Dr. Claudine Bonner

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Email: claudine.bonner@acadiau.ca

Dr. Claudine Bonner (she/her) is an Associate Professor of race and ethnicity at Acadia University. Claudine is a scholar of the 20th century with a specialization in Black Canadian history. Her research and teaching interests focus on African Diaspora (im)migration and settlement in the Atlantic world, Black Canadian labour history, and diversity and equity in education. She is currently editing, with Drs. Nina Reid-Maroney and Boulou Ebanda de B’béri, a collection of essays titled The Black Press: A Shadowed Canadian Tradition. This collection, spanning the period from the 1850s to the early twentieth century, is the first in the field to bring together original historical and Communication Studies research that position pioneering Canadian Black journalists as effective intellectual activists. Her current research explores early twentieth century African-Caribbean migration networks, inserting Nova Scotia into the discussion as more than simply a point of transit as has often been suggested.