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Dr. Ouida Marina Wright – In Memoriam

April 24, 2011 Author

TweetJanuary 1928 – April 2011 Educator / Assistant Deputy Minister (Retired), Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Dr. Ouida Wright, over the course of a lengthy professional career, held positions in teaching and administration in elementary and secondary schools in Jamaica, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as in universities in Quebec [...]

April 23, 2011 Author

TweetWriter / Professor (Retired), Université, Laval, QC. Born: St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Dr. H. Nigel Thomas is a recently-retired Professor of American Literature at the Université Laval and an author of many publications including short stories, critical studies, poems and novels. Dr. Thomas is one of the few authors to openly write and/or talk about [...]

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 [...]

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April 12, 2011 Activism

TweetSeptember 4, 1925–October 19, 2004 Senator, Senate of Canada, Ottawa, ON. Born: Sydney, NS. The late Honorable Calvin Ruck devoted his time and efforts to the service of others. During his life he worked as a janitor, delivery driver, social worker, author, human rights officer, and finally as a senator. He devoted his career and [...]

March 28, 2011 Author

TweetDistinguished Scholar / Author / Poet, Bard High School Early College, Brooklyn, NY. Born: Ajax, ON. Dr. Zetta Elliott was born in Ajax, Ontario and spent the early years of her life in Pickering and Scarborough. She attended Bishop’s University in Quebec, then spent a summer in Brooklyn, and knew NYC would one day be [...]

March 26, 2011 Author

TweetIn celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Leo Winthol Bertley – May 21, 1934 – December 6, 2006 Author / Journalist / Educator / Professor, Dept. of History, Vanier College, St. Laurent, QC. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Dr. Leo Bertley, or as he was affectionately known by his students as The Bertz, was a [...]

March 21, 2011 Author

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 [...]

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March 19, 2011 Author

TweetProfessor, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Born: Nigeria. Dr. Patience Elabor-Idemudia is Professor and Chair, Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, where she has been teaching since 1995. From January 2005, she served an 18-month contract with the UN’s International Labour Organization as Chief Technical Advisor [...]

March 18, 2011 Author

TweetPoet / Writer, Mercury Press, Toronto, ON. Born: Moriah, Tobago. M. NourbeSe Philip is a writer and poet who has produced several published works. Her first play, Coups and Calypsos, was produced in both the UK and in Toronto (1999), while a stage adaptation of Harriet’s Daughter, her popular novel for young adults, was successfully [...]

March 16, 2011 Author

TweetGlobal Human Equity™ Strategist, Toronto, ON. Born: London, England. Trevor Wilson is a dynamic speaker, a visionary thought leader and a global diversity and Human Equity™ strategist. He is currently working on a new book that will continue the diversity evolution to that of maximizing Human Equity™. He is sought out as much for his [...]

March 15, 2011 Actor

Tweet Jazz Vocalist / Musician / TV Host / Author, Justin Time Records & Educator, University of Laval & The Schulich School of Music of McGill University, Montreal QC. Born: U.S.A. Ranee Lee is a Brooklyn-born jazz performer who sings, acts, dances, and who has become renowned for her conception, development and performance of Dark Divas, [...]

March 14, 2011 Author

TweetCo-ordinating Associate, Arnold Minors and Associates, Toronto, ON. Born: Bermuda. Arnold Minors is Co-ordinating Associate of Arnold Minors and Associates, which he formed in 1984. The company provides organization effectiveness consulting services, mediation services for couples and groups, and training in negotiation and dispute resolution. Background: Arnold has been a manager of a moving company in Bermuda; [...]

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