Black History Month – February 2024

by | Feb 4, 2024 | Black History Month

Join CBC’s David Thurton on Feb. 8 at the Canadian Museum of History as he hosts a special screening of an episode from Black Life: Untold Stories. (CBC) This month is Black History month. You may be interested in the following CBC eight part documentary series....
Alexandra Bastiany

Alexandra Bastiany

by | Feb 28, 2023 | Black History Month

Alexandra Bastiany is the first Black woman in Canada to become an interventional cardiologist(a branch of cardiology that treats structural heart disease using techniques like cardiaccatheterization, angioplasty and stents). When she graduated with honors from the...
Suzette Mayr

Suzette Mayr

by | Feb 27, 2023 | Black History Month

Suzette Mayr (Born 1967)Suzette Mayr, an award-winning author and professor, is thought to be the first out queer winnerof Canada’s prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize.Born in Calgary, Alberta, Mayr is of German and Afro-Caribbean background. In her...
Sylvia Sweeney

Sylvia Sweeney

by | Feb 25, 2023 | Black History Month

Sylvia Sweeney is “Canada’s first lady of basketball.” She was born in Montréal, the daughter ofrailway cook James Sweeney, and music and piano teacher Daisy Sweeney (née Peterson),whose brother was the legendary pianist Oscar Peterson.Sweeney is a talented musician...
Herbert H. Carnegie (1919-2012)

Herbert H. Carnegie (1919-2012)

by | Feb 24, 2023 | Black History Month

Herbert H. Carnegie was a hockey player and philanthropist. Perhaps The CanadianEncyclopedia put it best: “Arguably the first Black Canadian hockey star, Herb Carnegie iswidely regarded as the best Black player never to play in the National Hockey League (NHL).”Born...