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|One of New Brunswick's most influential country musicians.

|[https://www.nbblackhistorysociety.org/research/arts-entertainment/george-hector New Brunswick Black History Society]; [https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ethno/2003-v25-n2-ethno719/008062ar.pdf Ethnologies (page 255 to 256)]

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|One of first Black RCMP officers.

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|First teacher on Salt Sprint Island.

|[https://bcblackhistory.ca/john-craven-jones/ BC Black History Awareness Society]; [https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-pioneers_les-pionniers-noirs-de-la-cb/story/he-taught-for-10-years-without-pay-john-craven-jones-salt-spring-islands-first-teacher/ Digital Museums Canada]; [http://saltspringarchives.com/education/usha/JCJonesU.htm Salt Spring Archives]; [https://books.google.ca/books?id=XrA-ZMHHDV0C&pg=PA167&dq=teacher+%22john+craven+jones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS9Jiq9OHtAhVGEFkFHS09AHUQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=teacher%20%22john%20craven%20jones%22&f=false Contesting Rural Space] (page 165); [https://books.google.ca/books?id=Rz0_SMEKGVgC&pg=PA52&dq=teacher+%22john+craven+jones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS9Jiq9OHtAhVGEFkFHS09AHUQ6AEwAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=teacher%20%22john%20craven%20jones%22&f=false Sylvia Stark, a Pioneer] (page 52)

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|New Brunswick Amateur Boxing Association's first president.

|[https://www.nbblackhistorysociety.org/research/community-activists/ralph-tiger-thomas New Brunswick Black History Society]; [https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/n-b-anti-racism-activist-among-those-receiving-canada-day-honours-from-gg National Post]

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|First Canadian-born Black jet pilot in RCAF.

|[https://www.nbblackhistorysociety.org/research/law-enforcement-military/major-walter-peters-1937-2013 New Brunswick Black History Society]; [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/walter-peters-was-canadas-first-black-jet-fighter-pilot/article10052111/ The Globe and Mail]; [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-airport-road-renamed-after-canada-s-first-black-jet-fighter-pilot-1.4919603 CBC]

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|Professor of Physics & Atmospheric Science and Chair of Senate at Dalhousie University, founding president of Imhotep’s Legacy Academy (ILA)

|[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/africentric-course-black-students-achievement-gap-math-school-1.4595058 CBC]; [https://www.cap.ca/congress-conference/upcoming-events/bicp-oct-30/kevin-hewitt/ Canadian Association of Physicists]; [https://thediscoverycentre.ca/16th-annual-discovery-awards-shines-with-nova-scotias-science-superstars/ The Discovery Centre]; [https://harryjeromeawards.com/2014-alumni/ Harry Jerome Awards]

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|Canadian pharmacist, first Black pharmacist in Nova Scotia

|[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/first-black-ns-pharmacist-black-entrepreneurial-spirit-celebrated-with-yarmouth-students-412147/ The Chronicle Herald]; [https://dalgazette.com/news/medicine-marks-a-milestone/ The Dalhousie Gazette]; [https://alumni.dal.ca/building-a-better-world/bruce-johnson-bscph74-prescription-success/ Dalhousie University Alumni]

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|Responsible for organizing Carifiesta in Montreal

|[https://carifiesta.ca/index.php/about-us/ Caribbean Cultural Festivities Association]

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|A museum: Black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally

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|Canada’s first professional Black arts centre

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|A museum: Black Loyalist communities in Nova Scotia

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|A virtual museum: people of African descent in Saskatchewan

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|Canada Black Music Archives

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|Nobellum is a social and technology enterprise with a focus on strengthening the Black business ecosystem. Our mission is to support Black youth and professionals to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation.

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|African Impact Initiative is an organization committed to building the future of our continent and its African diaspora; by empowering early visionaries to create sustainable solutions to our biggest challenges.

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|Black Canadian curator and multimedia artist

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|National Historic Site of Canada

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|A museum and a library resource centre that focuses on the history and culture of African Nova Scotians

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|National Historic Site of Canada

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|An open-air museum in Dresden, Ontario, Canada, that documents the life of Josiah Henson, the history of slavery, and the Underground Railroad

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|A museum and historic interpretation centre in Africville

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|A museum: Black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally

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|Canada’s first professional Black arts centre

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|A museum: Black Loyalist communities in Nova Scotia

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|A virtual museum: people of African descent in Saskatchewan

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|Physician, professor and politician (Member of Senate)

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|CBC Radio journalist and host

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|Actor, director, writer and former professional hockey player

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|Playwright and first black national news anchor in Canada

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|Stand-up comic, actor, and occasional DJ

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|TV and videographer; often seen on the Space channel

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|TV host and R&B singer; was part of the Canadian girl group X-Quisite

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|TV actress (Student Body)

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|Actor/voice actor

|Add more sources [https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/spotlight/philip-akin/ Intermission Magazine]; [https://sdm.queensu.ca/about-dan-school/advisory-board/philip-akin Queen's U DAN School of Drama and Music]; [https://atgtheatre.com/atg-gives-a-warm-welcome-to-our-newest-board-member-philip-akin/ AgainsttheGrainTheatre]; [https://www.bsla.ca/philip-akin Black Shoulders Legacy Award][https://www.shawfest.com/sfh/celebrating-philip-akin/ Shaw Festival Theatre]

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|Chef and author; tv host

|Edit for a more encyclopedic tone (more formal). Add headings for better organization and add more sources [https://ifood.tv/canadian/robert-rainford/about ifood]; [https://prezi.com/ddy5kzgi7_z3/rob-rainford/ Prezi]; [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/159932/rob-rainford Penguin Random House Canada]; [https://tasteandsipmagazine.com/2012/06/01/interview-with-rob-rainford/ Taste & Sip Magazine (2012)][https://gustotv.com/hosts/rob-rainford/ Gusto TV]

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|Trinidadian-Canadian chef, musician, and TV host (Man, Fire, Food)

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|Actor (Black Cop)

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| aka R.T. Thorne Writer and TV director known for immersive visual worlds

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|TV and film director from Toronto

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|Canadian executive television producer and Olympian

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|Actress, choreography and dancer

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|TV broadcaster and entrepreneur, currently cohost of CTV's etalk

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|Canadian-American actor (Glimore Girls)

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|documentary filmmaker

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|Article about baptists in Canada

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|[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/an-enduring-warmth-a-welcome-place-573829202.html][https://diversitymag.ca/the-evolution-of-shiloh-baptist-church-and-black-history/]

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|Annual celebration of Black history

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|[https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month/about.html Government of Canada]; Canadian Geographic

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|British colonial military unit organized during the American Revolution

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|Town in the western part of Kings County, New Brunswick

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|[https://www.nbblackhistorysociety.org/research/early-settlers/early-settlers-of-grand-bay-westfield New Brunswick Black History Society]

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|19th-century Black Canadian cowboy

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|Man accused of inciting riot who fled from US to Canada in the 1920s

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|Residential neighbourhood in Vancouver

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|[http://www.blackstrathcona.com/chronology/ Vancouver Moving Theatre]

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|Noted African-American pioneer and Salt Spring Island resident

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|Sylvia Stark: [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sylvia-stark The Canadian Encyclopedia]; [https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-pioneers_les-pionniers-noirs-de-la-cb/story/salt-spring-island-is-my-home-sylvia-stark/ BC Black History Awareness Society]; [https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/bc-archives-time-machine/galler10/frames/stark.htm Royal BC Museum]; [https://books.google.ca/books?id=Rz0_SMEKGVgC&pg=PA52&dq=teacher+%22john+craven+jones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS9Jiq9OHtAhVGEFkFHS09AHUQ6AEwAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=teacher%20%22john%20craven%20jones%22&f=false Sylvia Stark, a Pioneer].

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|Summary of important historical events in Alberta

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|[https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208164034/http://www.abheritage.ca/pasttopresent/en/opportunity/black_settlers.html Heritage Community Foundation]

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|Soul and R&B musician

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|R&B/soul singer and musical theatre performer

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|Juno-wining R&B singer

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|Ashton Bishop, rapper and radio broadcaster

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|R&B singer-songwriter and music producer; stage name, Jarvis Church

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|Juno-winning singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario

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|Activist, writer, broadcaster and community worker; was born in Grenada

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|American Classical guitarist

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|Singer-songwriter, formerly associated with the band Staggered Crossing

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|Juno-wining R&B/soul singer based in Toronto.

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|American singer

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|Singer-songwriter and guitarist of Haitian descent

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|Canadian underground hip hop artist, Juno winner

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|Guitar bassist, bandleader on Mike Bullard's late-night talk shows

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|Canadian singer

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|Toronto rapper, cousin to Maetro Fresh Wes

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|American songwriter, record producer, DJ, singer

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|American-born, Canadian musician, songwriter, record producer

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|There is no Grove article for Salome, but there is a Grove article for her brother that has some information about Salome - [https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/grovemusic/search?q=Salome+Bey&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true New Grove]

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|Montréal-based musician, singer, and producer

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|Toronto rapper

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|Vocalist, singer

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|Toronto jazz drummer

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|Banjo players of Caribbean descent

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|American jazz composer, conductor, and musician

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|American blues singer and pianist

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|Composer and music professor

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|no Grove article ; [http://africandiasporamusicproject.org/mark_fax African Diaspora Music.]

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|American composer

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|American composer

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|American composer, arranger, baritone

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|American pianist and composer

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|American composer and pianist

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|Brazilian composer, conductor, pianist

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|American composer and educator

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|American composer and conductor

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|American composer, pianist, actor

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|American composer, pianist, organist, teacher

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|Puerto Rican composer

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|American composer, pianist, organist

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|Canadian-born African-American composer

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|American composer and jazz pianist.

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|Music promoter, artist manager, and motivational speaker and TV (judge on Canadian Idol)

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|an African American composers collective, established in 1968 and dissolved in 1973.

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|First Canadian-born Black lawyer

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|Politician and activist in Montreal

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|Civil rights leader and union activist

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|Town councillor for Niagara Falls

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|Activist and member of Senate of Canada

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|Spoken word artist, motivational speaker and organizer based in Toronto

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|Chairman of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1929 to 1930

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|Politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Hull—Aylmer in Quebec

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|First elected Black representative of the Ironworkers, and one of first CUPE national staff representatives from a minority background

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|High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago; Canada's first Black assistant deputy minister and first Black high commissioner

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|Represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1875 to 1878)

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/david-defiagbon-boxer-olympics-nigeria-halifax-1.4925758

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https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn/discover-your-legislature/1994-emery-barnes-becomes-the-first-black-speaker-in-canada

https://www.bclions.com/2021/02/26/emery-barnes-story/

http://www.revparl.ca/38/2/38n2e_15_Stephenson.pdf

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https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/black-nova-scotia/kirk-johnson-recounts-legal-battle-with-mike-sanford-and-halifax-regional-police/

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6574225

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https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/black-history-month-milt-ottey-jumped-canada-soared/

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https://www.bramptonguardian.com/life/akuffo-retires-from-wrestling/article_7963029d-4e31-56b2-b335-6dc2f8269a03.html

https://www.yorku.ca/yfile/2005/08/16/akuffo-wins-gold-in-turkey/

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https://news.westernu.ca/2019/12/voice-of-the-raptors-finds-home-at-the-mic/

https://www.basketball.ca/news/paul-jones-and-leah-macnab-appointed-to-canada-basketball-board-of-directors

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https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/09/05/basketball-montreal-youth-violence-prevention/

https://mtlcommunitycontact.com/trevor-williams-long-and-glorious-history-on-and-off-the-court/

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