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Luther Brown

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 [...]

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 [...]

December 27, 2010 Author

TweetProfessor, Neurosurgery / Director of Surgical Education (Retired), Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. & Jamaica. Born: Jamaica. Dr. Renn Holness was the Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Surgical Education in the Department of Surgery at Dalhousie University in 2009. He was also the Staff Neurosurgeon at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences [...]

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. [...]

December 9, 2010 Costume Design

TweetCostume Designer / Fashion Designer / Stylist, I Style Inc., Brampton, ON / California. Born: Montego Bay, Jamaica. Antoinette Messam was born in Jamaica to a family immersed in the creation of clothing. Her mother was a dressmaker who specialized in bridal, her grandfather was an established tailor. She was destined to be involved in the design [...]

November 18, 2010 Automotive

TweetPresident and CEO, Dodge Car Brand / Senior Vice President, Product Design, Chrysler Group LLC, Detroit, U.S.A. Born: New York, U.S.A. Ralph Gilles is the President and CEO of the Dodge Car Brand and Senior Vice President of Design at Chrysler. He is instrumental in revitalizing the Chrysler brand, leading his team in the design of the [...]

November 16, 2010 Actor

TweetActor / Singer / Songwriter / Olympian / Professional Athlete / Cardiac Treatment Specialist / Coach / Educator, Victoria, B.C. & Orange County, CA. Born: North York, ON. Former Olympian Howard Dell approaches every avenue of his life with the same drive, passion and persistence that propelled him, at breakneck speed, down the icy rollercoaster-like slopes [...]

November 9, 2010 Athletics

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., [...]

October 20, 2010 Arts

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. [...]

October 7, 2010 Author

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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September 21, 2010 British Columbia

TweetHematologist & Medical Oncologist, Hematology / Oncology Consultancy, Cancer Centres of Canada & U.S.A., Vancouver, BC. Born: Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Christopher Kwesi Oladipupo Williams has specialized in the area of cancer care, clinical hematology and cancer research throughout the course of his career. Highlights: Medical: Medical Oncologist, Olympic Medical Cancer Center, Port Angeles, Washington State, [...]

September 11, 2010 British Columbia

TweetProfessor (Retired), White Rock, Philadelphia, PA. Born: Philadelphia, USA. Jim Adams was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943 and lived Philadelphia until the age of twenty-four when he moved west to California. In Philadelphia, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Temple University and his Masters Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. While [...]

September 8, 2010 Africa

TweetArtist / Musician / Performer, Justin Time Records/Wild West Artist Management, Montreal, QC. Born: South Africa. Eclectic performer extraordinaire, Lorraine Klaasen, is the daughter of famed South African singer, Thandie Klaasen, one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite singers and an indisputable South African legend. Born and raised in South Africa, she has called Montreal, Canada her [...]

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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., [...]
Corita Harty
TweetDirector, Commissioner of Official Languages, Ottawa, ON. Born: Kingston, Jamaica. Corita Harty has worked as an Executive with the Federal Government since 1997. She has over 20 years experience in multiculturalism, official languages and international relations, as well as expertise in training and development, particularly in partnerships and project development. Career: Former Director of Pardons [...]
Ricky Neckles
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 [...]
Dr. Juliet Daniel
TweetAssociate Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. Born: Barbados. Dr. Juliet Daniel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University, where she has taught since 1999. Dr. Daniel teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on molecular and cell biology. Dr. Daniel’s interest is in cancer biology, with a focus on [...]
Kimberley Tull
TweetManager, Alumni Relations, University of Toronto & Co-Founder / Program Director, Black Pearls Community Services Inc., Toronto, ON. Born: Toronto, ON. Kimberley has been employed with the University of Toronto for the past nine years, working in various roles in Advancement (Awareness Programs Coordinator, Alumni Relations and Annual Fund; Young Alumni Programs Coordinator; Alumni Programs [...]
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