Vanessa Smithers

Vanessa Smithers

Vanessa Smithers is a Toronto-based African Nova Scotian Narrative Consultant, Legacy Archivist, Speaker, and Writer with ancestral ties to The Hill, a historic Black community in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her work sits at the intersection of story, identity, justice, and legacy.

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L-R: Alfred Skinner (George's son), John Skinner (Godfrey's son) George Skinner Jr., Isaac Dorrington (a cousin), John Smothers (Smithers) my great great grandfather, and Arthur Henderson. Date: 1895 Photographer: William H. Buckley. Reference: Buckley family Nova Scotia Archives

Black Canada Has More Than Two Addresses

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