The lives and contributions of Black Islanders will be profiled across the province during Black History Month. The provincial government is pleased to provide funding to the Black Cultural Society to host panel discussions on community building, socials with music and food...
Black History Month is an opportunity for Prince Edward Island to celebrate black Islanders from past to present. Events and educational activities will be held throughout February in libraries, schools, museums and establishments. This year the provincial government is...
Debbie Langston immigrated to Prince Edward Island in 2004 with her young family. In 2018, while working in a local school and doing research for Black History Month, she came across the story of The Bog. Langston was excited to learn more about the Black community that has...
After helping her grandmother operate two busy restaurants in Nairobi, Kenya late last year, Kendi Tarichia is back home on Prince Edward Island. February is Black History Month, and Tarichia believes the Island has a vital story to tell. “It’s important to celebrate Prince...
Island filmmaker and musician Zaneta Ambassa says she would like to see the school curriculum expanded to teach Island students more of PEI's Black history. The 14-year-old Grade 9 Stonepark student says a lot of her classmates ask her questions about being black, black islanders...
Island entrepreneur Daniel Ikechukwu Ohaegbu is working hard to build the Island’s multicultural community while researching some of the barriers that make it difficult for newcomers. Ikechukwu Ohaegbu immigrated from Nigeria five years ago to study psychology at UPEI. After...
For the past two decades Tamara Steele has watched Prince Edward Island’s black community grow. The 37-year-old, originally from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, moved to PEI at age 17 to get a UPEI music degree. When she graduated in 2004, she decided to stay. Wrapped in a worn...
Elizabeth Iwunwa says receiving an arts grant feels like a pat on the back. Iwunwa is among 13 Island artists who recently received a total of $50,000 through the provincial Arts Grants program. "Artists often have to choose between either creating meaningful work by bringing...
Harmony Wagner says receiving an arts grant allows her to dig in and do necessary research to write a meaningful exploration of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s life. Wagner is among 25 Island artists who recently received a total of $75,000 through the provincial Arts Grants program. “I...