Dr. Cheryl Thompson
@drcherylt.bsky.social
3-Time Author, Public Speaker, Expert Researcher, Director of Black Creative Lab, Mapping Ontario's Black Archives (MOBA)
If you've read my book Staging Blackface in Canada, I'd love your support on Goodreads. You can vote here (free Goodreads account needed): Canadian Black History Month → goodreads.com/list/show/66605
Performance & Theatre Theory → goodreads.com/list/show/18134
Thank you it makes a real difference!
Performance & Theatre Theory → goodreads.com/list/show/18134
Thank you it makes a real difference!
Canadian Black History Month (73 books)
73 books based on 17 votes: The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal by Afua Cooper, Black Berry, S...
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July 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
If you've read my book Staging Blackface in Canada, I'd love your support on Goodreads. You can vote here (free Goodreads account needed): Canadian Black History Month → goodreads.com/list/show/66605
Performance & Theatre Theory → goodreads.com/list/show/18134
Thank you it makes a real difference!
Performance & Theatre Theory → goodreads.com/list/show/18134
Thank you it makes a real difference!
I've really enjoyed watching the World Cup, seeing all the diversity, and talent on display, celebrated, valued, cherished.
Now close your 👀 and imagine this same scenario in all areas of life.
Why do we love diversity on fields and courts, but politicize it pretty much everywhere else??? 🤦🏾♀️
Now close your 👀 and imagine this same scenario in all areas of life.
Why do we love diversity on fields and courts, but politicize it pretty much everywhere else??? 🤦🏾♀️
June 25, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I've really enjoyed watching the World Cup, seeing all the diversity, and talent on display, celebrated, valued, cherished.
Now close your 👀 and imagine this same scenario in all areas of life.
Why do we love diversity on fields and courts, but politicize it pretty much everywhere else??? 🤦🏾♀️
Now close your 👀 and imagine this same scenario in all areas of life.
Why do we love diversity on fields and courts, but politicize it pretty much everywhere else??? 🤦🏾♀️
Happening later today at 5pm. amherstburgfreedom.org/event/cheryl...
Cheryl Thompson, Staging Blackface in Canada: A Virtual Book Launch/Black History Presentation – Amherstburg Freedom Museum
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April 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Happening later today at 5pm. amherstburgfreedom.org/event/cheryl...
**New Publication Alert**
Journal of Canadian Studies, "Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art: Integrating Community and Collective Heritage," Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 453–476. By Cheryl Thompson and Lucy Wowk
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Journal of Canadian Studies, "Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art: Integrating Community and Collective Heritage," Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 453–476. By Cheryl Thompson and Lucy Wowk
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Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art: Integrating Community and Collective Heritage | Journal of Canadian Studies
Using Toronto as our case study, this article examines the ways in which the city’s heritage industry may be improved by locating culture not only within the confines of a museum, but by engaging more...
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April 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
**New Publication Alert**
Journal of Canadian Studies, "Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art: Integrating Community and Collective Heritage," Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 453–476. By Cheryl Thompson and Lucy Wowk
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
Journal of Canadian Studies, "Using Black Archives to Rethink Toronto’s Public Art: Integrating Community and Collective Heritage," Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 453–476. By Cheryl Thompson and Lucy Wowk
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
Reposted by Dr. Cheryl Thompson
I interviewed @drcherylt.bsky.social first, and when Golden Mile came up again, unprompted, I was on cloud nine, haha.
March 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I interviewed @drcherylt.bsky.social first, and when Golden Mile came up again, unprompted, I was on cloud nine, haha.
Reposted by Dr. Cheryl Thompson
ICYMI: here’s the new @spacingradio.bsky.social episode. We talk about the Crosstown LRT with @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood, and @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about the reimagining of Scarborough’s Golden Mile: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto
To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...
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March 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
ICYMI: here’s the new @spacingradio.bsky.social episode. We talk about the Crosstown LRT with @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood, and @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about the reimagining of Scarborough’s Golden Mile: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Reposted by Dr. Cheryl Thompson
On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social, we bring back the transit panel with @graphicmatt.com and Prof. Tricia Wood to celebrate the Crosstown. And @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about Scarborough’s Golden Mile and it’s generational transformation: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton - Spacing Toronto
To compliment the latest Eglinton-themed issue of Spacing Magazine, we begin with a celebration. Our regular transit commentators Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher publisher Matt Elliott an...
spacing.ca
March 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social, we bring back the transit panel with @graphicmatt.com and Prof. Tricia Wood to celebrate the Crosstown. And @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about Scarborough’s Golden Mile and it’s generational transformation: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
On 4.14, Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, & Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898-1919, the follow up to Canada and the Blackface Atlantic, is out. And there is a third act. Thanks @wlupress.bsky.social! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/S/Stag...
March 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
On 4.14, Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, & Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898-1919, the follow up to Canada and the Blackface Atlantic, is out. And there is a third act. Thanks @wlupress.bsky.social! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/S/Stag...
Beginning in the early 1980s,, #JesseJackson led a coalition of Black organizations through his PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) to boycott American companies like Budweiser, and others because of their anti-Black hiring practices. These actions led to widespread changes.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Beginning in the early 1980s,, #JesseJackson led a coalition of Black organizations through his PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) to boycott American companies like Budweiser, and others because of their anti-Black hiring practices. These actions led to widespread changes.
I wrote this feature about a true legend. He overcame endless criticism, and yet he never stopped being creative and reinventing himself. When he passed last November, I felt compelled to write something.
This is Part one, Part 2 drops tomorrow.
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
This is Part one, Part 2 drops tomorrow.
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Jimmy Cliff and the roots of Toronto's reggae scene, Part 1 - Spacing Toronto
On November 24, 2025, Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff (né James Chambers) died at age 81. Twenty years prior, Cliff became only the fourth reggae artist to receive the Order of Merit (2003) – the h...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I wrote this feature about a true legend. He overcame endless criticism, and yet he never stopped being creative and reinventing himself. When he passed last November, I felt compelled to write something.
This is Part one, Part 2 drops tomorrow.
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
This is Part one, Part 2 drops tomorrow.
spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Last year, I wrote Remembering the Harriet Tubman Youth Centre on St. Clair West for Spacing.ca. It was the most-read article of summer 2024, and generated over 30,000 views. Today, it is nominated for a Toronto Heritage Public History Award!! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
2025 Public History Award Nominees – Heritage Toronto
Discover the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award nominees, which cover a range of heritage topics, from music history to multiculturalism.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Last year, I wrote Remembering the Harriet Tubman Youth Centre on St. Clair West for Spacing.ca. It was the most-read article of summer 2024, and generated over 30,000 views. Today, it is nominated for a Toronto Heritage Public History Award!! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
My book. In store. Indigo. And in the Canadian History section!!!!! I've arrived lol
August 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My book. In store. Indigo. And in the Canadian History section!!!!! I've arrived lol
Cadillac Fairview thinks Liu's plans are too ambitious, and they would be more "comfortable" with "someone" with more retail experience taking over the former Bay stores in their malls. "More experience" like the mostly white men who ran a 300-year co into the ground? Ok.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Landlords say B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu's plan for Bay properties 'defies commercial common sense' | CBC News
In filings made with the Ontario Superior Court on Saturday, Cadillac Fairview says it is “resolutely opposed” to Liu becoming a tenant at some of its malls because she has no detailed or credible bus...
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August 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cadillac Fairview thinks Liu's plans are too ambitious, and they would be more "comfortable" with "someone" with more retail experience taking over the former Bay stores in their malls. "More experience" like the mostly white men who ran a 300-year co into the ground? Ok.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sharing an interview I did with the New Books Network Podcast on my latest book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic published with @wlupress.bsky.social . If you haven't yet read it, or are on the fence, this conversation is in-depth with a lot of inside stories about writing the book!
July 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sharing an interview I did with the New Books Network Podcast on my latest book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic published with @wlupress.bsky.social . If you haven't yet read it, or are on the fence, this conversation is in-depth with a lot of inside stories about writing the book!
Syriah Bailey writes about @TheArQuives collections of Black queer activism in Toronto from ZAMI to chosen family to other forms of political resistance. Learn more about the voices that shaped a movement. Read the full blog here: mobaprojects.ca/the-arquives/
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Syriah Bailey writes about @TheArQuives collections of Black queer activism in Toronto from ZAMI to chosen family to other forms of political resistance. Learn more about the voices that shaped a movement. Read the full blog here: mobaprojects.ca/the-arquives/
I hope everything politician who was once in office thinking of coming back just learned that Cuomo lost his bid to be NYC Mayor. Please just retire and let Gex and early Millennials lead for a minute.
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I hope everything politician who was once in office thinking of coming back just learned that Cuomo lost his bid to be NYC Mayor. Please just retire and let Gex and early Millennials lead for a minute.
Folks searching so hard for a Chow negative. If the worse things she's done is not apologize "properly" for 1 pool closure or for home owner confusion over vacant tax, still winning over previous mayor who stopped fixing shit, let subways become hostels, and workplace gate. Why do we forget so soon?
June 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Folks searching so hard for a Chow negative. If the worse things she's done is not apologize "properly" for 1 pool closure or for home owner confusion over vacant tax, still winning over previous mayor who stopped fixing shit, let subways become hostels, and workplace gate. Why do we forget so soon?
Why is America getting back into the war business??? Because it makes a few companies really rich. Wars make $$
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Why is America getting back into the war business??? Because it makes a few companies really rich. Wars make $$
When he marched tanks down the street, folks should have known he was going to use them. Narcs always foreshadow their evil.
June 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
When he marched tanks down the street, folks should have known he was going to use them. Narcs always foreshadow their evil.
Loving all the men really keen to be mayor but been in council for years and their actual wards are riddled with problems. Classic case of seeking power, not solutions. Mayor Chow hasn't fixed everything or gotten it all right, but we know she's not sitting in photo ops at 7am. shuffling paper.
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Loving all the men really keen to be mayor but been in council for years and their actual wards are riddled with problems. Classic case of seeking power, not solutions. Mayor Chow hasn't fixed everything or gotten it all right, but we know she's not sitting in photo ops at 7am. shuffling paper.
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Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
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The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
Black scholars warn that post-2020 equity promises are unraveling as Canada faces an anti-EDI backlash and rising political hostility.
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June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Is addressing anti-Black racism in Canada still a policy priority?
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...
The piece by fellow members of the Black Canadians Studies Association is out! Shout out to Tari Ajadi, Nicole Bernhardt, Wendy Mackey and Christopher Stuart Taylor
Share!
#BCSA
policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...
Vintage speakers. Wall-slapping bass. 12 hours of nonstop vibes.
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps: Listening to the Black Sonic Past – MOBA
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June 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Vintage speakers. Wall-slapping bass. 12 hours of nonstop vibes.
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
Furnace Slaps wasn’t just an installation; Dr. Mark V. Campbell digs into the noise, the chaos, and the crowd energy we never archive but never forget.
🔥 Read MOBA' blog and catch the feeling:
mobaprojects.ca/furnace-slap...
I find it so fascinating that to show the Americans strength we double down on being a colony of Britain. Truly a Canadian thing to do, if Americans still think we're basically the same. Lol. We're not.
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I find it so fascinating that to show the Americans strength we double down on being a colony of Britain. Truly a Canadian thing to do, if Americans still think we're basically the same. Lol. We're not.
If you ever known anyone who had to recover from a major injury or setback. Just know, not the folks to mess with hahaha we have superpower resilience, self motivation, and perseverance. Whatever it was that happened, happened to us for a reason. Big mistake. Huge.
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you ever known anyone who had to recover from a major injury or setback. Just know, not the folks to mess with hahaha we have superpower resilience, self motivation, and perseverance. Whatever it was that happened, happened to us for a reason. Big mistake. Huge.