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Compiled by Gary Pieters, M.Ed.
Africentric Schools, Programs and Organizations
- Africentric Alternative School 2009-2010 Proposed Opening
A K-5 Africentric School
- Africentric Leadership and Management Institute July 14-19, 2007
A professional development opportunity for educators presented by the Council on African Canadian Education, Department of Education in Nova Scotia
- 2005 Africentric Summer Institute
Status: Africentric Elementary Summer School [July 5th to August 12th, 2005]
Site Lead/Summer School Principal: Gary Pieters
Related Resources - Available at Curriculum.org:
- Nelson Whynder Elementary School
Mission Statement: The Mission of Nelson Whynder Elementary, an Afrocentric school located in North Preston, is to foster respect and understanding of our culture and heritage, while developing each learner to their full physical, social, and academic potential within a safe and nurturing environment, through an innovative and diverse curriculum in partnership with the community.
Contact: Nelson Whyder Elementary School
979 North Preston Rd.
North Preston NS B2Z1A2
- Umoja Learning Circle
Founder: Aneka Tafari
Status: Private School [Toronto]
Contact: Umoja Learning Circle
2481 Islington Ave.
Toronto ON M9W3X9
- Higher Marks Educational Institute Inc.
Founder: Ron Blake
Status: Private Tutoring School
87 Thornmount Dr. #32
Toronto ON M1B5S5
- Amalakai Beteseb
Founder: Dale Sawyers
Status: Private Afrocentric School
151 Brimley Rd.
Toronto ON M1M 3J1
- Sen Ntui Baa Afrocentric School
Founder:
Status
- The Nighana Afrocentric Transitional Program
Status: Transitional Program in TDSB [Toronto]
- Oakwood Collegiate Institute African Canadian Club
Status: Student Organization [Toronto]
- Toronto Public Library Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection
Location: Various Libraries in the Toronto Area
- African Canadian Services Division
The African Canadian Services Division, located within the Public Schools Branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Education, was established in February of 1996 to implement the Department's response to the BLAC Report on Education, Redressing Inequity and Empowering Black Learners.
Link 1: The Council on African Canadian Education
Link 2: The Africentric Learning Institute
Project: African Canadian Immigrant Action Research Project .pdf file
- Visions of Science
Info: Visions of Science is an innovative initiative that makes visible the inventions and the presence of black Canadians, and their contributions in Math, Science and Technology. One of the highlights is the annual Visions of Science Conference for Students. The International African Inventions Museum and the VOS kid's clubs are inspiring student pursuit of the sciences, technologies and engineering fields.
Source: http://www.visionsofscience.ca
- The International African Inventions Museum
Info: The International African Inventors Museum promotes positive images and self-esteem in children and adults and teaches people of all nationalities about the contributions that Africans throughout the world have given to society.
Source: http://www.iaimuseum.org/
Curator: Francis Jeffers
- African Canadian Heritage Association
Info: The African Canadian Heritage Association is an African Heritage and language program operating out of Centennial College Progress Campus (at Markham Rd. and Hwy 401).The ACHA program features African history lessons, arts and crafts, special events for students, who range in age from 5 to 16 years of age.Classes run from September to June.
Source: http://www.achaonline.org/index.htm
- It Takes A Village
Author: Yaa Shange
Source: http://www.itav.org/
- Each One, Teach One
Lifting As We Rise Mentoring Program
Founder: Ebonnie Rowe
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Organisation of Parents of Black Children (OPBC - Founded 1980)
President: Professor Francis Ahia
- Canadian Alliance of Black Educators
Motto: Education Of Our Black Youth Is Not A Limit, It Is A Point Of Departure!
- Black Educators' Association
- Afrocentric Homeschoolers Association
Author: Cheryl Edwards
Source: http://www.oocities.org/blackhomeschool/black_curriculum.html
- Tropicana Community Services
Features: Each One, Teach One Mentoring Program; Saturday School and Much More....
Source: http://www.tropicanacommunity.org/index2.php?c=2
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