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abqtommy

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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 05:12 PM Feb 2022

CBC*: These Edmonton students are educating their peers about Black issues

*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/students-black-education-edmonton-1.6335011

>Black Students Alliance at Edmonton high school, started last year, has encountered some resistance.

At one Edmonton high school, students are taking the lead and educating their peers about Black history and issues that matter to their community, with topics ranging from micro-aggression to mental health to success stories.

Strathcona High School's Black Students Alliance launched last year.

"Growing up, my father, he's a Black man, and how I saw the struggles that he went through in society and life," said Kaitlin Tetteh-Wayoe, who is a Grade 11 student.<

There's more text and photos at the link. Canada is definitely not a utopia for their Black or Indigenous population.

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