Randy Headley, chair of the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute, speaks at the annual Report to the Community on June 23, 2002. Photo: Matthew Byard.
Books about Black Canadians and Black history were among many highlights of the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute’s (DBDLI) Report to the Community, which took place Thursday night at the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in Cherry Brook.
该研究所首席执行官西尔维亚·帕里斯·德拉蒙德（Sylvia Parris-Drummond）表示：“我们的研究所的计划通过我们的编程和资源的增长来证明我们研究所致力于成为非洲资源的主要出版商。”“我们很高兴为我们的三部出版作品进行第二份印刷，并在我们的非洲新星斯科舍省（ANS）社区声音系列中发行了第二本书，A Child of East Prestonby Wanda Thomas Bernard.”
A Child of East Preston by Wanda Thomas Bernard
The Black history textbook published by the institute is calledBlack History: Africa, The Caribbean, and the Americas. Kevin Harrison, the community engagement and public relations coordinator for DBDLI, said the institute wants the book added to high school curriculums across the country.
“We have the textbook that we primarily try to promote through high schools and also universities to some degree,” he said. “It’s available through us; you don’t have to be a high school teacher or a student. Anybody can buy it. But we also have an online version, too.”
Black History: Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas
“Its idea is to promote Black history because the way that it has been promoted in the past in other school systems, it kind of blankets over certain areas. We wanted to make sure people got the full history.”
Diversity in newsrooms
Brian Daly, who teaches journalism at the University of King’s College, was a guest speaker at the event. Daly also serves as the Atlantic director for the Canadian Association of Black Journalists where he runs a journalism training program called J-School Noire, for Black high school students in the region.
During his presentation, Daly gave statistical information about under-representation in Canadian newsrooms and showed there’s even less representation in senior leadership roles. He talked about potential solutions to the under-representation, such as a recent CRTC ruling mandating the CBC air more content from marginalized communities, including from racialized communities.
University of King’s College journalism instructor Brian Daly was the guest speaker at the DBDLIs 2021-22 Report to the Community. Photo: Matthew Byard.
Daly also highlighted current work being done by various Black media professionals and Black media organizations throughout the region such as与妮可·约翰逊（Nicole Johnson）在桌子上的座位,黑色大西洋,Black in the Maritimes, and配乐的斗争.
Other highlights
February marked the 10-year anniversary of the DBDLI official launch. Thursday’s event was the institute’s first in-person Report to the Community since before the pandemic.
Randy Headley, who’s the chair of the DBDLI and who emceed the event, spoke about the growth of the institute from its first location in a small office to its new larger space on Cornwallis Street. The institute also grew in staff and board members. In his speech, Headley thanked all the current and past board members for their vision.
“They wanted to see a difference in the learning experience for African Nova Scotian learners and I think they have begun that journey to accomplish that for us,” Headley said. “For the present board members, what a tough task we have ahead of us.”
The Report to the Community also highlighted DBDLI annual flagship event, the African Nova Scotian History Challenges, which it says, “was taken up in earnest by students and educators across the province.”
DBDLI Chair Randy Headley presents an acknowledgement to DBDLI Research Director Dr. George Frempong. Photo: Matthew Byard.
还提出了两个奖项。DBDLI的研究总监George Frempong博士因其所有工作而受到认可。来自NSCC的Abid Ahmad还因其设计和向该研究所提供非洲风格的讲台的设计和捐赠而感到荣幸。
Parris-Drummond shared details of upcoming events and programs, including a 10th-anniversary celebration in the fall, an Africentric Research Series to be held on Fridays throughout the summer, a second Africentric Conference, an ongoing Ancestral Roots Summit, and the next African Nova Scotian History Challenge. She said the institute plans on holding the next Report to the Community in Cape Breton.
DBDLI CEO Sylvia Parris-Drummond presents an award to Abid Ahmad from NSCC. Photo: Matthew Byard.
“As we gather in June 2022 for our annual Report to the Community, we reflect on a year that was still heavily impacted by health-challenging occurrences, physical and mental, and societal injustices,” Parris-Drummond said. “Despite those challenges, DBDLI reflected a vision and echoed a mantra of our namesake, Mr. Delmore ‘Buddy Daye, who said, ‘Take action when and where you can.’ With that in mind, we continued to centre ourselves on our community.”
The event is available here on the DBDLIYouTube channel.
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