At the end of January 2020, Canada Post released a stamp to commemorate the Colored Hockey League which was established 22 years before the NHL. “The stamp features images of players from the Colored Hockey League that operated from 1895 to the 1930s and lists the catchy names of some of the teams — Jubilees, Stanleys, Eurekas, Sea-Sides, Rangers, Royals and Moss Backs… many of whom were the sons and grandsons of escaped U.S. slaves who sought freedom in Canada.”

Glasgow University in Scotland will pay £20 million over the next 20 years in slave trade reparations. The fundswill be used to support the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research, a joint initiative between theUniversity of the West Indies and Glasgow University.

Government of Canada awarded $25 million dollars over five years in recognition of the United Nations IDPAD for projects and capital assistance to celebrate, share knowledge and build capacity in Black Canadian communities.

The federal government supports the creation of a national institute for Black Canadians, an idea proposed by a pan-Canadian group of Black organizations.

Canadian writer David Chariandy wins the Toronto Book Award for the award winning   novel Brother 2018 

Canadian writer Ian Williams wins the Scotiabank Giller for the novel Reproduction 2019

Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan wins her second Scotiabank Giller Prize, for her novel Washington Black.

Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, is the first woman Prime Minister of Barbados.

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo declared and formally launched the “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” for Africans in the Diaspora, giving fresh impetus to the quest to unite Africans on the continent with their brothers and sisters in the diaspora.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) announces the official launch of the recently established Centre for Reparation Research (CRR), the first of its kind in the academy.