Politics
They are the first black person to serve as Governor General, was born in Haiti
Michaëlle Jean
The experiences of fugitive slave Reverend Josiah Henson, who escaped to Canada in 1830, were the subject of a novel called
Uncle Tom’s cabin
He was the greatest track star in Canadian history, with gold medals in the 100 metre sprint and 4 by 100 relay
Donovan Bailey
He started the "Back to Africa Movement”, and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica
Marcus Garvey
This is the name given to approximately 550 to 600 Jamaicans who lived in Nova Scotia after being deported from this place, only to be later sent to Sierra Leone in 1800
Maroons
He was born in Toronto and became Canadas first black MP, a federal Cabinet Minister and 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Lincoln Alexander
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and businessman. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on what teen drama television series ?
Degrassi
Comedian, playwright, screenwriter, producer she was the first Black Canadian woman to have her own prime-time show on Canadian TV network
Trey Anthony
She was a black Canadian business woman who publicly challenged racial segregation in Nova Scotia Canada by refusing to comply with a racist seating policy at a movie theatre and sat at a whites-only area. She was chosen as the face of ten dollar bill.
Viola Desmond
He, a Hudson’s Bay Company officer and governor, is referred to as “Scotch West Indian” as his mother was Creole and he was born in Demerara (now part of Guyana) was also known as The father of British Columbia.
Sir James Douglas
They were the first Black Canadian woman to be elected into Parliament
Jean Augustine
She broke through the colour barrier to become the first Black Canadian concert singer to win international acclaim. She was named a “person of national historic significance"
Portia White
He was born on December 13, 1942, in Chatham, Ontario. He is considered to be one of the most talented pitchers to ever play baseball. He grew up in Canada and excelled in baseball, basketball and hockey, competing in Canada's highest amateur hockey league.
Ferguson Arthur Jenkins
This is a platform upon which black communities across Toronto can actively dismantle all forms of anti-black racism, liberate blackness, support black healing, affirm black existence, and create freedom to love and self- determine.
Black lives matter Toronto
She was the first African American female millionaire to provide beauty products
Madame C.J Walke
She became the first African Nova Scotian woman to serve in the Senate Chamber and is also is the first African-Canadian to hold a tenure-track position at Dalhousie University and to be promoted to full professor
Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard
This is a Canadian choral group that specializes in Afrocentric music of all styles including classical, spirituals, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. They performed at the Canadian Embassy during Inauguration Week ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale
This is an American superhero 2018 movie produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. After his father's death, T'Challa returns home to Wakanda to inherit his throne. However, a powerful enemy related to his family threatens to attack his nation.
With an all-star collection of majority black talent both in front of and behind the camera, this movie, is about black culture’s journey, and it points toward a future where it could be the culture. It acknowledges and celebrates everything from traditional African society to African-American political debates, from the power and beauty of black women to the preservation of identity, all within the lush confines of the fictional African nation of Wakanda
Black Panther
She, a formerly enslaved individual from Maryland, became known as the “Moses” of her people and the “conductor” who led hundreds of enslaved Blacks to freedom along the Underground Railroad. In 1850, when the far-reaching United States Fugitive Law was passed, she guided runaway enslaved people further north into Canada. A movie in 2019 was recently released in honour of her legacy.
Harriet Tubman
February was officially proclaimed as Black History month in Canada in what year?
1995
This was declared by the United Nations from 2015-2024, which calls for Recognition, Justice and Development for People of African Descent.
The International Decade for People of African Descent
He was the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate from 2016 to 2017
George Elliot Clarke
This is a 2019 American animated short film written and directed by Matthew A. Cherry, and co-produced with Karen Rupert Toliver. It follows the story of a man who must do his daughter's hair for the first time, and features Issa Rae as a voice of the mother.Hair Love won Best Animated Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards
Hair Love
This was first convened in Toronto, Ontario in 1973. They remain dedicated to improving the lives of all Black women and their families in their local and national communities.
The Congress of Black Women of Canada (CBWC)
He was born to former slaves who escaped to Canada from the United States. He became known for inventing a device that lubricated a train's moving parts while the train was in motion.
Elijah McCoy