by Marian McGrath | Feb 20, 2023 | Black History Month
Harriet Rhue Hatchett was an educator, missionary, musician, and writer/composer of songs,hymns and poems. In the First World War, the Canadian armed forces chose a hymn she hadwritten, entitled “The Sacred Spot,” as the official marching song of the Canadian troops....
by Marian McGrath | Feb 19, 2023 | Black History Month
John Ware was a Canadian cowboy who played a key role in developing southern Alberta’sranching industry. Renowned as an excellent horseman, and a man of great strength, good natureand courage, he was one of the first Black people to live in Alberta and...
by Marian McGrath | Feb 18, 2023 | Black History Month
Hugh L. Fraser is an Olympian and a recognized international expert in sports law, now retiredfrom an outstanding career as a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice. Fraser came to Canada from Jamaica when he was seven years old. At the time, his...
by Marian McGrath | Feb 17, 2023 | Black History Month
Jully Black is a Canadian icon in entertainment, best known as a singer, songwriter, actor, andtelevision and media personality. Born in Toronto, she is the child of Jamaican immigrantparents, the youngest of nine children and the first in her family to be born in...
by Marian McGrath | Feb 16, 2023 | Black History Month
Michaëlle Jean is a social activist, stateswoman, diplomat humanitarian, journalist anddocumentary filmmaker, and was the 27 th Governor General, Commander-in-Chief of Canada,from 2005 to 2010 – the first Black person and the first Haitian Canadian to hold...
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