History
British offered freedom to enslaved Americans who joined their side during this war
What is the American Revolution
He founded OVO
Who is Drake?
First Canadian athlete to win Olympic medals in all three sprinting events
Who is Andre De Grasse?
First person of African heritage to arrive in Canada
Who is Mathieu Da Costa (1604)?
30,000 black people immigrated to Canada using this route
What is the Underground Railway?
Raised in Elmira, Ontario, this journalist is famous for the book The Tipping Point
Who is Malcolm Gladwell
He won two gold medals for Canada at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta?
Who is Donovan Bailey?
First black person to be Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Who is Lincoln Alexander?
Year that Canada officially recognized February as Black History Month?
What is 1995?
William Peyton, a son of slaves, trained as a baker. He invented a commercial oven also fought against the privatization of public assets and co-founded this utility company?
What is Hydro One?
She won the gold medal in the hammer throw at last year's Olympic Games in Paris
Who is Camryn Rogers?
First black person to be Governor General of Canada
Who is Michaelle Jean?
Anne Cools helped to lead a protest against racist incidents at a university in this Canadian and she was later appointed senator
What is Montreal?
Elijah McCoy, a son of slaves, was a mechanical engineer with over 50 patents. He is credited with inventing this household item we all own that works with an iron.
What is an ironing board?
General Manager of the Toronto Six, 6-time MVP of the National Women's Hockey League and has an arena named after her in Flemingdon Park
Who is Angela James?
She is the first Fairness Commissioner of Ontario
Who is Jean Augustine?
This 1955 federal scheme was used to attract black women to come to Canada and fill a chronic shortage in low-paid domestic work
What is the West Indian Domestic Scheme?
She founded the Clarion, Nova Scotia's first black-owned newspaper in 1946?
Who is Carrie Mae Best?
This family has produced a number of amazing athletes. The current generation includes two players on the Toronto Sceptres and the Edmonton Oilers, and a basketball player for the Chicago Sky?
Who are the Nurses?
This woman's face is on Canada's $10 bill and started the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat in the whites-only section of a theatre in Nova Scotia?
Who is Viola Desmond?