{"id":16704,"date":"2026-07-15T13:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:07:39","slug":"anti-racism-committee-announced-during-black-battalion-commemoration-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/fr\/anti-racism-committee-announced-during-black-battalion-commemoration-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Annonce de la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un comit\u00e9 antiracisme lors de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie comm\u00e9morative du 2e Bataillon de construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16752\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16752\" src=\"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-431x287.jpg 431w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th-862x574.jpg 862w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BlackBattallaion110th.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16752\" class=\"wp-caption-text translation-block\">Un d\u00e9fil\u00e9 r\u00e9unissant des premiers intervenants et des membres des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes a marqu\u00e9 le 110e anniversaire du 2e Bataillon de construction \u00e0 Pictou, en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, le 4 juillet. \n\nGRC DE NOUVELLE-\u00c9COSSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anti-racism committee announced during No. 2 Construction Battalion commemoration<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Par Griffin Bjerke-Clarke<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">L\u2019\u00e9quipe du Trident<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Des membres de l\u2019\u00c9quipe de la D\u00e9fense se sont joints \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 locale et \u00e0 des repr\u00e9sentants des pouvoirs publics pour une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie annuelle de comm\u00e9moration tenue le 4 juillet \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9glise presbyt\u00e9rienne St. Andrews de Pictou. L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement rendait hommage aux contributions du 2e Bataillon de construction, le plus grand bataillon enti\u00e8rement compos\u00e9 de Noirs de l\u2019histoire militaire canadienne.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">La c\u00e9r\u00e9monie a \u00e9t\u00e9 suivie d\u2019un d\u00e9fil\u00e9 d\u2019honneur visant \u00e0 rendre hommage au sacrifice et au d\u00e9vouement des hommes qui ont servi dans ce bataillon pendant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale, alors qu\u2019ils ont jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le important dans l\u2019effort de guerre canadien au plus fort du conflit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Le 2\u1d49 bataillon de construction a \u00e9t\u00e9 une unit\u00e9 s\u00e9gr\u00e9gu\u00e9e non combattante qui a servi de 1916 \u00e0 1920.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Le 5 juillet a marqu\u00e9 le 110\u1d49 anniversaire de la fondation du bataillon \u00e0 Truro, Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Au cours de l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement, le ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale, David McGuinty, a annonc\u00e9 la cr\u00e9ation du nouveau Comit\u00e9 consultatif minist\u00e9riel externe sur le racisme anti-Noirs, d\u00e9montrant ainsi l\u2019engagement du gouvernement du Canada \u00e0 honorer l\u2019histoire tout en prenant des mesures concr\u00e8tes afin de contribuer \u00e0 b\u00e2tir un avenir plus inclusif pour l\u2019\u00c9quipe de la D\u00e9fense.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00ab Les membres de ce comit\u00e9 consultatif apportent une vaste exp\u00e9rience, une grande expertise et des points de vue qui refl\u00e8tent la diversit\u00e9 et la force des communaut\u00e9s noires du Canada \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. McGuinty. \u00ab Ce comit\u00e9 repr\u00e9sente une \u00e9tape importante dans notre engagement continu \u00e0 b\u00e2tir une institution plus forte et inclusive, o\u00f9 chaque membre peut servir, contribuer et r\u00e9ussir dans un milieu de travail exempt de harc\u00e8lement, de racisme, de discrimination et de pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s. \u00bb<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16753\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16753 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-1024x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-1024x457.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-768x343.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-1536x685.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-2048x914.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-431x192.jpg 431w, https:\/\/tridentnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Black-Battalion-110th-2-862x385.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le 2e Bataillon de construction. \n\nMDN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Le comit\u00e9 fournira des conseils ind\u00e9pendants et une orientation strat\u00e9gique aux membres de l\u2019\u00c9quipe de la D\u00e9fense et aux dirigeants afin de soutenir la lutte contre le racisme anti-Noirs au sein des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes (FAC).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Des descendants des membres du 2e Bataillon de construction ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">L\u2019histoire de cette unit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 omise des r\u00e9cits officiels canadiens pendant des d\u00e9cennies, l\u2019absence de journal de guerre \u00e9tant souvent invoqu\u00e9e pour expliquer cette omission. Sean Foyn, historien noir de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, conf\u00e9rencier principal lors de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie et membre du nouveau comit\u00e9 consultatif, a remis en question cette explication dans son allocution. Il a fait valoir que les exp\u00e9riences v\u00e9cues par ces hommes auraient d\u00fb suffire \u00e0 assurer au bataillon la place qui lui revient dans l\u2019histoire du Canada.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00ab Cette histoire a d\u00fb rester vivante chez les hommes du 2e Bataillon de construction. Les gens reviennent de toutes sortes d\u2019exp\u00e9riences, et ils en parlent \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Au cours de leur d\u00e9ploiement, les membres du bataillon ont d\u00fb faire face \u00e0 des conditions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques difficiles, \u00e0 de fr\u00e9quentes \u00e9pid\u00e9mies et \u00e0 un racisme syst\u00e9mique et profond\u00e9ment enracin\u00e9, tout en accomplissant des travaux forestiers exigeants dans des conditions \u00e9prouvantes. Vingt-neuf hommes de cette unit\u00e9 ont perdu la vie dans ces circonstances.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Les orateurs pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie ont \u00e9galement \u00e9voqu\u00e9 les humiliations subies par le bataillon, notamment un incident \u00e0 caract\u00e8re raciste survenu au sein du Corps exp\u00e9ditionnaire canadien en 1919. Plus g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, ces hommes ont re\u00e7u peu de reconnaissance \u00e0 leur retour au pays, et le bataillon a \u00e9t\u00e9 discr\u00e8tement dissous en 1920, parall\u00e8lement \u00e0 la dissolution du Corps exp\u00e9ditionnaire canadien lui-m\u00eame.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Foyn a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que les r\u00e9cits familiaux et les photographies conserv\u00e9s dans des tiroirs et des greniers avaient jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le central dans la reconnaissance finale de cette histoire.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLes images et les histoires qui ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 enlever des manteaux de chemin\u00e9e et les gens les associant aux noms\u2014c\u2019est simplement remarquable,\u201d a-t-il dit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Le premier \u00e9v\u00e9nement officiel comm\u00e9morant les contributions du 2e Bataillon de construction a eu lieu en 1982. Il s\u2019agissait d\u2019une r\u00e9union des anciens combattants noirs de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale encore en vie. Cette r\u00e9union a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e par Calvin Ruck, un militant des droits de la personne de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse qui a consacr\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tude de l\u2019histoire du bataillon et qui a ensuite r\u00e9dig\u00e9 l\u2019ouvrage de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence sur son histoire, The Black Battalion: 1916-1920, Canada's Best-Kept Military Secret.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Depuis lors, plusieurs hommages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rendus au bataillon et \u00e0 ses membres qui ont perdu la vie, notamment un nouveau b\u00e2timent au Camp Aldershot baptis\u00e9 \u00ab B\u00e2timent des soldats Frederick L. Landsay et James E. Landsay \u00bb, en m\u00e9moire de deux fr\u00e8res qui ont servi dans cette unit\u00e9.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En juillet 2022, le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des excuses officielles aux familles pour les mauvais traitements subis par les membres du bataillon avant, pendant et apr\u00e8s la guerre.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00ab En tirant les le\u00e7ons de notre histoire et en \u00e9coutant les voix et les exp\u00e9riences des communaut\u00e9s noires, nous pouvons contribuer \u00e0 b\u00e2tir des institutions plus inclusives et plus \u00e9quitables qui refl\u00e8tent les valeurs que le peuple canadien aspire \u00e0 d\u00e9fendre \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Russell Grosse, pr\u00e9sident-directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-racism committee announced during No. 2 Construction Battalion commemoration\u00a0 By Griffin Bjerke-Clarke, Trident Staff\u00a0 Members of the\u00a0defence\u00a0team joined local community and government officials for\u00a0an\u00a0annual remembrance ceremony at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Pictou on July 4. 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