Military – THE RESET COMMUNITY

THE COLOURED CORPS: BLACK CANADIANS AND THE WAR OF 1812

The Coloured Corps (also known as Runchey’s Company of Coloured Men, or Black Corps) was a militia company of Black men raised during the War of 1812. Created in Upper Canada, where enslavement had been limited in 1793, the corps was composed of free and enslaved Black men. Many were veterans of the American Revolution,Continue reading “THE COLOURED CORPS: BLACK CANADIANS AND THE WAR OF 1812”

IT WAS NOT A MISSION, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE | LEST WE FORGET

Four soldiers with the Canadian Corps during the First World War. (Canadian War Museum, George Metcalf Archival Collection)

MEDIA BUZZ ALERT | THIS REMEMBRANCE, WE HONOUR OUR VETERANS IN THEIR NAME | THE HISTORIC NEGRO VETERANS VILLAGE CALL FOR PARTNERS PROPOSAL

Updated 11.10.2022 @ 10:43 – NEW DATE FOR EVENT *Date change from November 10, 22022 to new date November 25, 2022 (TO.ON. VLPress 11.4.2022 @ 06:30 EST) It was in the 1950s when Canada’s Negros began to be called ‘Black.’ Up until that time, Negro or Coloured was the identity used by today’s ‘Blacks.’ TheContinue reading “MEDIA BUZZ ALERT | THIS REMEMBRANCE, WE HONOUR OUR VETERANS IN THEIR NAME | THE HISTORIC NEGRO VETERANS VILLAGE CALL FOR PARTNERS PROPOSAL”