Archive for August, 2021
Emancipation Day
By Nadine Spencer
On August 1, 2021
In Community
After many years of advocacy, Canada marked its first official Emancipation Day holiday today, August 1, 2021. This holiday commemorates the signing of the Slavery Abolition Act in the UK on August 1, 1834. Prior to that, slavery had been a legal practice in the UK and UK colonies, including Canada, where it was a …