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Aug 29th, 2023
A reception Aug. 31 at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum will open an exhibit created by history student Karleigh Kochaniec.
Ten new co-op streams are now available to students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
In the first half of the 20th century, Windsor was home to a dynamic Black community located in the metropolitan core. Situated east of the downtown commercial district, the McDougall Street Corridor was a mostly self-sufficient African Canadian community bounded loosely by Riverside Drive, Goyeau Street, Giles Street, and Howard Avenue.
This historic neighbourhood emerged during the mid-19th century as African American freedom seekers and free people of colour crossed the Detroit River in search of refuge from enslavement and oppression.
A public symposium Friday will highlight the Detroit River as a focal point for teaching local history.