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Celebrate Black History Month at Northern Lights College

Northern Lights College (NLC) is celebrating Black History Month with a gathering at the Fort St. John campus on February 13th.

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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February 11, 2025

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Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations takes place on February 13th at Northern Lights College’s Fort St. John campus (Northern Lights College, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Northern Lights College (NLC) is celebrating Black History Month with a gathering at the Fort St. John campus.

“Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Canadian History and Uplifting Future Generations” will take place on February 13th.

A Facebook post urges the public to come and experience an “evening of fashion, music and snacks” at the Atrium on the campus at 9820 120th Avenue.

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Speakers at the event will include NLC students, as well as NLC university arts and science chair and economics and finance instructor Dr. Issoufou Soumaila.

Soumaila’s career has seen him travel throughout Africa, the United States and Canada. He has served as chair at the school since 2019.

First celebrated in the mid-1920s in the U.S., Black History Month was first celebrated across February beginning back in 1970.
The event takes place on Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Visit NLC’s Facebook page for more information.

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Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018. After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge. Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories.

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.