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Apr 4, 2024 · A program that provides Black high school students with mentors and coaches to help them graduate and succeed has expanded to the London region's school boards after proving successful in other ...
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In the early 19th century, the provincial governments of Ontario and Nova Scotia created legally segregated common schools. These were also known as public schools. In the early 1840s, the public school structure was formalized in Canada. (See History of Education in Canada; Separate School.) Ontario school trustees (who were all white) created sep...
Racial segregation and exclusion were not limited to elementary and secondary schooling. Discriminatory practices were also found in post-secondary school institutions. (See Universities in Canada.) Some universities, such as McGill University, Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, admitted Black male students prior to the American Civi...
Nursing schools often denied admission to Black women. This was particularly the case as the nursingprofession developed in Canada from the turn of the 20th century until the late 1940s. The common explanation for this discriminatory practice was that white patients did not want to be touched by Black nurses. In some places, such as Montreal, Black...
About Us. London Central Secondary School is the oldest school in the city with a history that can be traced back to a Grammar School of 1826 near the forks of the Thames River. When this Grammar School became too small, a Union School was erected which was named Central School in 1865. London Collegiate Institute was constructed on our present ...
“My name is Sawyer Carnegie. I am from London, Ontario and I attended London Central Secondary School from 2009-2013. After graduating from Central, I moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia to attend Acadia University where I completed a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in English Literature and Gender Studies.
Feb 4, 2023 · As February marks Black History Month, communities across London, Ont., are celebrating and honouring the contributions and pursuits of justice and equity of Black Londoners. Content Skip to Main ...
Dec 3, 2020 · Grade 10 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School student Mairin Patterson is also the president of that school's Black Student Association. She says the aftermath of a racist incident at school is ...
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Harding-Davis says most schools for black children had been absorbed into the mainstream school system by 1911. But Essex County and neighbouring Kent County were the lingering holdouts, with S.S. #11 being one of Ontario’s last segregated schools. Larkin remembers the building had one entrance for girls and one for boys.
