Marlene Green is one of five Black activists celebrated through the Akua Benjamin Project: 50 Years of Black Activism.

Justice and Dignity for All is a documentary by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers about the workers, mostly women, who deliver the mail in rural and suburban Canada. The film traces their decades-long struggle, starting in 1981, to become unionized and to win basic job security, pay equity, and benefits.

Sharing feminist history with new generations, students and researchers has always been an important goal for Rise Up! We are excited to announce the expansion of our Teaching Resources, including new lessons plans on Black Women’s Activism and the Feminist Movement, and Indigenous Women’s Activism. These lesson plans bring together historical materials on Black and […]

Claire Prieto’s film “Some Black Women” (1977) looks at the lives and roles of Black women in Canada during the mid-1970s,