”Dr. Daniel Hill Donna Hill Wilson Brooks Joan Kazmarski Lorraine Hubbard and others co-founded the Ontario Black History Society in 1978. It became the first major public organization in Canada focused on the history of Blacks in the…
"The club’s founders—Harry Gairey; Kermit Lynn; Jim Moxley and Clarence Lucey—provided help to West Indian immigrants of all backgrounds helping clear the hurdles of the immigration process; recommending employment agencies or boarding houses; or…
”A charity organization focused on the black and West Indian community acted as a social gathering space with weekly dances and jam sessions with musicians from the 1920s to the 1940s and offered opportunities to socialize.”
"Domestic workers from the West Indies established a Caribbean club in Toronto as early as 1958 holding weekly gatherings at the YWCA’s McPhail House to dance to calypso records—providing a burst of camaraderie and familiar culture in unfamiliar…
”Crowned 'Miss Jamaica-Canadian'; Pat Fletcher (centre) won the beauty queen crown last night at Independence Ball of the Jamaican-Canadian Association.”
'An honor: Bromley Armstrong and his wife, Marlene, admire plaque presented to him by the Jamaican-Canadian Association at testimonial dinner Saturday. Armstrong was honored for his service to minority groups and his tireless fight against…
The eastern terminus of the Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Bloor-Danforth subway line and a popular hangout and meeting place for many Scarborough adolescents.