At the Knees of Our Ancestors

Opening September 18, 2026 – Permanent exhibition

Exhibition details

A black and white image of women and young children sitting on couches and chairs in a small living room. Partially obscured.

Exhibitions

Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge

January 31, 2025 to January 1 2027

Exhibition details

A large group of protestors march through a city while two uniformed RCMP officers keep watch. In this black-and-white image, the protestors' signs and banners call for an end to discriminatory practices against members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. Partially obscured.

Broken Promises: The Dispossession of Japanese Canadians

Saturday, September 23 2025 to Sunday, October 25 2026

Exhibition details

Black-and-white image of women and children standing on a gravel road in front of a field. Partially obscured.

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10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Adult General Admission:

$23

Events

Reel Pride Film Festival

Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, 2026

Cost: $10 plus fees per projection

Five members of a queer family stand together on a rocky hillside in front of weathered wooden shanties in a desert mining town, with a young girl at the centre of the group looking in the same direction just off-camera. Partially obscured.

Cree teachings with knowledge keeper Marilyn Dykstra and traditional helper Peyton

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Composite image comparing greayscale (left) and natural color (right) views of the same lunar hemisphere. Partially obscured.

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Stories

Africville: A Black community displaced by racism

By Matthew McRae

A group of wooden houses next to a large body of water with red flowers in the foreground. Partially obscured.

Black Lives Matter and the struggle for racial justice in Canada

By Debra Thompson

A large group of people holding signs with slogans such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Enough is Enough” and “Your Silence is Betrayal.” Partially obscured.

Pass the Mic: Let’s Talk About Racism

By Sarah Adomako-Ansah

Photo on the left – A biracial man dressed in drag. He is wearing a black headpiece, black leather gloves, a black leather dress and and black and white sweater. Photo in the centre – a Black woman wearing black and red Athletic gear, jumping. She has blonde braids. Photo on the right – a Sikh-Canadian man, smiling, wearing a black and white striped sweater, blue and brown pants, boots, and an orange turban, in the snow in front of a cabin. Partially obscured.

The Wilcox County integrated prom

By Matthew McRae

A smiling woman stands in front of a red prom dress and a black tuxedo mounted on mannequins. Both the dress and suit are on display behind a glass case. Partially obscured.

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A smiling woman with light skin is filmed on a cell phone. She is wearing a lanyard with the words “Be inspired” and standing in front of an exhibit element made of horizontal strips of wood, some decorated with Indigenous art. Partially obscured. — Photo: CMHR, Scott Gillam