Our Purpose
Letting the beautiful diversity of Black Canada shine!
Looking for a place that recognizes our unique histories, complex journeys, and brilliant cultures? You’ve found it! Black Maple is a one-of-a-kind mashup of the academic and the popular that centres Black Canadian histories, life, and aspirations. Enjoy!
Welcome
Dive in, explore, and learn more about yourself, your community, and your history.
Welcome
Charmaine A. Nelson
My name is Charmaine A. Nelson and I invite you to enter this beautiful mashup of the academic and the popular. After all, they’re not exclusive, at least not in my world.
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The BM Vision
Everyone should have principles to live by, and goals to strive for. These are ours!
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Agostino Brunias, Linen Market, Dominica (1780), oil on canvas, 49.8 x 68.6 cm., B1981.25.76, Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.
Henry Rocher (1842-?), Edmonia Lewis (c. 1870), photograph, albumen silver print, 9.2 x 5.2 cm, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, NY.
Anonymous, Grafton T. Brown (1873), photograph, image A-08775, courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives, Victoria, BC.