about the Centre

The overall goal of the Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora at OCAD University is to make visible and provide access to the works of contemporary Black artists, craftspeople, curators, and critics in Canada who have been historically erased from the imaginary of Canadian visual culture. Through the development of a dynamic online platform housing curatorial projects by/about Black Canadian producers, the Centre aims to expand our understanding of Canadian Black contemporary cultural production from the period spanning 1987 to the present. The first resource of its kind, the Centre will raise awareness of the important role of Black artists in the histories of the visual and media arts in Canada.