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Lana Ogilvie

April 28, 2011 Modeling

TweetSuper Model & TV Host, Born: Toronto, ON Lana Ogilvie is one of Canada’s most internationally known models. In 1992, she became the first Black model to sign a multi-year contract with Cover Girl cosmetics company, and she appeared in the 1994 Sports Illustrated Swimsuits. Lana has modelled for a variety of magazines including Elle, Vogue, Glamour, Flare, Mademoiselle, [...]

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 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, [...]

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January 17, 2011 Actor

TweetActor / Singer / Writer / Comedienne, Toronto, ON / Detroit, MI. Born: USA (became a Canadian citizen in 2008). Satori Shakoor is a veteran of live performance. As a singer, she recorded and performed with The Brides of Funkenstein, as well as multiple Grammy Award winners David Foster, Sly Stone, Luther Vandross and George Clinton’s Parliament/Funkadelic. [...]

January 15, 2011 Media

TweetDiversity Producer & Reporter, CTV News, Toronto, ON. Born: Jamaica. Karlene Nation is a reporter, writer and producer with CTV News Toronto (formerly CFTO News). In 2001, she was appointed Diversity Producer for CTV, responsible for increasing the representation of diverse communities in local and national newscasts. Career: Karlene joined the CFTO news team in 1993; [...]

January 11, 2011 Community

TweetExecutive in Charge of Production, Shaw Media & Founder, Productions Without Borders, Toronto, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Karen King is the founder of Productions Without Borders (PWB), an online community dedicated to supporting the film and TV content industry in reaping the benefits of diversity and inclusion. In 2010, PWB organized an unprecedented event [...]

January 4, 2011 Community

TweetTV News Anchor, CTV News Channel, Toronto, ON. Born: Toronto, ON. Marci Ien is a TV news anchor with CTV New Channel, and a member of the Canada AM team, anchoring CTV’s flagship morning program during the week. She hosts Canada AM’s Early Edition weekday mornings, is the news anchor and back-up host for Canada AM weekday [...]

December 28, 2010 Alberta

TweetAuthor / Journalist / Dramatist / Scriptwriter, Calgary, AB. Born: Calgary, AB. Cheryl Foggo is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays; she has also written for TV and film. As a descendant of the migration of Black Oklahomans who settled in Amber Valley, Alberta and Maidstone, Saskatchewan in 1910, Cheryl is well [...]

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. [...]

October 13, 2010 Business

TweetVice-President, Interactive Content, ZoomerMedia Ltd., Toronto. Born: St. Thomas, Barbados. Lauded by the New Yorker, New York Times, Globe & Mail and other media, McLean Greaves is an Emmy/Webby/Gemini award-winning new media executive and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the early dotcom days in NYC, former clients included Spike Lee and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs before [...]

October 12, 2010 BHM Feature

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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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., [...]
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