These resources were created by Mandy Taylor, BA'23, as part of the Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships (USSRF). Taylor participated in the 2023 program.
Explore a breakdown of the lesson plans with sources.
Daily Plans
An Introduction to the Fort Erie & Greater Buffalo-Niagara Region's Black History
Fort Erie's Black History - People & Places
A Shared History - Fort Erie & Buffalo
Modern Black History
About the Author
My name is Mandy Taylor, I am a mixed-race woman from the Niagara Region in Ontario Canada. In the summer of 2024, I was awarded the USSRF research fellowship award and was provided an opportunity to both research and publish a very overlooked area in History. Black history in Canada and in my town has been underfunded and under-researched leaving our black pioneers' stories in the shadows. As a mixed race child in the region, I grew up learning half of my history, missing out on quite a rich one at that. I took this opportunity to leave the Niagara region school boards with no excuse to not include and be able to customize black history lessons. I hope that one day this resource plan can be modified and adapted so that all Canadian teachers in any region can customize their black history lessons.