BHM Feature

Special Black History Month section to honour & highlight 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers. We’ll be featuring a new person every day of the month, so be sure to come back & check it out.

Dr. Henry Bishop

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TweetChief Curator / Artistic Director, Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, NS. Born: Weymouth Falls, NS. At the start of his career, Dr. Henry Bishop was employed as a Communications Officer with the Black United Front of Nova Scotia, then worked independently in graphic design and photography. This led to his assisting the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, for which [...]

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Christopher Dennis

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Tweet(Originally posted Oct. 20, 2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Technical Director, San Francsico Ballet, San Francisco, CA. Born: Toronto, ON. Christopher Dennis served as the Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting Coordinator at The National Ballet of Canada for 14 seasons. [...]

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Travis Knights

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TweetTap Dancer / Choreographer, Knights Bros., Brampton, ON. Born: Montreal, QC. Tap dancer. Performer. Choreographer. Speaker. Believer. Montreal native, Travis Knights is realizing his dreams, pounding rhythms on wood floors all over the world. His talent and dedication have earned him audiences in Berlin, Genova, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C. and Vancouver to name a [...]

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Dwight Drummond

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Tweet(Originally profiled on Oct. 12, 2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute, highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) News Anchor / Co-Host, CBC News, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. News anchor Dwight Drummond is the co-host of CBC News Toronto. Dwight has been covering news in Toronto as an [...]

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Dr. Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko

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Tweet(Originally posted Oct. 8/2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Research Scientist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Edmonton, AB. Born: Ghana. Dr. Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko was born in a small village in Ghana where his parents were subsistence farmers practicing shifting cultivation and [...]

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Ebonnie Rowe

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Tweet(Originally profiled Sept. 27/2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) President, PhemPhat Entertainment Group, Toronto, ON. Born: Montreal, QC. Throughout her career, Ebonnie has distinguished herself as a special talent dedicated to the growth of others and the support of charitable causes. [...]

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Measha Brueggergosman

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TweetSoprano, Classical Music. Born: Fredericton, New Brunswick. (Originally posted Sept. 3/2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute.) Noted by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a singer of rare gifts and artistic intensity,” and by the Miami Herald for possessing “a superb voice capable of just about everything,” Canadian soprano Measha [...]

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Gloria Baylis

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TweetFounder,  Baylis Medical Company / Registered Nurse (Retired), Westmount, QC. Born: Barbados. Gloria Baylis, a native of Barbados, emigrated to Canada in 1952. As a registered nurse (trained in England and accredited in Canada), Gloria first attracted public attention in 1964. She applied for a nursing position at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal (then [...]

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Joan Butterfield

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Tweet(Originally posted Sept. 1/2011. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Artist / Art Director / Art Curator / Author, Association of African Canadian Artists, Brampton, ON. Born: Bermuda. Joan Butterfield is an internationally recognized artist, art curator and author. A practicing artist for [...]

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Dr. Françoise Baylis

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TweetProfessor, Bioethics & Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Born: Montreal, QC. Dr. Françoise Baylis, the eldest daughter of Gloria Baylis, is Dalhousie University’s Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2006, she was one [...]

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Dawn Wilkinson

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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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Dr. Rita Cox

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Tweet(Originally posted on Aug. 9, 2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Librarian / Master Storyteller / Author / Member of the Order of Canada, Toronto, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Dr. Rita Cox is recognized as a ‘Canadian icon’ who is [...]

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Archie Alleyne

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TweetProfessional Musician, Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund/EOJ Productions, Toronto, ON. Born: Toronto, ON. Archie Alleyne – musician, entrepreneur, activist, mentor, philanthropist…truly a legend in our time. Over his 60-year career he has made a significant contribution to the fabric of the Canadian music scene, and has made music with some of the finest artists of yesterday and today. [...]

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