Business

Ricky Neckles

April 26, 2011 British Columbia
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TweetPublic Speaker / Community Servant / President, Neckles Global Enterprise Inc. (NGE) & Co-Founder, TNTech Canada Inc., Vancouver, BC. Born:St. Andrew’s, Grenada. As an Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, and Community Servant, the name Ricky Neckles is synonymous with excellence and leadership. His academic performance at the University of Toronto earned him the role of Business Development Analyst during his [...]

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Sylvia Parris

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TweetEducator / Social Justice Advocate / Policy Consultant, Nova Scotia Department of Education & Private Consultant, SVParris Consulting, Halifax, NS. Sylvia Parris is a consultant in the Department of Education with the Nova Scotia provincial government. There she supports policy implementation and analysis, and provides professional development experiences for department, school boards and staff. Her [...]

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Luther Brown

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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 [...]

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Beverly Mascoll – In Memoriam

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Tweet(1942 – 2001) Founder / Philanthropist / Mentor / Community Builder, Mascoll Beauty Supply Ltd. & Beverly Mascoll Community Foundation, Toronto, ON. Born: Fall River, Nova Scotia. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Beverly Mascoll was an entrepreneur, an astute businesswoman and a highly-respected community leader. After her family relocated to Toronto in her early [...]

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Ben Marc Diendéré

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TweetSenior Director Institutional Relations & Corporate Affairs, Quebecor Media Inc., Montreal, QC. Born: Bobo, Burkina Faso. Born in the west African country of Burkina Faso, Ben Marc Diendéré is the Senior Director of Institutional Relations & Corporate Affairs at Quebecor Media Inc. He is an expert in management, communications and business development, and has occupied various [...]

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Veronica Utton

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TweetCertified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) / Managing Director, V. Utton & Associates, Pickering, ON. Born: Sheffield, England. Veronica Utton is a seasoned human resource professional whose career has spanned the non-profit, public and private sectors. Currently, she is managing director of V. Utton & Associates, providing boutique style human resource management services to small organizations [...]

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Kathy Imrie

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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 [...]

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Winston W. LaRose

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TweetExecutive Director, Jane Finch Concerned Citizens Organization & President, African Canadian Communication & Broadcasting Corporation (ACCBC), Toronto, ON. Born: Guyana. 72-year-old Winston LaRose is the director of the Jane Finch Concerned Citizens Organization. Every year, he works closely with Tropicana Community Services in providing summer job opportunities for youth. Since 1997, Winston and the JFCCO [...]

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David L. Cooke

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TweetGeologist / Mineral Exploration Consultant (Retired), Surrey, BC. Born: Montego Bay, Jamaica. Dr. David Cooke was employed as an Exploration Geologist by Cominco Ltd. (now Teck-Cominco Ltd.) from 1966-70 where he set up its copper/molybdenumexploration program for British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. In 1970, he embarked as a Mineral Exploration Consultant in Vancouver, providing geological [...]

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Elcho Stewart

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TweetFinancial Security Advisor / Life Insurance Broker & Founder, Network of Black Business and Professional Women (NB²PW), Montreal, QC. Born: Jamaica. After nearly 25 years as a Financial Security Advisor, Elcho saw a need for Black female professionals to have an opportunity to meet, support, and learn from each other. In 1995, she began the [...]

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Ann Divine

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TweetManager, Race Relations, Equity and Inclusion Division, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, Halifax, NS. Born: Guyana. Ann Divine joined the Commission in September 2007, from her previous position as Planning and Development Officer with the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration. Ann’s professional career spans several years in criminal justice, education, social work, management, diversity, human resources, immigration [...]

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Trevor Wilson

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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 [...]

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Arnold Minors

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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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