A black history resource site launched for teachers in New Brunswick

To commemorate the first day of Black History Month, the Fredericton Group has launched a resource website for teachers to bring black history into the classroom.

Black Lives Matter Fredericton, in collaboration with two universities, launched an educational project on Monday morning. This site contains lesson plans, presentations, movies, readings and videos all in one accessible location.

Show screenshots of Black Lives Matter on the New Brunswick Education Project website with lessons, presentations, movies and other resources for teachers.

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The group states that the project will diversify the curriculum “to include the voice and experience of blacks.”

In its release, BLMF project leader Alicia Noreiga-Mundaroy said, “As a first step in making the education provided to New Brunswick students more representative of the population,” the teachers project. He says he hopes to help.

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The BMLF states that the history of blacks in NB schools is currently limited and that lack of education contributes to the alienation of blacks in the state.

Befitting, the theme of this year’s Black History Month is the issue of black history.

“We need to teach the true history of New Brunswick, including the fact that slavery and racism have lived here for centuries, and the resistance and grit of the black population,” said BLMF’s Husoni Raymond. Said in the release.

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“New Brunswick is considered blank. Black New Brunswickers’ contributions are rarely mentioned and often erased. We can and need to do better.”

The project was dedicated to a local educator, Mary Louise McCarthy Brandt, in collaboration with the University of New Brunswick School of Education and the University of St. Thomas.

Last month, BLMF also offered her a scholarship for black students. Raymond then described her as an advocate and mentor.

“(McCarthy-Brand) was the support for Black Lives Matter Fredericton and the pillars of the black community here,” he said.

“She is an elder who can chat, provide guidance and support at any time, and has been talking about racism in New Brunswick for decades.”

In 2015, McCarthy won a racial profiling proceeding against Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto. After a clerk accused her of stealing her and began looking for a McCarthy Brandt bag without her consent.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that she was accused of being black and the company was ordered to pay McCarthy Brandt $ 8,000.

McCarthy-Blunt is currently a board member of the New Brunswick Black History Society and continues to work with Black New Brunswick.

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According to BLMF, the website was launched just in time for February, but with the long-term goal of incorporating NB Black’s history into the curriculum in a permanent and meaningful way. It was raised.

“In the coming months, we aim to work with members and teachers of the black community to create more resources and continue to build our website,” says the group.

The group hopes to work with state educators to see permanent curriculum changes in some areas between 2026 and the start of the 22nd academic year.

A black history resource site launched for teachers in New Brunswick