1: MARY ANN SHADD CARY PAINTING AT THE MARY ANN SHADD PUBLIC SCHOOL IN SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO. BY ARTIS LANE, SHADD CARY’S GREAT GREAT NIECE.2: MARY ANN SHADD CARY BUST AT BME FREEDOM PARK, CHATHAM, ONTARIO. SCULPTED BY ARTIS LANE, SHADD CARY’S GREAT GREAT NIECE. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHATHAM-KENT BLACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
ABOUT
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the first Black woman newspaper publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. The Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging builds on the principles of its namesake; it advocates, supports and participates in inclusive and belonging-focused journalism in Canada through research, education, community-building and media production.
The Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging is based at Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication. It is the first Canadian institution with a focus on supporting more diversity and inclusion in Canada’s journalism industry.
