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Black History Month
LEGENDS

Join the Pinball Clemons Foundation as we celebrate Black History Month by honouring 30 past and present Black Legends who have made amazing accomplishments for the Black community and Canada as a whole. We will be highlighting the 30 honourees with named bursaries for new students entering the Mainstream Bursary Program in 2023.

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LINCOLN ALEXANDER

Leading figure in the fight for racial equity in Canada, First black member of Canada's Parliament

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RAY WILLIAMS

Vice Chairman & Managing Director at National Bank Financial

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HERB CARNEGIE

The best Black player never to play in the NHL

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VIOLA DESMOND

Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman

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DELMORE "BUDDY" DAYE

Canadian Boxing Champion

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BRANDON GONEZ

CEO/Founder of Gonez Media Inc,

Canada's fastest-growing online news & entertainment company

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DANYEL BARNSWELL

CEO & Founder - King Sold Developments

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TERI DENNIS-DAVIES

Chief People & Inclusion Officer at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

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DR. ALEXANDRA BASTIANY

First Black female Canadian Interventional Cardiologist

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ROSE FORTUNE

The first female police officer in North America

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HARRY JEROME

Canadian Olympic Metalist

World’s fastest man in the 1960s

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KARDINAL OFFISHALL

Global A&R, Def Jam Recordings

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PORTIA WHITE

First Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame

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DR. JUNE MARION JAMES

First Black woman admitted to the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine

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TRACY MOORE

Host of Cityline

Champion of Diversity and Inclusion

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JEFFREY ORRIDGE

First Black Commissioner for any major professional sports league

CEO of TVOntario

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DR. DAURENE LEWIS

First Black female mayor in Canada

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KAYLA GREY

Co-Executive Producer of TSN’s The Shift with Kayla Grey

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MARK BECKLES

Vice President of Social Impact & Innovation at RBC

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PASTOR ROB MEIKLE

First Black CIO for the City of Toronto and the City of Brampton

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VIOLET KING

First Black woman lawyer in Canada

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JEAN AUGUSTINE

The first Black Canadian woman to serve as a federal Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament

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MARY ANN SHADD CARY

First Black newspaper woman in North America

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CHUCK EALEY

former NCAA football superstar and the first Black quarterback to win the CFL Grey Cup Championship

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Dr. ISAAC ODAME

Head of Haematology at SickKids

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ELIJAH MCCOY

Canadian-American engineer who invented lubrication systems for steam engines.

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ROSEMARY SADLIER

President of the Ontario Black History Society, led the drive to have Black History Month recognized across Canada

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JUSTICE DONALD MCLEOD

The first Black law student to graduate from Queens University Law School

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27

RANDELL ADJEI

Ontario’s first Poet Laureate

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30

HARRIET TUBMAN

"Conductor" of the Underground Railroad

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