Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

male, 47 years old
immigrant to Canada, Drugs in sport, From Canada, 100 m, Sprinter, doping…Jamaican, Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, JamaicanCanadian, Canadian athlete at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Black Canadian
Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a former Canadian sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the...
Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis

male, 44 years old
Olympic boxer of Canada, Ontario athlete, cbe, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, English, Ontario sportspeople…Jamaican-English, Canadian, Black Canadian, Canadian athlete at the 1988 Summer Olympics, JamaicanCanadian
Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the...
Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben

female, 45 years old
film actor, actor, piano, actress, gospel, From toronto…Canadian Royal Conservatory, JamaicanCanadian, Canadian, Jamaican
Gloria Reuben (born June 9, 1964 in Toronto) is a Canadian actress of film and television, best known for her role on "ER". Her Jamaican mother was...
Kardinal Offishall

Kardinal Offishall

male, 33 years old
York University alumni, Ontario musician, rap, reggae, reality television participant, From toronto…Canadian artist-producer, Jamaican-Canadian, Canadian, Black Canadian, JamaicanCanadian
Kardinal Offishall (born Jason Harrow on May 21, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian hip-hop MC and producer of Jamaican descent. Kardinal...
Jully Black

Jully Black

female, 32 years old
Given name, I Travelled, Jamaican-Canadian, Jully Ann Inderia Gordon, Jane and Finch, mca records…JamaicanCanadian, Black Canadian, 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...
Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey

male, 41 years old
Ontario athlete, immigrant to Canada, Olympic competitor for Canada, Ben Johnson, Queen Elizabeth Park High School, 1988 Summer Olympics…Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, Canadian, Black Canadian, Jamaican, JamaicanCanadian
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age...
Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson

female, 48 years old
Jamaican women writer, Jamaican expatriate in Canada, Canadian women writer, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Brown Girl in the Ring, James Tiptree, Jr. Award…Black Canadian, Canadian, JamaicanCanadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Jamaican
Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican-born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her science fiction and fantasy novels ("Brown...
Makeda Silvera

Makeda Silvera

female, 54 years old
Canadian women writer, immigrant to Canada, piece of my heart, Black Canadian, Jamaican, JamaicanCanadian…Canadian, Caribbean Canadian
Makeda Silvera (born 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Caribbean Canadian novelist and short story writer. Silvera emigrated to Canada at the age of...

Howard Grant

male, 43 years old
boxer, Ontario athlete, light-welterweight, Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul, South Korea, Olympic competitor for Canada…JamaicanCanadian, Jamaican, Canadian
Howard Grant is a former boxer from Jamaica, competing in the light-welterweight (63.5kg) division. A resident of Montréal, Quebec, he represented C...

Kamala-Jean Gopie

female
immigrant to Canada, Jamaican, university of toronto, York—Scarborough, Candidate in Ontario provincial elections, New Democratic Party of Ontario…JamaicanCanadian, Black Canadian, Canadian
Kamala-Jean Gopie, formerly known as Jean M. Gammage, is a Canadian political activist. Gopie was born in Jamaica, and moved to Canada in 1963...