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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

December 15, 2010 Actor

TweetActor / Director/ Writer/ Producer / CEO, Plaza Noir Inc., British Columbia & California. Born: Los Angeles, California. Charles Woods Gray has a myriad of experience in the entertainment industry. Born into a “Hollywood showbiz family” he started off, at the early age of seven, singing impromptu with his father’s vocal group, The Ink Spots. [...]

November 8, 2010 Actor

TweetWriter / Director/ Actor, c/o Celia Chassels, Gary Goddard Agency, Toronto, ON. Born: England. Djanet Sears is an award-winning playwright, director, and actor. Her plays include Afrika Solo (1989), performed on stage in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and aired on CBC Radio; Harlem Duet (1997), which won 4 Dora Awards along with the 1998 Governor-General Literary [...]

October 31, 2010 Director

Tweet Vice President, Public Affairs, TIFF, Toronto, ON. Born: England. Maxine Bailey is a co-founder of Sugar’n Spice Productions, which produced the plays Sistahs (co-written with Sharon Lewis), Stockholm(e), and Afrocentric. She also directed Afrocentric and Stockholm(e). Over the past 15 years, she has worked with a number of theatre companies, including Company of Sirens, Factory [...]

October 29, 2010 BHM Feature

Tweet(Originally posted Oct. 29/2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Photographic Artist / Publisher, Nok Photo Publishing, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and having earned his Fine Arts degree at Toronto’s York University, Michael Chambers has been the recipient [...]

October 1, 2010 Actor

TweetContent Creator, urbansoul inc., Toronto, ON. Born: Toronto, ON. Sharon Lewis’ work as an artist has made a significant and unique mark in the mediums of television, film, literature, theatre and digital culture. She is a published author and playwright, director, actor & TV host. In 2003, Sharon was voted as one of the “Top [...]

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September 5, 2010 Actor

TweetProducer, Author, Performer/ CEO, Owner, TwoCan Productions, Alberta & Las Vegas. Born: Los Angeles, CA. Audrei-Kairen Kotaska is an award-winning playwright, actor, singer and director. Originally hailing from the U.S., she now resides in both Canada and Los Angeles. She serves on the Boards of the Las Vegas Jazz Society and the Ira B. Aldredge [...]

August 29, 2010 Activism

TweetActor/Director, Anthony Sherwood Productions, Brampton, ON. Born: Halifax, NS. Anthony Sherwood is an African-Canadian artist whose career spans over 30 years performing on stage, television and in motion pictures. He is one of Canada’s most successful Black actors having performed in more than 150 television and feature film projects. This versatile performer has worked with [...]

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August 20, 2010 Actor

TweetNovember 1950 – October 22, 2010 On August 14, 2010, we first had the pleasure of speaking with Denis to set-up his profile on our site. By the time it was posted a mere six days later, it was if we had known him forever. His energy was infectious, and his charisma endearing. He was [...]

August 16, 2010 BHM Feature

Tweet(Originally posted Aug. 16, 2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute, highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Writer / Director, Afterlife Films Corp., Brampton, ON. Born: Montreal, QC. Dawn Wilkinson is a University of Toronto graduate and an alumni of the CFC Director’s Lab and Short Dramatic Film Program. [...]

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TweetSoccer Player, Texas, U.S.A. Born: Guyana. Charmaine Hooper is a professional soccer player who has had a wealth of international experience and success. Born in Guyana, she began playing soccer as a child in Zambia, where her father was posted with the Guyana High Commission. In addition to playing for Canada, she has also played in the U.S., [...]
Dr. Trevor Charles
TweetProfessor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, ON. Born: British Columbia. Professor Trevor Charles is the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of Waterloo’s Department of Biology. He teaches courses in microbiology and molecular genetics, and runs a research lab with a focus on environmental genomics and bacterial-host interactions. Dr. Charles joined the Department of [...]
Kwaku-Barima Boateng
TweetAthlete / High Jumper, Canadian Track & Field Team, Brampton, ON. Born: Ghana. High jumper, Kwaku-Barima Boateng, was one of the brightest young stars in Canadian Track & Field. He is a former member of the Ghana national team, highlighted by an appearance at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. Following the Games, he applied [...]
The Hon. Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverly (September 7, 1919 – July 26, 2006)
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TweetWeather Anchor / Reporter & Professional Speaker / Author, WTTG-Fox5 DC & Gwen Tolbart LLC, Washington, D.C. Born: Montreal, QC. Gwen Tolbart is a successful, Emmy Award-winning and five-time Emmy-nominated television broadcaster, professional speaker and author. She holds a BA in Journalism from Montreal’s Concordia University and is a Social Science graduate of Dawson College [...]
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