Minute Women

This week, Grace and Linnea discuss the recent activism occurring around the world in support of Black Lives Matter and other BIPOC organizations. It seemed like a fitting time to dive into the Viola Desmond Heritage Minute, detailing the heroic activism of Viola in opposition to racial segregation on a fateful night in November 1946. Minute Women Podcast supports Black Lives Matter. Check out our website for resources!

https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/viola-desmond

Show Notes

This week, Grace and Linnea discuss the recent activism occurring around the world in support of Black Lives Matter and other BIPOC organizations. It seemed like a fitting time to dive into the Viola Desmond Heritage Minute, detailing the heroic activism of Viola in opposition to racial segregation on a fateful night in November 1946. Minute Women Podcast supports Black Lives Matter.

https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/viola-desmond

We encourage you check out these resources:

The Bail Project: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/the-bail-project

The Movement For Black Lives: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/movement-4-black-lives-1

Say Her Name: https://aapf.org/supportshn

902 ManUp: https://902manup.ca/

Black Health Alliance: http://blackhealthalliance.ca/

The Africville Heritage Trust: https://africvillemuseum.org/

Black Youth Helpline: https://blackyouth.ca/

Black Cultural Society for Nova Scotia: http://www.bccnsweb.com/web/support-us/donate/

 

What is Minute Women?

Minute Women is your weekly dose of Canadian history and corny 90s nostalgia. We are best friends Grace McNutt and Linnea Swinimer and we are on a mission to tell the untold stories behind the iconic Canadian Heritage Minutes. Along the way, we uncover the funny, weird, and downright terrifying stories left out of Canada’s national history.

Did you know John A. Macdonald's younger brother was murdered in a freak gin incident? Or that Sandford Fleming was going to call standard time "cosmic time"? Or that Governor Frontenac was a legendary jerk?

Well, neither did we! Join us to learn more! A not-so-proud part of our national heritage.