“I don’t know necessarily that things become important to me. It’s kind of like I fall into something and there’s a problem with the system and I can’t just let it go so I end up on another track.”
Dr. Lynn Jones was born in Truro, NS. Lynn grew up as one of ten children in a family of community leaders. She has been a life-long civil and human rights activist, an educator, a community and labour organizer, and a truly inspiring speaker. Her parents, Willena and Elmer Jones were dedicated to social justice and inspired all their children to follow in their footsteps.
From the age of eight, Lynn began collecting news and artifacts reflecting Black life in Nova Scotia and beyond, amassing an archive of more than 10,000 articles, photos and documents. She donated the material in 2015 to Saint Mary’s University, where it’s available to students, researchers, educators and the community as The Lynn Jones African Canadian & Diaspora Heritage Collection.
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