Name: Victoria’s Black and Here Centre opens on Emancipation Day after years of advocacy
Uploaded: 2026-08-01T00:39:42Z
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Description: Emancipation Day is observed in Canada each Aug. 1 to commemorate the day the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across most of the British Empire in 1834.

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Victoria’s Black and Here Centre opens on Emancipation Day after years of advocacy

Emancipation Day is observed in Canada each Aug. 1 to commemorate the day the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across most of the British Empire in 1834.

July 31, 2026 at 8:04PM EDT