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Frances-Anne Solomon

April 12, 2012 Director

TweetDirector / Film Maker Toronto, ON. Born: London England. Frances-Anne Solomon is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer in film, television, radio, theatre, and new media. Born in London, England to Trinidadian parents and raised in the Caribbean and Canada, Frances-Anne began her television career at Banyan Productions in Trinidad. Eventually returning to Great Britain, she built a [...]

April 21, 2011 Branding

TweetDirector / Content Producer / Brand Stylist, Toronto, ON. Born: Scarborough, ON. Kevin “Jedi” Barton created the largest Urban Music department at Universal Music Group Canada. “Universal Urban” marketed and promoted high-profile artists such as, Eminem, Jay-Z, Method Man & Redman, DMX, Brian McKnight, Shaggy, Mary J. Blige, Lil Jon, Snoop & the EastSidaz, Common, [...]

April 19, 2011 Arts

TweetPoet / Author / Historian, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Dr. Afua Cooper is a celebrated and award-winning poet, author, historian, curator, performer, cultural worker, and recording artist. Her poems have been anthologized in national and international publications, and translated in several languages, and she has published five books of poetry, including the award-winning Memories Have [...]

April 18, 2011 Artistic Director

TweetChoreographer / Artistic Director / Founder / Owner, Do Dat Entertainment & Judge, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Los Angeles, CA. Born: Kingston, Jamaica. Once every couple of years, there emerges one or two individuals who come about that creatively raise the level of the playing field in their respective industry. Their peers are amazed [...]

April 5, 2011 Arts

TweetCurator / Researcher / Cultural Advisor / Founding Director, aPOSteRIORI, Montréal, Québec. Born: Haiti. Dominique Fontaine is a curator, researcher, cultural advisor and Founding Directorof aPOSteRIORI, a non-profit curatorial platform – researching, documenting,developing, producing and facilitating innovation in diverse contemporary art practices. Dominique graduated in visual arts and arts administration from the University of Ottawa, [...]

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April 4, 2011 British Columbia

Tweet1926-2008 Dancer / Actor / Singer / Writer / Producer / Choreographer / Teacher / Theatre Owner, Len Gibson Dance Ensemble, Vancouver, BC. Born: Athabasca, AB. In the world of dance, Len Gibson is a legend. With a career spanning over six decades, he was also one of the country’s longest working professional artists. Len was born [...]

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April 1, 2011 Actor

Tweet Honouring the life and legacy of Lorena Gale – May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009 Actor / Playwright / Director, Curious Tongue, Vancouver, BC. Born: Montreal, QC. Lorena Gale was an international actor, playwright and director who has appeared in over 50 stage productions across Canada, and over 132 roles in film and [...]

March 31, 2011 Actor

TweetActor / Entrepreneur, Imrie Background Talent Agency, Toronto, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Kathy Imrie moved to Canada in 1963, but in order to pursue her desire to act, moved to New York in 1969, where she studied acting techniques at the Negro Ensemble Company, Warren Robinson Workshop Studio, and Alvin Ailey Dance Studio. She [...]

February 3, 2011 BHM Feature

TweetProfessor of Music, York University & Artistic Director / Conductor, Toronto Mass Choir, Toronto, ON. Born: Brantford, ON. Karen Burke is a Professor of Music at York University and the co-founder, artistic director and conductor of the Toronto Mass Choir, a unique Canadian contemporary gospel choir which has been recording and touring over the past [...]

January 24, 2011 Actor

TweetWriter / Director / Actor, Theatre Archipelago, Toronto, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Rhoma Spencer is an actor, director, storyteller and broadcast journalist who began her career in Trinidad. Her company, Theatre Archipelago, seeks to present, promote and develop theatre from the Caribbean and its Diaspora through new and existing works. The first production was [...]

January 19, 2011 Arts

TweetFilmmaker / Producer, National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Born: Trinidad & Tobago (in Canada since 1969). Selwyn Jacob is an award-winning filmmaker, based in Vancouver, who has produced or directed more than 40 films since joining the NFB in 1997. His recent projects include, Mighty Jerome, a feature-length documentary on Vancouver sprinter Harry Jerome, directed by [...]

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January 17, 2011 Actor

TweetActor / Singer / Writer / Comedienne, Toronto, ON / Detroit, MI. Born: USA (became a Canadian citizen in 2008). Satori Shakoor is a veteran of live performance. As a singer, she recorded and performed with The Brides of Funkenstein, as well as multiple Grammy Award winners David Foster, Sly Stone, Luther Vandross and George Clinton’s Parliament/Funkadelic. [...]

January 15, 2011 Media

TweetDiversity Producer & Reporter, CTV News, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Karlene Nation is a reporter, writer and producer with CTV News Toronto (formerly CFTO News). In 2001, she was appointed Diversity Producer for CTV, responsible for increasing the representation of diverse communities in local and national newscasts. Career: Karlene joined the CFTO news team in 1993; [...]

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