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Resources about Mary Ann Shadd Cary

A selection of works about Mary Ann Shadd Cary.

CAJ releases national Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey results. (2021). Canada NewsWire.

Malik, A., & Fatah, S. (2020, January 28). Newsrooms not keeping up with changing demographics,study suggests. The Conversation.

Newkirk, Pamela. “The Bumpy Road into the Newsroom.” Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, New York University Press, 2000, pp. 69-96.

Murphy, Carla. Introducing “Leavers”: Results from a Survey of 101 Former Journalists of Color. Accessed 17 Jan. 2023.

Pearson, Matthew, and Seglins, Dave. Taking Care: A Report on Mental Health, Well-Being & Trauma Among Canadian Media Workers. Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, 2022.

Diversity of the Black population in Canada : an overview. (2019). Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada.

“Survey Results – 2022.” Canadian Association of Journalists. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.

Kumi, P. A. (2005). Guilty by association: The impact of mainstream media portrayal of African Canadian male criminal participation on the African Canadian community. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Malik, A., & Fatah, S. (2020, January 28). Newsrooms not keeping up with changing demographics, study suggests. The Conversation.

Mattar, P. (2020, September 14). Objectivity is a privilege afforded to White journalists. The Walrus.

Banting, K., & Thompson, D. (2021). The Puzzling Persistence of Racial Inequality in Canada. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 54(4), 870–891.

Books

2023, Nneka Dennie, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist

2023, Jane Rhodes, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century, New Edition

2022, Elizabeth MacLeod and Mike Deas, Meet Mary Ann Shadd

2000, Rinaldo Walcott, “Who Is She and What Is She to You?” Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the (Im)possibility of Black/Canadian Studies

2003, Jeri Ferris, Demanding Justice: A Story about Mary Ann Shadd Cary

1995, Rosemary Sadlier, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Publisher, Editor, Teacher, Lawyer, Suffragette

1852, Mary Ann Shadd, A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West

Year not listed, Hallie Quinn Brown, The Foremost Colored Canadian Pioneer in 1850

Articles

2023, CBC: Trailblazer and activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a force in Canada’s Black history

2022, Huda Hassan, CBC: How Mary Ann Shadd Cary set the blueprint for abolitionist feminist writing

2020, Kristin Moriah, “A Greater Compass of Voice”: Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield and Mary Ann Shadd Cary Navigate Black Performance

2019, Neely Tucker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Trailblazer for Feminism, Freedom

2013, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Mary Ann Shadd

2000, Rinaldo Walcott, “Who Is She and What Is She to You?” Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the (Im)possibility of Black/Canadian Studies

1997, Shirley J. Yee, Finding a Place: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Dilemmas of Black Migration to Canada

Year not listed, Women & the American Story, Life Story: Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823 – 1893)

Audio and Video

2024, Video, CBC News The National: Canada post stamp honours abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd

2024, Video, CBC News The National: Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Antislavery Activist

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums, From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums: “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Black educators Kristin Moriah, Rosemary Sadlier, Rinaldo Walcott

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums: “Perspectives from Shadd Family Members.” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Shadd family members Adrienne Shadd, Shannon Prince, Ed and Maxine Robbins

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums, “Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Influence on Black Journalism.” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Black women journalists Allya Davidson, Rita Shelton Deverell, Nana aba Duncan

2023, Video, Toronto Star, “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” with Shannon Prince, Shadd Cary family member and former curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum

2022, Podcast, Historica Canada and Media Girlfriends, Mary Ann Shadd: Journalism, Activism, and the Power of Words, with Shadd family members Marishana Mabusela and Adrienne Shadd

2021, Video, Toronto Star, “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” with Shannon Prince, Shadd Cary family member and former curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum

2020, Video, Pines and Pales, Famous Black Canadians: 6/10: Mary Ann Shadd

2018, Video, The London Free Press, Remember Me: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

2016, Video, ActiveHistory.ca, Mary Ann Shadd Revisited: Echoes from an Old House Allison Margot Smith

Museums, Archives, & Art

Buxton National Historic Museum: Garrison Shadd Cary Collection

Archives of Ontario: Mary Ann Shadd Cary Fonds

Mural of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman to publish a newspaper in North America

Toronto History Museum – From Grit to Glory Celebrating Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Museum of Toronto: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Art Windsor Essex: The Legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Wikimedia Commons: Category: Images from Archives of Ontario

Library and Archives Canada: Mary Ann Shadd Cary Collection

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Resources

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Resources about Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Newkirk, Pamela. “The Bumpy Road into the Newsroom.” Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, New York University Press, 2000, pp. 69-96.

Diversity of the Black population in Canada : an overview. (2019). Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada.

Kumi, P. A. (2005). Guilty by association: The impact of mainstream media portrayal of African Canadian male criminal participation on the African Canadian community. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Books

2023, Nneka Dennie, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist

2023, Jane Rhodes, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century, New Edition

2022, Elizabeth MacLeod and Mike Deas, Meet Mary Ann Shadd

2000, Rinaldo Walcott, “Who Is She and What Is She to You?” Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the (Im)possibility of Black/Canadian Studies

2003, Jeri Ferris, Demanding Justice: A Story about Mary Ann Shadd Cary

1995, Rosemary Sadlier, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Publisher, Editor, Teacher, Lawyer, Suffragette

1852, Mary Ann Shadd, A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West

Year not listed, Hallie Quinn Brown, The Foremost Colored Canadian Pioneer in 1850

Articles

2023, CBC: Trailblazer and activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a force in Canada’s Black history

2022, Huda Hassan, CBC: How Mary Ann Shadd Cary set the blueprint for abolitionist feminist writing

2020, Kristin Moriah, “A Greater Compass of Voice”: Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield and Mary Ann Shadd Cary Navigate Black Performance

2019, Neely Tucker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Trailblazer for Feminism, Freedom

2013, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Mary Ann Shadd

2000, Rinaldo Walcott, “Who Is She and What Is She to You?” Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the (Im)possibility of Black/Canadian Studies

1997, Shirley J. Yee, Finding a Place: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Dilemmas of Black Migration to Canada

Year not listed, Women & the American Story, Life Story: Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823 – 1893)

Audio and Video

2024, Video, CBC News The National: Canada post stamp honours abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd

2024, Video, CBC News The National: Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Antislavery Activist

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums, From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums: “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Black educators Kristin Moriah, Rosemary Sadlier, Rinaldo Walcott

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums: “Perspectives from Shadd Family Members.” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Shadd family members Adrienne Shadd, Shannon Prince, Ed and Maxine Robbins

2023, Video, Toronto History Museums, “Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Influence on Black Journalism.” From Grit to Glory: Mary Ann Shadd Cary with Black women journalists Allya Davidson, Rita Shelton Deverell, Nana aba Duncan

2023, Video, Toronto Star, “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” with Shannon Prince, Shadd Cary family member and former curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum

2022, Podcast, Historica Canada and Media Girlfriends, Mary Ann Shadd: Journalism, Activism, and the Power of Words, with Shadd family members Marishana Mabusela and Adrienne Shadd

2021, Video, Toronto Star, “Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?” with Shannon Prince, Shadd Cary family member and former curator of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum

2020, Video, Pines and Pales, Famous Black Canadians: 6/10: Mary Ann Shadd

2018, Video, The London Free Press, Remember Me: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

2016, Video, ActiveHistory.ca, Mary Ann Shadd Revisited: Echoes from an Old House Allison Margot Smith

Museums, Archives, & Art

Website Design & Development Project Three

Scope of Work

Research & Strategy

Content Creation

Design & Development

Management & Support

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Website Design & Development Project Four

Scope of Work

Research & Strategy

Content Creation

Design & Development

Management & Support

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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.

Diversity of the Black population in Canada : an overview. (2019). Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada.