Here are a few potential subjects for your research papers These are simply suggestions to inspire you. Ultimately,you will decide on the particular focus of your research.  As the assignment instructions indicate, the possibilities are enormous.

About a month prior to the due date, you must let me know what research topic or profile subject you are considering, so I can direct you in your research and re-direct you if the topic or subject is inappropriate.

Read excerpts from your text book to learn more about these topics and determine which of them might interest you. You will discover many more possible subjects by searching in library catalogues and leafing through books and their indexes and bibliographies. You can also consult the extensive  bibliography on this web site.

Check the research assignment page for details on completing this assignment. Be sure to use several sources of information. Do NOT rely totally on web sites for your information. Use information from books, films, and journal/magazine/newspaper articles.

• Slavery in New France and/or British North America
• Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia or Upper Canada
• The Black Pioneers: all-Black Loyalist regiment in the American Revolution
• Jamaican Maroons in the Maritimes - late 18th Century
• The Back-to-Africa Movement: African-Canadians and the Sierra Leone Company - late 18th Century
• The Black Refugees of the War of 1812
• Views and Activities of Josiah Henson (1789-1883), member of the Underground Railroad, preacher, leader, farmer
• Views and Activities of Mary Ann Shadd and/or Samuel Ringgold Ward and/or The Provincial Freeman (Newspaper)
• Views of Henry Bibb (founder of The Voice of the Fugitive) and/or the newspaper The Voice of the Fugitive
• Self-Segregation or Integration: Comparison of views: Henry Bibb versus Samuel Ringgold Ward and  Mary Ann Shadd
• The African-Canadian Debate over Integration or Segregation in 19th Century Canada
• African-Canadian Journalism: pick an era and publications
• Analysis of the Wilberforce Colony: Upper Canada, 1823-1836
• Analysis of the Dawn Institute/Settlement: founded in 1842 in Canada West
• Analysis of the Elgin Settlement and Buxton Mission: Upper Canada, 1849
• The Role of the Church in African-Canadian Life (select a particular era or congregation)
• Africville, Nova Scotia
• African Canadians on the Prairies
• Oklahoma Blacks in Alberta
• Early Black Settlement in British Columbia
• Education for African-Canadians in 19th Century Canada
• Military: the Nova Scotia No. 2 Construction Battalion (WWI)
• The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• African-Canadians in Montreal (some aspect/era)
• African-Canadians in Toronto (some aspect/era)
• Analysis of the Situation of West Indian Domestics in Canada (pick a time span)
• Analysis of the Situation of Seasonal Farm Workers from the Caribbean
• African-Canadian Calypsonians: choose one artist or survey several and analyze their songs and possibly their position in the Canadian music scene
• African-Canadian Rap Artists or Spoken Word Artists: choose one artist or survey several and analyze their songs and possibly their position in the Canadian music scene
• The Sir George Williams University Uprising, 1969: racially-centred riot
• The Cole Harbour District High School  (Nova Scotia) Racial Incidents
• The Yonge Street "Riot": May 4, 1992
• The Police and Blacks
• The African-Canadian Community's Response to the ROM's Exhibit Into the Heart of Africa
• The African-Canadian Student at Seneca: A Survey (Conduct your own survey)
• The Image of African-Canadian Athletes in the Media
• Media Depiction of Ben Johnson: Olympic Victor and Disgraced Athlete - How does the portrait change?
• The African-Canadian Experience in Hockey
• Canadian Immigration Policy (choose a certain era) and its Effect on African Canadians
• The Experience of Immigration: Conduct a Survey & Research
• The African-Canadian Woman (some aspect/era)
• The Argument for an Afrocentric Education in the Toronto Board of Education for African-Canadian Youths