‘I don’t celebrate Black History Month, I celebrate Black history 12 months of the year’: Sen. Bernard on her fight for equality

After sitting as a Senator for more than three years, Wanda Thomas Bernard says she is more determined than ever to continue fighting for causes like social justice, diversity, and inclusion.

Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard, pictured speaking at a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women event in Nova Scotia on Dec. 6, 2019, says she lives Black history and integrates it into all of her work. Photograph courtesy of the office of Wanda Thomas Bernard

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BY DAVID LOCHEAD

February 19, 2020

On a snowy day in 2018, Independent Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard boarded a Parliament Hill shuttle bus in front of the Victoria Building, heading to Centre Block. She said the Senators getting on the bus before her boarded with no issues, but the driver stopped Sen. Bernard to ask for identification...

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