The Nerdy Professor Podcast

Truth Through Chaos | Ep. 21

What's up y'all! Today I have a long one for you. We jump some timelines and discuss Black activism in the early 1900s. I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you all would like to hear about next. Sources (I have way more sources these are just the top few) • African Canadian Legal Clinic. 2012. (Lawson, Smith, Chen, Parson, & Scott, 2002; Smith & Lawson, 2002). • Bertley, J. 1982. The role of the black community in educating blacks in montreal, from 1910 to 1940, with special reference to reverend dr. charles humphrey este (Order No. MK58154). ProQuest 303248151 • "Black Train Porters." Coquitlam Heritage Society, https://www.coquitlamheritage.ca/our-blog/black-train-porters. • "Black Women Changemakers of the 19th and 20th Centuries." Canadian Museum of History. https://www.historymuseum.ca/teachers-zone/black-women-changemakers-of-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/creating-a-positive-black-identity/adeline-chancy • Boyd, Nancy. “Madness, Women, and the State: Reflections on a Canadian Feminist Perspective.” Canadian Social Work Review, vol. 34, no. 1 (2017). • Supreme Court of Canada, “Christie v. The York Corporation, [1940] S.C.R. 139,” Exhibits, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2715. • Este, David, Christa Sato, and Darcy McKenna. "The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal, 1902-1940 African-Canadian Women Confronting Anti-Black Racism." Canadian Social Work Review 34, no. 1 (2017). https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/cswr/2017-v34-n1-cswr03182/1040996ar/ Music Credits In My Mind by Deoxys Beats | https://soundcloud.com/deoxysbeats1 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Ascension by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Decisive Hours by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Scheming to Migrate | Ep 20

What's up yall ! In this episode we will be covering the West Indian Domestic Scheme. Stay tuned for more! Music credits I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100199 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Tension by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Downtown Walk by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Sources "Caribbean Immigration to Toronto." Heritage Toronto. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://www.heritagetoronto.org/explore/little-jamaica-toronto-history/jamaican-history-domestics-scheme/. "West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955–1967)." Parks Canada. Last modified July 15, 2020. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/07/west-indian-domestic-scheme-19551967.html. Henry, Frances. "West Indian Domestic Scheme." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified December 17, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/west-indian-domestic-scheme. Calliste, Agnes. "Black History in Canada (1960 to Present)." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified February 07, 2024. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-history-in-canada-1960-to-present. Henry, Frances. "West Indian Domestic Scheme." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified December 17, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/west-indian-domestic-scheme. Knowles, Valerie. "Immigration Policy." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified December 14, 2023. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/immigration-policy. "History." Canadian Council for Refugees. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://ccrweb.ca/en/issues/history. "The Government of Canada Commemorates the West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955-1967) as an Immigration Program Through Which Around 3,000 Women From Caribbean Countries Were Recruited to Work as Domestic Servants in Canada." Parks Canada. Last modified February 13, 2025. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2025/02/the-government-of-canada-commemorates-the-west-indian-domestic-scheme-1955-1967-as-an-immigration-program-through-which-around-3000-women-from-cari.html. Flynn, Karen. Moving Beyond Borders: A History of Black Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011.

The Forgotten Frontlines | Ep. 19

What's up y'all , in this episode we are going to check out the history of Black Canadians role in Word War 1. Music credits I Can’t Stop by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Apocalypse Blues by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Universe Speaks by Arthur Vyncke | https://soundcloud.com/arthurvost Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Sources "Artifact: Black Canadian Soldier's Equipment." Canadian War Museum, warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1017212 "Black Battalion History." Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, www.bccns.com/our-history/black-battalion-history/ "Black Canadians." Veterans Affairs Canada, 25 Feb. 2020, www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/people-and-stories/black-canadians "Black Canadians and the Military: Black Volunteers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 9 Sept. 2016, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-volunteers-in-the-canadian-expeditionary-force "Black History in Canada, 1900–1960." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 7 Feb. 2017, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-history-in-canada-1900-1960 "Black History in Canada – No. 2 Construction Battalion." No. 2 Construction Battalion, www.no2-cef.ca/history/ "Challenges of the Black Canadian Experience." Library and Archives Canada, colab.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Challenges/Details/1027 "Construction Battalion: Black Soldiers from Pictou and the First World War." CBC News, 18 June 2017, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018 "OfficialW5." YouTube, 11 Feb. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtsKIlk76T8&ab_channel=OfficialW5 Ruck, Calvin W. The Black Battalion: 1916-1920: Canada's Best Kept Military Secret. 1925

Ware out West | Ep 18

What's up y'all today we are taking a trip out west to look at the development of western Canada. Music credits In My Mind by Deoxys Beats | https://soundcloud.com/deoxysbeats1 [https://soundcloud.com/deoxysbeats1]Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US   The Long Dark by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley [https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley]Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]   Uncertainty by Arthur Vyncke | https://soundcloud.com/arthurvost [https://soundcloud.com/arthurvost] Musicpromoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Ascension by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon [https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon] Musicpromoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com [https://www.free-stock-music.com]Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Sources "African American Immigration to Alberta." Alberta Heritage Resource Management Information System. Accessed March 7, 2025. https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2015/02/12/african-american-immigration-to-alberta/ [https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2015/02/12/african-american-immigration-to-alberta/] "African Americans in Indian Territory." Oklahoma Historical Society.Accessed March 7, 2025. https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=AF001 [https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=AF001] Backhouse, Constance. "Order in Council PC 1911-1324: The Proposed Ban on Black Immigration to Canada." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified November 26, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/order-in-council-pc-1911-1324-the-proposed-ban-on-black-immigration-to-canada [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/order-in-council-pc-1911-1324-the-proposed-ban-on-black-immigration-to-canada] "Black History: Willow Grove, NB and Amber Valley, AB." Canada Post. Accessed March 7, 2025. https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/collectibles/stamp-stories/2021-01-22-black-history-willow-grove-nb-and-amber-valley-ab [https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/personal/collectibles/stamp-stories/2021-01-22-black-history-willow-grove-nb-and-amber-valley-ab] "Black Pioneer Immigration to Alberta and Saskatchewan." Parks Canada.Last modified May 2017. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2017/05/black_pioneer_immigrationtoalbertaandsaskatchewan.html [https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2017/05/black_pioneer_immigrationtoalbertaandsaskatchewan.html] Bowsfield, Valerie. "Canadian Pacific Railway." The CanadianEncyclopedia. Last Modified February 08, 2024. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-pacific-railway [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-pacific-railway] Carter, Sarah. "Amber Valley." The Canadian Encyclopedia. LastModified January 20, 2022. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/amber-valley [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/amber-valley] "Chinese Labour on the Canadian Pacific Railway." AHSNB. Accessed March 7,2025. https://www.ahsnb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AHSNB-Chinese-Labour-on-the-CPR_Final.pdf [https://www.ahsnb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AHSNB-Chinese-Labour-on-the-CPR_Final.pdf] "Conditions & Segregation." Museum of Toronto. Accessed March 7, 2025. https://www.museumoftoronto.com/collection/conditions-segregation/ [https://www.museumoftoronto.com/collection/conditions-segregation/] D'Amato, Page, Nick. "Anti-Black racism in Canada: How immigrationpolicies have discriminated against Black people." Toronto CityNews. Last Modified July 1, 2020. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/07/01/anti-black-racism-canada-immigration/ [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/07/01/anti-black-racism-canada-immigration/] "John Ware (1845-1905)." Parks Canada. Accessed March 7, 2025. https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/personnage-person/john-ware [https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/personnage-person/john-ware] Historica Canada. "John Ware." YouTube video, 2:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=vBu3XC35EF0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicacanada.ca%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicacanada.ca&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=vBu3XC35EF0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicacanada.ca%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicacanada.ca&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE] "Mifflin, Wistar Gibbs (1823-1915)." Parks Canada. Last modified February 2017. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2017/02/backgrounder_mifflinwistargibbs1823-1915.html [https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2017/02/backgrounder_mifflinwistargibbs1823-1915.html] Riemer, Isobel. "Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar." 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Institutions in Neverland | Ep 17

What's up y'all! I hope you had a nice break. Lets jump back into Black Canadian History and talk about some institutions that came to be in the late 1800s. Music Credits Sound Effects By Lara (LARA’S HORROR SOUNDS on YouTube). Cornfield Chase by CinematicWaves | https://soundcloud.com/cinematicwav3s Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Downpour by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ At The End Of All Things by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ In My Mind by Deoxys Beats | https://soundcloud.com/deoxysbeats1 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Ascension by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sources Aladejebi, Funké. Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. "Black History in Canada: 1900–1960." The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-history-in-canada-1900-1960. Canada's History. "Shining Lights in the Community." www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts-culture-society/shining-lights-in-the-community. Gordon-Nembhard, Jessica. Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice. Penn State University Press, 2014. Historica Canada. "Black History in Canada Education Guide." Historica Canada, www.historicacanada.ca/productions/guides/black-history-in-canada-education-guide. Mathieu, Sarah-Jane. North of the Color Line: Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955. University of North Carolina Press, 2010. National Park Service. "Mary Ann Shadd Cary." www.nps.gov/people/mary-ann-shadd-cary.htm. "Racial Segregation of Black Students in Canadian Schools." The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/racial-segregation-of-black-students-in-canadian-schools. Simpson, Donald George. Under the North Star: Black Communities in Upper Canada Before Confederation (1867). Africa World Press, 2005. "The Provincial Freeman." The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-provincial-freeman. Women of the Hall. "Mary Ann Shadd Cary." www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/mary-ann-shadd-cary/.