George Elliott Clarke

George Elliott Clarke

male, 49 years old
Windsor Plains, Governor General's Award winning poet, Nova Scotia writer, fredericton, African-American studies, Authors selected for Canada Reads…Canadian, BlackCanadian
George Elliott Clarke is a Canadian poet and playwright. Born in Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia, he has spent much of his career writing about the...
Dionne Brand

Dionne Brand

female, 56 years old
Caribbean women writer, Trinidad and Tobago immigrants to Canada, Governor General's Award winning poet, Canadian women writer, Women novelist, Trinidad and Tobago poet…BlackCanadian, Canadian
Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer who focuses on issues relating to black women.

Lawrence Hill

male
BlackCanadian, Joshua Key, Josh Key, Ontario writer, Canadian, Non-fiction writer
Lawrence Hill is a Canadian writer, whose memoir "Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada", was a Canadian bestseller in 2001....
Jean Augustine

Jean Augustine

female, 72 years old
The Hospital for Sick Child, Grenadian immigrants to Canada, The Hospital for Sick Children, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Liberal Party of Canada MP, Canadian House of Commons…Congress of Black Women of Canada, Canadian, BlackCanadian
Jean Augustine, PC, B.A., M.A., LL.D (born September 9, 1937 in St. George's, Grenada) is a former Canadian politician. From 1993 to 2005 Augustine...
Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke

male, 75 years old
Canadian of Barbadian descent, Barbadian, Commonwealth Writers Prize, immigrant to Canada, Barbadian Canadian, kirkland…Canadian, BlackCanadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Austin Ardinel Chesterfield Clarke, CM, O.Ont (born 26 July 1934) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and short story writer who lives in Toronto,...

Michaëlle Jean

female, 52 years old
Roman Catholic, immigrant to Canada, Doctor of Laws, haitian, Francophone Quebecers, LLD…Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian, BlackCanadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Haitian Canadian
Michaëlle Jean, CC, CMM, COM, CD, DUniv ("honoris causa"), DLitt ("honoris causa"), LLD ("honoris causa"), (born September 6, 1957, in P...
Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson

male, 84 years old
Bebop pianist, Swing pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, From Mississauga, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Freemason…Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, Canadian university and college chancellor, Canadian, BlackCanadian
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. (b. August 15, 1925, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Oscar Peterson is...
Harry Jerome

Harry Jerome

male, deceased (1982)
Athlete at the 1964 Summer Olympics, From Canada, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, 1967 Pan American Games, Athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Sprinter…Canadian athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics, BlackCanadian, Canadian
Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome (September 30, 1940 - December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard a...
Jully Black

Jully Black

female, 32 years old
Given name, I Travelled, Jamaican-Canadian, Jully Ann Inderia Gordon, Jane and Finch, mca records…Jamaican Canadian, BlackCanadian, Canadian
Jully Black (born Jully Ann Inderia Gordon on November 8, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian R&B singer of Jamaican heritage, and was...
Mary Ann Shadd

Mary Ann Shadd

female, deceased (1893)
Newspaper founder, American, Educator, Feminist, American women's rights activist, suffragist…BlackCanadian, Canadian newspaper publisher, Canadian blacks
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 - June 5, 1893) was a pioneering educator, newspaper publisher, abolitionist and suffragist in both the United...