Black Nova Scotians
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Sep 11, 2026
Kent RoachGUEST
One of the things that's happened is the Nova Scotia archives have opened up all of the archives for the Nova Scotia Royal Commission.
Kent RoachGUEST
And so one of the things I did in researching this book was I read both the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, which were granted intervener status, and a group representing Black Nova Scotians.
Kent RoachGUEST
And I read their submissions to the inquiry.
Kent RoachGUEST
And it was really quite interesting in that they were really about racism.
David ArcherHOST
and he's going to take us out to Cape Breton Island on the east coast of Canada.
David ArcherHOST
Cape Breton, or Unamagi in the Mi'kmaq language, is a deeply multicultural place that has Indigenous, French Acadian, Gaelic, and African Nova Scotian populations, among others.
David ArcherHOST
Terry Smith, the CEO at Destination Cape Breton, tells us today about how they're working alongside Indigenous groups and others to practice cultural sustainability through tourism.
David ArcherHOST
He also lets us in on a tourism strategy focused on longer stays that has come to life through a campaign called Take Your Time.
Gene DembyHOST
Mm.
Nikole HillHOST
Now, most of Black Nova Scotia is in Birchtown, and likely bracing for attack.
Gene DembyHOST
Mm.
Nikole HillHOST
And here's what the mob would have known about their community.
Nikole HillHOST
So Thomas Peters, he's rumored to be an African prince who was kidnapped and enslaved in Louisiana.
Nikole HillHOST
He fought for the British, now he's here in Nova Scotia.
Nikole HillHOST
He'd been going from town to town looking for work and land, and in the process, he's gathering news from across Black Nova Scotia.
Nikole HillHOST
He learns that even though the Loyalists were the labor force building the province, they were barely making enough money to survive.
John BuehlerHOST
That doesn't help either.
Cody WilliamsHOST
He's just a Scotian
John BuehlerHOST
saint.
John BuehlerHOST
I've got a cougar up here.
Jeff DouglasGUEST
potential.
Jeff DouglasGUEST
And this is, since I've come home here, to Nova Scotia, I have been the beneficiary of a lot of generosity and a lot of patience on behalf of a lot of different communities that I was not born into, whether that's a Mi'kmaq community or the African Nova Scotian, Black Nova Scotian community, queer community, and communities whose lived experience and struggles because of who I am, I was largely ignorant of.
Jeff DouglasGUEST
And that generosity and patience has really opened my eyes to what Canada is in a way that I was blind to in 2000.
Jeff DouglasGUEST
And I was probably blind to in 2017 and 2018, 2019.