February is Black History Month! ETT recommends the following resources and events to promote Black History Month. You can also get more resources from ETFO by clicking here.
Check back for updates from now and throughout February.
- Black History Month Posters – ETFO
- The images in this year’s poster spans generations and continents to tie the past, present, and future. It features traditional West African folklore, imagery, and concepts with curriculum based African Canadian history and the importance of looking to the future. #FutureGriot is a hashtag that captures the reality that all Black students will ascend from their present experience of being learners to one day being the keepers of history and knowledge which can be shared through the long-kept practice of oral storytelling. As the title makes clear, every journey that Black Canadians are on, means we are never alone as our ancestors are always with us.
This year’s artist is Destinie Adelakun.
- The images in this year’s poster spans generations and continents to tie the past, present, and future. It features traditional West African folklore, imagery, and concepts with curriculum based African Canadian history and the importance of looking to the future. #FutureGriot is a hashtag that captures the reality that all Black students will ascend from their present experience of being learners to one day being the keepers of history and knowledge which can be shared through the long-kept practice of oral storytelling. As the title makes clear, every journey that Black Canadians are on, means we are never alone as our ancestors are always with us.
- EVENT: 38th Annual Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch
- Join the Ontario Black History Society for our kick-off of Black History Month 2026. This elegant brunch takes place on Feb. 1 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto and will feature a keynote speech from Matthew Green, the former Hamilton Centre MP.
Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
- Join the Ontario Black History Society for our kick-off of Black History Month 2026. This elegant brunch takes place on Feb. 1 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto and will feature a keynote speech from Matthew Green, the former Hamilton Centre MP.
- EVENT: Being Black in this Historic Era
- We’re living through a global shift, whether culturally, politically, economically or environmentally, but what does that mean for the Black community?
Everyone is invited to join us in a discussion on the importance of acknowledging the impact our choices and actions make, and the continued work being done to end anti-Black racism.
When: Thursday Feb 12, 2026 @ 6pm
Register here
- We’re living through a global shift, whether culturally, politically, economically or environmentally, but what does that mean for the Black community?
- Black History Month Events and Resources – City of Toronto
- Black History Month is an opportunity for the City of Toronto to recognize the contributions that Black Canadians make to the life of Toronto in such areas as education, medicine, art, culture, public service, economic development, politics and human rights.
