The 2017 African Nova Scotian History Challenges Entries accepted from October 15, 2016 to February 4, 2017 Awards include bursaries totalling $3,000.00, prizes and gifts. The African Nova Scotian History Challenges and Awards are an initiative of the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute (DBDLI) and various partners in education from across the province. The goal of the Challenges is to encourage discussion about African Nova Scotian history in all our schools. We know that the Challenges will engage and involve all students by inspiring both historical curiosity and artistic creativity. A diverse array of media choices enables students of all grade levels to participate. I invite all students and teachers to participate in the African Nova Scotian History Challenges, and I look forward to greeting you at the DBDLI Awards ceremony in February 2017. Let’s celebrate and educate year round. Sincerely, Sylvia Parris, CEO Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute Excellence in Africentric Education
His Honour, Brigadier-General the Honourable J. J. Grant, CMM, ONS, CD (Ret’d), Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, presented the top school prizes at the 2016 DBDLI Awards ceremony.
The DBDLI Awards for Excellence in African Nova Scotian History are presented to students whose submissions to the Challenges best exemplify the contributions that African Nova Scotians have made to the history, heritage and culture of our province and our country. Bursaries totalling $3000.00, gifts and prizes will be presented to the recipients at an Awards ceremony in February, 2017. The top prize is traditionally presented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. African Nova Scotian History Challenges 2017 Rules
Open to all students and classes from all schools in Nova Scotia.
Submissions are accepted from October 15, 2016 to February 4, 2017 Entries via mail only or delivered during regular business hours. You are encouraged to send your entries early.
DBDLI Awards for Excellence in African Nova Scotian History are presented to students whose submissions to the Challenges best exemplify the contributions that African Nova Scotians have made to the history, heritage and culture of our province and our country. All Awards include cash bursaries.
Mail or deliver your entries from October 15, 2016 to February 4, 2017 to:
The African Nova Scotian History Challenges Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute 5539 Cornwallis Street Halifax, NS B3K 1B3
Be sure to include your name, address, phone number, the name of your school, your grade, your teacher’s name and your teacher’s contact number.
DBDLI Awards will be presented solely at the discretion of the Judging Committee and the Judging Committee’s decisions will be deemed final. Judges will consider content, grade level, creativity and presentation in evaluating each submission. The Judging Committee may award one top prize and one or more runners-up prizes for each Challenge. Awards range from $50.00 to $250.00 each. Prizes will be awarded by category: High School (Grades 10-12), Junior High (Grades 7-9) and Elementary (Grades P-6). Submissions post-marked or delivered after the deadline date will not be considered. Students may submit one entry to each Challenge. Teachers may submit class entries. Submissions will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Only Award winners will be contacted. A complete list of Award winners will be published on our website. Breaking News! Class/Group Project ge You are the reporting team sent to cover breaking news. Produce and submit a video n news report, 3 to 5 minutes long, about one of the following significant historical events. Be sure to cover the basic reporter’s questions of who, what, where, when lle and why. Include “interviews” and “eye-witness” accounts with your report. Why is the event significant? What is the aftermath? ha 1
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• Viola Desmond is arrested after refusing to give up her seat in the whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow. She is thrown in jail for the night and fined for defrauding the government of a one-cent amusement tax. Viola Desmond 1914 - 1963 Halifax Successful businesswoman and pioneer in the cosmetics industry in Nova Scotia.
Community Activist
• City officials threaten to have Eddie Carvery arrested when he sets up his protest camp at Africville. Despite the threat, he begins the longest continuous protest in Canadian history. Eddie Carvery Africville Eddie Carvery began the longest political protest in Canadian history when he set up his protest camp at Africville in 1970. He maintains his protest camp at Africville where he gladly shares the history of his former community with visiting tour groups and schoolchildren.
Lawyer/Social Activist • Burnley “Rocky” Jones was once labelled a “dangerous radical” by the RCMP because he invited members of the Black Panthers to Nova Scotia. In 1993, he becomes the first African Nova Scotian to successfully argue a case before the
Burnley A. ‘Rocky’ Jones, O.N.S. Supreme Court of Canada. 1942 – 2013 Truro First African Nova Scotian to successfully argue a case before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Olympic Boxer/Activist • Kirk Johnson was repeatedly pulled over by the police while driving in Halifax. In 2003, he filed a human rights complaint against the Halifax Regional Police Force for racial profiling. The Human Rights Board of Inquiry awarded him monetary compensation and the HRM Police Force was ordered to Kirk Cyron Johnson North Preston Represented Canada at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. initiate anti-racism and diversity training. Successfully sued the Halifax Regional Police force in a case of racism and racial profiling.
Alternative for individual entries: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission “Report on Consumer Racial Profiling in Nova Scotia” concludes that racial profiling is part of the systemic racism that exists in the province. What incidents of discrimination are you aware of in Nova Scotia? Prepare a newspaper report about one incident and what people are doing to take action. Last Year’s Winners... Micah Anderson from Hammonds Plains Consolidated School wrote a news report about racial profiling.
These students from St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay School produced a video news report about Viola Desmond.
Josh Creighton from Citadel High School wrote about Burnley “Rocky” Jones.
Students from Truro Junior High School. Their video news report was about Eddie Carvery and Africville.
Ms. Yvonne Atwell presented the Awards and prizes for Challenge one. African Nova Scotian Communities ge Choose one Black community or settlement in Nova Scotia. Research its history. n Write a short essay or create a visual display that explains its history. lle
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38 Inverness Victoria 37 47 49 Cumberland 51 50 48
Antigonish 39 40 41 42 Cape Breton 21 22 36 Richmond 43 18 19 44 Annapolis 20 Pictou 17 Kings 45 16 14 Guysborough 12 Colchester 46 10 13 Hants 23 15 Lunenburg Halifax 11 9 8 5 7 29 6 27 35 25 31 33 28 26 32 34 Digby 24 Yarmouth 30
Queens Shelburne 4 3 52 24. Beechville 39. Trenton 1 11. Acaciaville 25. Hammonds Plains 40. New Glasgow 2 12. Digby 26. Africville 41. Antigonish 13. LeQuille 27. Lucasville 42. Monastery 14. Granville Ferry 28. Cobequid Road 43. Mulgrave 1. Shelburne 15. Annapolis Royal 29. Maroon Hill 44. Upper Big 2. Birchtown 16. Delap’s Cove 30. Halifax Tracadie 3. Yarmouth 17. Inglewood 31. Dartmouth 45. Lincolnville 4. Greenville (Bridgetown) 32. Lake Loon 46. Sunnyville 5. Southville 18. Middleton 33. Cherry Brook 47. North Sydney 6. Danvers 19. Cambridge 34. North Preston 48. Sydney 7. Hassett 20. Gibson Woods 35. East Preston 49. New Waterford 8. Weymouth Falls 21. Aldershot 36. Truro 50. Glace Bay 9. Jordantown 22. Kentville 37. Springhill 51. Sydney Mines 10. Conway 23. Three Mile Plains 38. Amherst 52. Liverpool
Alternative Community Elders: Senior citizens are often an important source of a community’s history. They can recount events from their own lives and pass along stories and traditions handed down to them from previous generations. Interview an African Nova Scotian elder from your community. Recount the changes to their community they have seen during their lifetime. Last Year’s Winners... Right: Shirley Hodder from Northeast Kings Education Centre receives her Award for her essay about Gibson Woods.
Below: Grade 3/4 students Ava Frank, Hayden Prime, Maddy Watts and Kylee Westhaven from William King Elementary in Herring Cove.
Aliya and Aydan Anderson from Hammonds Plains Consolidated.
Breanna Scott from Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School in Antigonish.
Right: Jaiden Carvery-Blaikie from St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay.
Ms. Melinda Daye presented the Awards and prizes for Challenge two. Notable Nova Scotians ge African Nova Scotians have made important contributions to the political, social n and cultural life of our communities, our province and our country. They have served with distinction in various military conflicts; they have captivated audiences lle with their poetry, acting, singing and writing; and they have been pioneers in every profession. Write a short essay about one of the Notable Nova Scotians. Why do ha 3
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The Times of www.acadiau.ca
Notable Nova Scotians
Olympic Athlete African Nova Scotians Journalist/Diplomat Inspiring Cultural and Educational ExcellenceBoxer/Community Activist Social Activist/Author Social Activist/Church Leader The Times of Revised Edition, Vol. I Publisher/Social Activist Pastor/Educator/Social Activist African Nova Scotians Volume Two Educator/Community Activist A Celebration of Our History, Heritage and Culture Jet Fighter Pilot/Instructor www.acadiau.ca Marjorie Turner-Bailey Lockeport Industrial Arts Teacher One of the youngest Canadian runners to ever qualify for Calbert James Best the Olympics. Competed at the Olympic, Commonwealth Social Worker/Community Activist 1926 - 2007 and Pan-Am Games. Has the unique distinction of being Educator/Community Activist Delmore “Buddy” Daye New Glasgow inducted into both the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame Notable Nova Scotians 1928 - 1995 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. Researcher/Boxing & Events Promoter Althea Pearleen Oliver New Glasgow Former Assistant Deputy Minister of Manpower and 1917 - 2008 Immigration. Member, British Commonwealth Secretariat. * Canada’s first Black Sergeant-At-Arms. Community Activist Cook’s Cove, Guysborough Canadian Lightweight Junior Champion. Senator/Activist/Author Reverend Richard Preston Inducted into Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame. O.C., O.N.S. Unknown - 1861 Social Activist and Author. First woman Moderator of the Carrie M. Best, African United Baptist Association. Inaugural recipient of 1903 - 2001 Halifax the YWCA Community Leader Award. Educator/Mayor/Artist C.M. New Glasgow Founder of the First African Baptist Church, the African The Clarion. World Hall of Fame Boxer Rev. William Pearly Oliver, Social Activist and Publisher of Abolitionist Society and the African Baptist Association. 1912 - 1989 Invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada in 1979. World Champion Boxer Wolfville First posthumous recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia Pastor, Educator and Social Activist. Invested as a Member in the Order of Canada in 1984. Teacher/Classical Singer Veteran/Community Activist Dr. Geraldine Browning War Hero East Preston/Gibson Woods Life-long community activist, teacher and nurse. Founding Wally Peters Member and past-President of the Black Cultural Society. Noel H. Johnston Instrumental in re-opening Gibson Woods United Baptist 1937 - 2013 1925 - 1995 Church. Recipient of numerous awards and honours Litchfield Halifax Elizabeth Cromwell including a Doctor of Humanities from Acadia University. Canada’s first Black jet fighter pilot and air force flying Teacher at Beechville and North Preston. The first instructor. Helped in the development of and flew with the African Nova Scotian to graduate as an Industrial Arts Birchtown legendary flying team, the ‘Snowbirds’. Teacher. Created the ‘shop-mobile’, a bus fitted with Casework supervisor with the Children’s Aid Society industrial equipment which he drove to schools where (retired). Served on the Board of Directors of the Black Beverly Cox Gloria Borden United Front and Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia. Community Activist he taught Industrial Arts. Truro New Glasgow Deborah Dixon-Jones C.M. A founding member and current President of the Black Community activist, educator and Site Manager of the Hematology Researcher (retired). Boxing and events Loyalist Heritage Society. Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. A leader in the movement promoter. Founder of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir. 1949-1989 Calvin Woodrow Ruck, Community Activist to preserve and showcase the history of the Black Instrumental in organizing the Halifax Amateur Boxing 1925 - 2004 Club which trained several medal-winning boxers for the Africville Loyalists at Birchtown. One of the three founding members of the Africville , C.M. Sydney Community Activist 1976 Montreal Olympics. Inducted into the Pictou County Genealogy Society. She is remembered fondly by the other Daurene Lewis Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. two co-founders of the Society, Linda Mantley and Brenda 1944 - 2013 Social activist and lifelong member of the NSAACP. Community Activist Appointed to the Senate in 1998. Author of two books Steed Ross, as a driving force in the creation of the Sam Langford Annapolis Royal about the No. 2 Construction Battalion. Invested in the Church Activist/Social Worker Africville Genealogy Society. Order of Canada in 1994. 1886 - 1956 First elected African Nova Scotian Mayor Weymouth Falls and first black woman Mayor in Canada. Church Activist/Teacher George Dixon Direct descendant of Black Loyalist, Rose Fortune. 1870 - 1909 The only boxer inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame Athlete/Commissioned Officer Portia White not to have won an official title. Langford aroused so much Africville 1911 - 1968 fear in opponents that many boxers refused to fight him. Politian/Singer/Composer O.C. Halifax First Black World Champion in any weight class and the first Canadian-born Boxing Champion. Doctor , D.S.M. Isaac C. Phills, Internationally renowned Contralto. Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Jones 1896 - 1985 The Portia White Prize for Artistic Achievement 1869-1950 Sydney in the Arts is awarded annually in her honour. Businessman/Community Activist Truro First African Nova Scotian invested in the Order of Canada. Invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada in 1967. Lieutenant Governor A Canadian hero at Vimy Ridge. Was posthumously awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service in 2011. Pastor/Social Activist Businesswoman War Hero Brenda Steed Ross Linda Mantley Africville One of the three founding members of the Africville Africville Irvine Carvery Genealogy Society. The work of the Society led to the One of the three founding members of the Africville Eddie Carvery creation of the Africville Heritage Trust. Genealogy Society and current Secretary/Treasurer of the Africville Society. Active community volunteer lovingly known as President of the Africville Genealogy Society and a Africville Nan by many children in her community. Director of the Africville Heritage Trust. Active community Eddie Carvery began the longest political protest in volunteer. Recipient of numerous honours and awards Canadian history when he set up his protest camp at Muriel States Boxing Champion including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal. Africville in 1970. He maintains his protest camp at 1888-1984 Africville where he gladly shares the history of his former Avonport/Dartmouth Margaret Upshaw community with visiting tour groups and schoolchildren. O.C. Scientist/Community Activist Community worker and activist. Principle organizer of the African United Baptist Association (AUBA) 1871-1922 Ted Upshaw William (Bill) White, III, Theologian/Scholar/Educator Ladies Auxiliary, founded in 1919. Lockhartville/Windsor Plains , M.D. M.Sc. 1915-1981 School teacher. Founder of the African United Baptist Windsor Plains James A. Phills Truro Nurse/Community Activist Association (AUBA) Ladies Auxiliary. First African Nova Scotian Commissioned Officer and first 1925-2010 Inspector in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The first African Canadian to run for federal office in O.B.E. Sydney Named to Acadia University’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Canada. Appointed an Officerin 1970. of the Order of Canada Farmer/Philanthropist Beresford Augustus Husbands, The first African Nova Scotian medical doctor. Fellow 1883 - 1969 Farmer/County Councillor The Honourable of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and BA O.N.S. Halifax the American College of Physicians and Surgeons. Historian/Genealogist Reverend William Andrew White, Mayann E. Francis, Founder of the Halifax Colored Citizens Improvement Storyteller/Writer 1874 - 1936 Sydney League, Member of the Order of the British Empire. Truro First African Nova Scotian to serve as Lieutenant Viola Desmond Governor of Nova Scotia. Sailor/Civil War Hero 1914 - 1963 The first African Nova Scotian to be granted an Honourary V.C. Doctorate from Acadia University. The only commissioned William Hall, Halifax African Nova Scotian officer in WWI. Actor/Playwright 1827 - 1904 Successful businesswoman and pioneer Horton Bluff in the cosmetics industry in Nova Scotia. Poet/Educator/Playwright First black person, first African-Canadian and the first Judge Nova Scotian to be awarded the Victoria Cross. Lawyer/Educator Lawyer/Social Activist Clyde Gray William (Bill) Paris Jr. Windsor Plains 1941-2012 Reigning Welterweight Canadian Champion from the New Glasgow 1960s to the 1980s. He was the Canadian Welterweight Instrumental in the development and construction of the Rev Dr. Peter J. Paris Champion, the Commonwealth Welterweight Champion Africentric Heritage Park, situated on Vale Road, New New Glasgow Clotilda Adessa Yakimchuk, and the #10-ranked Welterweight on the planet. Glasgow. The Park is designated a Pictou County Heritage Professor Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary C.M. Site and is dedicated to the history of black people in and a Visiting Professor at Boston University School of Sydney Theology. Named Alumnus of the Year, University of Founding President of the Black Community Development Pictou County. Chicago Divinity School, 1995 and Distinguished Alumnus Organization and the first Black president of the Nelson Whynder RCMP Officer/Author of the Year, Acadia University, Wolfville, 2012. Registered Nurses Association of Nova Scotia. Recipient 1864 – 1939 Allan W. Evans of numerous honours and distinctions including the Harry North Preston Teacher/Community Activist Jerome Award. Invested to the Order of Canada in 2003. Donated the land to build a new school in North Preston. 1890 – 1960 David W. States The school is named in his honour, Nelson Whynder East Preston Elementary School. Farmer and longest serving County Councillor from Windsor Plains Wanda Robson Teacher/ Social Activist Preston. Served as County Councillor from 1931 until his Historian, Parks Canada (retired). Independent historian Ben Jackson North Sydney specializing in African Nova Scotian history and Judge/Community Advocate death in 1960. 1833 - 1915 Retired lab technician, accomplished storyteller, genealogy. Research Associate, Gorsebrook Research West Brooklyn, Kings County writer and frequent guest speaker at schools Councillor/Community Activist Institute, Saint Mary’s University. throughout the province. O.C.,O.N.S. , C.M., O.N.S. Participated in the naval assault on Mobile Bay. Walter Borden One of at least 75 African Nova Scotian sailors known to Olympic Boxer/Activist George Elliott Clarke, New Glasgow Windsor Plains have served for the North during the American Civil War. Judge University professor. Winner of the Governor-General’s Invested as a Member in the Order of Canada in 2005 Politician and winner of the Portia White Prize in 2006. Corrine Sparks Award for Poetry, the Portia White Prize for Artistic , BA, LLB Halifax Achievement, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award and James Robinson Johnston numerous other awards. Canada’s hardest working poet. Lawyer/Social Activist/Mentor 1876 – 1915 One of the first African Canadians appointed to the , O.N.S. judiciary in Canada and the first African Nova Scotian Burnley A. ‘Rocky’ Jones Preston appointed to the bench. Scholar/Pastor 1942 – 2013 First African Nova Scotian lawyer and social advocate for Truro the provision of accessible higher education. Educator/Film-maker/Writer First African Nova Scotian to successfully argue a case before the Supreme Court of Canada. Pastor/Builder Teacher/Community Activist Craig Smith Community Activist/Educator Halifax Noted author and community volunteer. Appointed a Josephine (Simmonds) Johnson Member of the Order of Merit of Police Forces in 2015 by Wilhelmina Alice Williams His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, North Preston Governor General of Canada, in recognition of Teacher,(retired), Dartmouth Vocational School. One of 1914 – 1977 outstanding service and leadership. the founding members of the North Preston Recreation Centreville Teacher and fierce advocate for women’s rights and social Castor Henry Williams, Association. Initiated the opening of the children’s B.A., LL.B. Arnold Johnson daycare and medical centre in Preston. justice. Alice Housing, an organization that provides Dartmouth housing to women and children leaving domestic abuse, First Black judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. 1925 – 2008 is named in her honour. Past chair of the Black Learners Advisory Committee. North Preston Policeman Activist with the Black United Front (BUF). Manager of the Halifax County Councillor, 1965-1977. World War II veteran. Halifax School Board member. Instrumental in establishing Kirk Cyron Johnson Seaview Credit Union. Honourable Valerie Miller Teacher/Lawyer/Activist the Preston Area Housing Fund and the District 16 area fire , Q.C. George H. Diggs North Preston , Q.C. stations at Lake Echo and North Preston. Represented Canada at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Whitney Pier 1874-1930 Priest/Community Advocate Successfully sued the Halifax Regional Police force in a Called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1986. Practiced with George Webber Davis Preston , BA, MA 1925 - 2004 Alderman/Community Activist case of racism and racial profiling. federal Department of Justice in the areas of fiscal law and tax litigation. Appointed Judge of the Tax Court of Rev. Edwin Howard Borden Halifax Longest serving Halifax County Councillor of the 1869 - 1953 pre-World War II era, serving from 1908 to 1917 and Union Leader/Community Activist Canada on April 2, 2007. First African Nova Scotian lawyer to practice law post- from 1920 to 1930. Truro World War I. Graduate of Dalhousie Law School, 1952. First Nova Scotian-born Black lawyer appointed Lawyer/Law School Faculty Member First African Nova Scotian to graduate from a university in Queen’s Counsel. Nova Scotia. Borden graduated from Acadia with his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1892 and his Master of Arts Lawyer Reverend Wellington Ney States Sylvia Hamilton degree in 1896. Pastor/Scholar O.N.S. 1877 - 1927 Beechville Edith Hope Cromwell, Wolfville 1916 - 2009 Award winning film-maker, author and educator. Olympic Athlete/Coach James A. R. Kinney Inglewood Missionary for the AUBA and gifted carpenter. Reverend States built or restored Baptist Churches throughout Nova Scotia. Politician/Senator 1897 - 1940 Life-long community activist and one of the earliest Yarmouth African Nova Scotian graduates of the Nova Scotia Teachers College. Politician First black graduate of the Maritime Business College and first Superintendent of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children. Community Leader Politician Carl “Campy” Crawford Scholar/Educator 1940 - 2003 Hobartson A. J. “Gus” Wedderburn Whitney Pier First Black police officer in Atlantic Canada. The Carl 1929 – 2007 Crawford Award was established in his honour by the Cape Halifax Thomas (Tom) Miller Breton Regional Police force and is presented annually to Teacher, Principal and Lawyer. One of the founding Archpriest George A. Francis a recipient who exemplifies leadership and commitment to members of the Black Educators Association (BEA) and the 1917 – 1988 justice, fairness and equality in their community. Black Cultural Society. Board member of the Nova Scotia 1908 – 1982 Whitney Pier Association for the Advancement of Colored People Whitney Pier First Black municipal alderman in Atlantic Canada. (NSAACP) and Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Selflessly served the congregation of St. Philip’s African Elected to Sydney City Council from 1955 to 1972. The Winston Ruck Orthodox Church and the community of Whitney Pier for Thomas Miller Human Rights Award, established by the 1923 - 1992 Educator/Community Activist forty-three years. Cape Breton Regional Municipality, honours recipients Whitney Pier who work for the advancement, promotion and The first and only Black to be elected President, United Michelle Y. Williams Kenneth David Crawford, Q.C. Musician/Mentor protection of human rights. Steel Workers of America, local 1064. Served on the Rev. Arthur William Jordan Boards of the Black United Front (BUF) and the Black Halifax Whitney Pier 1858-1892 Director and Senior Instructor, Faculty of Law, Indigenous First indigenous Black resident of Whitney Pier to obtain Poet/Teacher/Community Advocate Cultural Centre. Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative, Schulich School of Law, Tracadie/Truro a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University. Called to Historian/Community Leader Dalhousie University. the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1976. Long and esteemed legal Deborah Miller Brown Pastor of Cornwallis Street Baptist Church from career is evidenced by his appointment as Queen’s Halifax 1884 to 1891 and one of the earliest African Counsel in and for the Province of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotian scholars. Teacher/Community Activist First African Nova Scotian to compete at the , Q.C. Olympics, 1968, Mexico City. Former track and field Community Activist/Local Historian Don Oliver coach at Saint Mary’s University. , C.M., O.N.S. Wolfville Wayne Adams Politician/Community Activist , C.M. Halifax First African Nova Scotian appointed to the Senate. Legend Joyce L. Ross East Preston First elected African Nova Scotian Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Cabinet Minister. Educator/Social Worker Gordon Earle Community health care educator and founder of the O.C. – Officer of the Order of Canada East Preston Day Care Centre. Lay minister. Invested in the Halifax Order of Canada in 2001. Pastor/Educator/Social Activist C.M. – Member of the Order of Canada Leslie H. Oliver First elected African Nova Scotian Wolfville Member of Parliament (MP). Politician/Businesswoman O.N.S. – Order of Nova Scotia Professor Emeritus, Jodrey School of Computer Sciences, Acadia. Dentist O.B.E. – Order of the British Empire Politician/Educator V.C. – Victoria Cross Dr. Marie Nita Waldron Hamilton, D.H.L. Olympic Official/Educator D.S.M. – Distinguished Service Medallion 1920 - 1993 Beechville Q.C. – Queen’s Council A respected educator who taught at many schools in Charles R. ‘Bucky’ Adams Halifax County including North Preston, Hammonds Plains, Beechville, and Cherry Brook. An active church and 1937 - 2012 Maxine Tynes community volunteer and founder of the preschool Halifax Performer and composer. Blues and Jazz legend. Peter Evander McKerrow program at Veith House. 1949 - 2011 Inspiration and mentor to a generation of Dartmouth 1841 – 1906 Nova Scotian musicians. Community advocate, award-winning poet and author, Halifax Hattie Eugena (Daye) Ashe English teacher. First African Canadian woman to sit on Secretary of the African United Baptist Association for the Board of Governors at Dalhousie University. thirty years. Historian and author of 1917 - 2007 Teacher/School Principal Blacks in Nova Scotia (1783 – 1895) A Brief History of Sunnyville, Guysborough . A staunch advocate Mother or foster mother to 32 children. Teacher and Jack Desmond 5539 Cornwallis Street Olympic Boxer/Community Volunteer for the importance of education. principal for 30 years. Councillor for the Black United Front. Lincolnville Henderson Paris Judge/Community Volunteer Decorated community and Church activist. Community historian and champion of the on-going Halifax, NS, B3K 1B3 protest to remove a provincial dump site that was New Glasgow C.M., O.N.S. Teacher/Community Advocate placed near the community of Lincolnville. Councillor and former Deputy-Mayor of New Glasgow. , C.M. Wanda Thomas Bernard, Toll Free: 1-855-350-3200 Served on the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. East Preston Guidance Counselor/Community Leader Founder of the Run Against Racism Rev. Donald Edward Fairfax [email protected] marathon. 1920-2010 Professor and Director of Dalhousie School of Social Work Cherry Brook (retired). Specializing in addressing issues of violence and Pastor/Teacher/Community Activist anti-racism. Invested in the Order of Canada in 2005. Yvonne Atwell Pastor, school principal and active community Legend Ronald James Lewis Dartmouth volunteer. Two-time moderator of AUBA. Invested in the Order of Canada in 1990. 1932 - 2012 Community Volunteer and Businesswoman. C.M. – Member of the Order of Canada Annapolis Royal First African Nova Scotian woman elected as Percy Paris Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). First African Nova Scotian Graduate of Dalhousie Q.C. – Queen’s Council C.M. Windsor Dental School. Direct descendant of Black Loyalist, Rose Fortune. Bradford J. Barton, First African Nova Scotian Member of the Legislative Dartmouth Assembly (MLA) to be re-elected to consecutive terms and the first to hold multi-Cabinet posts in government. Officiated at the Olympic Games in Montreal and Los Angeles. Respected teacher and school administrator. Invested in the Order of Canada in 2000.
Mobray Fitzgerald Jemmott 1875 -1941 Halifax Taught at Lucasville, Hammonds Plains and Preston before becoming Principal at Africville School. When Judge Jean Whalen he retired in 1933, his son Gordon replaced him as Bryan Richard Gibson Dartmouth Called to the bench of the Provincial and Family Court in Chester Borden Principal at the School. Gibson Woods Member of the 1976 Canadian Olympic Boxing team. 2009. Founding member of the Black Lawyers Association. Whitney Pier Student support worker. Executive Director of the Whitney Alma Johnston-Tynes Rev. Donald D. Skeir Community volunteer and youth mentor. Vice-Chair of the Race Relations Committee of the Barristers Association. Volunteers with the African United Pier Boys and Girls Clubs. Recipient of numerous awards Cherry Brook 1926 – 1999 including the Jonathan Skeetes Memorial Community Teacher and guidance counselor. Past Moderator of the Baptist Association and the Community YMCA. Halifax Award, the Tom Millar Human Rights Award and the Carl African United Baptist Association. Co-founder of the Charter member of the Nova Scotia Association for the 5539 Cornwallis Street, “Campy” Crawford Award. Black Professional Women's Group. The first African- Advancement of Colored People (NSAACP). Served on the Firefighter/Community Advocate Nova Scotian to serve on the Nova Scotia Advisory Human Rights Commission, the Black Learners Advisory Halifax, NS, B3K 1B3 Council on the Status of Women. Committee and the Black Educators Association (BEA). Pastor at East Preston, Cherry Brook and St. Thomas Toll Free: 1-855-350-3200 United Baptist Churches. Teacher at the New Road School. [email protected]
Alternative Nominate a Notable Nova Scotian: African Nova Scotians continue to make important contributions to the political, social and cultural life of our communities, our province and our country. Nominate an Elroy R. Hill 1928 – 2006 Bear River African Nova Scotian, past or present, that you think warrants the designation The first African Nova Scotian professional firefighter. Active member of the community through his church and the Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia. “Notable Nova Scotian”. Why are his or her achievements important? Last Year’s Winners...
Jared Jamael, Shipyard Elementary. William King Elementary, Herring Cove, grade 2/3 class.
Folyemi Boboye, Oxford School. Zach Borden, Sydney Academy.
Halle McCarthy Dr. Walter Borden presented the Awards and Kiana Shakiba, for Challenge 3. Westmount School. Top 10 African Nova Scotian Sports Heros ge African Nova Scotians have a long history of excellence in sports. They have been n ambassadors for their communities, and have represented our province and our country with honour. Some have made sports history. Who would be on your lle list of all-time African Nova Scotian sports heroes and why? Send us your Top 10 list. Include a brief summary for each person and explain the significance ha 4
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Alternative Top 10 African Nova Scotian Artists: African Nova Scotians have a long history of excellence in the arts. They are poets, painters, singers, dancers, writers, musicians, filmmakers and actors. Who would be on your list of Top 10 African Nova Scotian all-time artists, past or present, in any of the arts, in any genre? Include a brief summary for each person and explain why he or she made your list. Haley Auger-March, Jenna Nyaga, Sir John A. MacDonald Nelson Whynder, Last Year’s Winners... High School, Tantallon. North Preston.
Ty Gittens, St. Agnes Elementary, New Waterford.
Harris Khan (left) and Kiona White, Minister Tony Ince presented the Awards for Challenge 4. Dartmouth High.
MY FUTURE IS NOT DETERMINED. I AM.
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I run. My face is hot, like I’ve been standing over the wood stove, and my heart is a fluttering animal in my chest. Gabriel is a dark blur in front of me as he ducks and twists around low branches and trees. I can hear my feet pounding the earth but I no longer feel the prickle of pine needles underneath my soles or the icy bite of the cold on my toes. A shadow looms in the corner of my vision. I start, jerking away from the form. It is nothing. A trick of the eye.
I don’t want to think about the danger we’re in. Even this close to the nearest town, Momma warned us that wild animals are always lurking. We’d encountered a black bear before reaching the last safe house. It stole Gabriel’s food pack but left us unharmed. He had been angry but Momma had told him it was better that the bear took the food. Better that the bear had not taken one of us instead. My stomach groans at the thought of food. It has been days since I last ate. However, wild animals and starvation seem to be the least of our worries. Gabriel told me that Slave Catchers were abundant in this area before we left. I don’t think I had really been listening to him. I was thinking of Momma. Now that I imagine it, I don’t want to believe him.
Gabriel slows down in front of me. I stumble to a halt. I heave air into my lungs, gasping. My brother’s face is a shadow as he turns to look at me.
Alternative: Draw, illustrate or paint a picture depicting a day in the life of a Black Loyalist or a Black Refugee in Nova Scotia. Left: Dr. Mayann E. Francis Last Year’s Winners... presented the Awards for Challenge 5.
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Allysa Flint from Prince Andrew Emily Burke, St. Agnes High in Dartmouth. School, Cape Breton. Walter Borden Les Oliver WP Oliver Edwin BordenGeraldine Browning Reverend Andrew White WP Oliver Sylvia Hamilton Sylvia Hamilton Proud history.George Elliott Clarke Edith Cromwell Walter Borden Quentin TynesBrightLes future. Oliver Ted Upshaw
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C people of African descent. All original entries accepted. Recorded entries must be saved and submitted in the form of a CD or on a USB stick. Sophia We Wander. Wedderburn Entangled in a lattice of our past, knotted within our times. Our crusade unbroken, our will impassible. Climbing the endless, vigorous rope to freedom. Slipping. Scathing our hands on broken promises, silent unheeded wishes and tears. The top is unknown, only our tenacity and grit to pull us up. Up. As we look to the twilight sky, our skin blended to the pigment of the night, freckled with stars. Calling out in song, our voices echoing through underground grottos and hollow hideaways. The acoustics, threadbare, but our message unclouded, untouched by the cacophony of our adversaries. We read from the teeming pages of our story. The ruthless cliffhangers. The struggled chapters we yearn to erase… And our heroes among many Viola, William, Delmore, Mathieu, Portia, Jeremiah, Rose… Voyagers of the past, Legends of the present, Their tales and ours intertwined into never ending verse. Holding our heads high, our colourful faces looking up. Up. And we’ll keep climbing, Slipping, Scathing, Singing, While we wander.
Allysa Flint Last Year’s Winners... Tristan Cook, Julia Jericho and Jorja Purcell from William King Elementary.
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Rev. William Pearly Oliver,
Invested Member a as the Order in Canada of 1984. in
Pastor, Educator and Social Activist.
War Hero
92-19891912 -
Wolfville Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Jones CanadianA hero Vimy at Ridge. Was posthumously
awarded theCanadian Forces Medallion for
Distinguished Service 2011. in
War Hero
1869-1950
First black person, first African-Canadian and the first Truro C.M.
Lawyer/Social Activist Nova Scotian awarded be to theVictoria Cross.
William Hall,
, 87-19041827 - Horton Bluff D.S.M.
First African Nova Scotian successfully to argue case a Burnley ‘Rocky’ A. Jones Publisher/Social Activist
Community Activist/Educator
before theSupreme Court Canada. of
V.C.
92–20131942 – Carrie Best M. , First posthumous recipient the Order of Invested Nova of Scotia Officer an as the Order in Canada of 1979. in Veteran/Community Activist
First black graduate the Maritime of Business College
Truro Social Activist and Publisher of and first Superintendent theNova of Scotia Home James Kinney R. A. Scholar/Educator African Nova Scotians
New Glasgow 20011903 -
First African Nova Scotian invested the Order in Canada. of
o Coloredfor Children. 87-19401897 - O.N.S., Invested Officer an as the Order in Canada of 1967. in Yarmouth
Isaac Phills, C.
Olympic Official/Educator Businesswoman
Professor Emeritus, Jodrey School of Leslie Oliver H.
O.C., O.N.S.
The Clarion.
Computer Sciences, Acadia. 86-19851896 -
Sydney
Wolfville Bradford Barton J. , Angeles. Respected teacherOfficiated and school theOlympicadministrator. at Games Montreal in and Los
Successful businesswoman and pioneer Lawyer/Educator the cosmeticsin industry Nova in Scotia. Viola Desmond
Invested the Order in Canada of 2000. in
O.C.
94-19631914 - James Robinson Johnston First African Nova Scotian lawyer and social advocate for Social Activist/Church Leader Halifax Dartmouth
Teacher/Community Activist
the provision accessible of higher education.
Reverend Richard Preston
Edith Hope Cromwell, Founder the First of African Baptist Church, the African 86–19151876 – Abolitionist Society and theAfrican Baptist Association.
Preston Teacher/Classical Singer Life-long community activist and theone earliest of African Nova Scotian graduates theNova of Scotia
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Politician 96-20091916 - Halifax Teachers College. Inglewood BA, LLB,
Pastor/Social Activist The Portia White Prize Artisticfor Achievement nthe awardedArtsin is annually her honour. in The Times of
Politician/Educator Internationally renowned Contralto. Portia White
First elected African Nova Scotian Gordon Earle
Member Parliament of (MP). Reverend William Andrew White, 91-19681911 -
The first African Nova Scotian granted be to Honourary an Doctorate from Acadia University. The only commissioned
Halifax
Assembly (MLA) re-elected be to consecutive to First African Nova terms Scotian Member the Legislative of and theholdfirst to multi-Cabinet posts government. in Halifax O.N.S. nItrcieSuyBook Study Interactive An * African Nova Scotian officer WWI. in
Percy Paris
84-19361874 -
Judge judiciary Canada in and the first African Nova Scotian Truro One thefirst of African Canadians appointed the to Windsor
Social Activist/Author
Corrine Sparks
Pastor/Builder
appointed thebench. to Social Activist and Author. First woman Moderator the of African United Baptist Association. Inaugural recipient of Althea Pearleen Oliver
Reverend Wellington Ney States
Missionary theforAUBA and gifted carpenter. Reverend States
Halifax
built restored or Baptist Churches throughout Nova Scotia. World Champion Boxer
Community Leader the YWCA Community Leader Award. BA Cook’s Cove, Guysborough
97-20081917 -
87-19271877 -
East Preston Day Care Centre. Lay minister. Invested the in First Black World Champion any weight in class and
Wolfville Lieutenant Governor
Community health care educator and founder the of
the first Canadian-born Boxing Champion. Joyce Ross L. George Dixon
80-19091870 - Order Canada of 2001. in
Mayann Francis, E. Africville East Preston
Dentist First African Nova Scotian serve to Lieutenant as Ronald James Lewis Poet/Educator/Playwright
First African Nova Scotian Graduate Dalhousie of The Honourable DBDLI.ca/resource. 2001681. Forthis and othervaluable classroom materials pleasevisit the NovaScotiaSchoolBookBureau. The Times of African Nova Scotians,
Dental School. Direct descendant of
Governor Nova of Scotia.
Black Loyalist, Rose Fortune.
, Annapolis Royal George Elliott Clarke,
C.M. University professor. Winner theGovernor-General’s of 92-20121932 - numerous other awards. Canada’s hardest working poet. Achievement, theDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award and Sydney Award Poetry,for thePortia White Prize Artisticfor Boxer/Community Activist Educator/Film-maker/Writer
Windsor Plains Delmore “Buddy” Daye
O.N.S. World FameHall of Boxer
Inducted into Nova Scotia Sports Fame.Hall of
Award winning film-maker, author and educator. Canada’s first Black Sergeant-At-Arms. Canadian Lightweight Junior Champion.
Sylvia Hamilton
New Glasgow 19951928 -
O.C.,O.N.S. The only boxer inducted into theWorld Boxing FameHall of Politician havenot to won official an title. Langford aroused much so
eri opponentsfear in that many boxers refused fight to him.
Beechville Businessman/Community Activist Wayne Adams
First elected African Nova Scotian Member the of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Cabinet Minister. Politician/Businesswoman Sam Langford
Weymouth Falls
Beresford Augustus Husbands, 19561886 -
Founder the Halifax of Colored Citizens Improvement
League, Member the Order of the British of Empire.
Halifax
Actor/Playwright First African Nova Scotian woman elected as Community Volunteer and Businesswoman.
Member theLegislative of Assembly (MLA).
Yvonne Atwell ,
C.M.
83-19691883 -
Walter Borden O.N.S., Halifax Journalist/Diplomat Dartmouth Invested Member a as the Order in Canada of 2005 in
and winner thePortia of White Prize 2006. in Scholar/Pastor African Nova Scotians African Nova Scotians
Rev. Edwin Howard Borden Immigration. Member, British Commonwealth Secretariat. New Glasgow First African Nova Scotian graduate to universityfrom a in Former Assistant Deputy Minister Manpower of and Calbert James Best
Bachelor Arts of degree 1892 in and Masterhis Arts of Nova Scotia. Borden graduated from Acadia with his
‘They Desire a Better Country’ O.B.E. ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Educator/Mayor/Artist Politician/Senator
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C.M., O.N.S.
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89-19531869 -
degree 1896. in Direct descendant Black of Loyalist, Rose Fortune. Daurene Lewis Truro
First African Nova Scotian appointed the Senate. to First elected African Nova Scotian Mayor
and first black woman Mayor Canada. in Pastor/Educator/Social Activist
Don Oliver
Annapolis Royal
94-20131944 -
James Phills A. The first African Nova Scotian medical doctor. Fellow Doctor Rev. Donald Edward Fairfax theRoyalof College Physicians of and Surgeons and
BA, MA, the American College Physicians of and Surgeons. Wolfville
Sailor/Civil War Hero Pastor, school principal and active community
volunteer. Two-time moderator AUBA. of Invested the Order in Canada of 1990. in African Nova Scotians , ,
Q.C. C.M. 1925-2010 African Nova Scotians
n fa leastOne at African 75 of Nova Scotian sailors known to have served theforNorth during theAmerican Civil War. Cherry Brook Sydney 1920-2010
Participated thenaval in assault Mobile on Bay. Lawyer/Social Activist/Mentor ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Notable Nova Scotians
Olympic Athlete West Brooklyn, Kings County ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Ben Jackson
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M.D. M.Sc.
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First African Nova Scotian lawyer practice to law post- The Times of
World WarGraduate I. Dalhousie of Law School, 1952.
Wanda Thomas Bernard, The Times of and theBritish Columbia Sports Fame.Hall of First Nova Scotian-born Black lawyer appointed , Senator/Activist/Author
C.M. Olympic Athlete/Coach Wanda Thomas Bernard, C.M., Bradford J. Barton, C.M.,Bradford was J. Barton,
Calvin Woodrow Ruck, The Order of Canada Lockeport 95-20041925 -
about Construction theNo. 2 Battalion.Appointed Invested the Senate in to 1998. in Author two booksof appointed a Member of theQueen’s Counsel. Social activist and lifelong member theNSAACP. of Halifax Deborah Miller Brown Order of Canada on October O.N.S., PhD, R.S.W., was Olympics, 1968, Mexico City. Former track and field established in 1967 by Her Majestyappointed a Member of the Politian/Singer/Composer First African Nova Scotian compete to the at 21, 1999. Mr. Barton was an Queen Elizabeth 29,II and 2004. is consideredOrder “An ofeducator, Canada scholaron October Educator/Social Worker original member of the Negro and social work practitioner, Dr.
coach Saint at Mary’s University. Canada’s most prestigious civilian Education Committee and the Order Canada of 1994. in East Preston 20041925 - Bernard is a model of tolerance, William (Bill) White, III, lifetime of outstandingDartmouth achievement African Nova Scotians Sydney Wanda Thomas Bernard, Professor and Director Dalhousie of School Social of Work Black Educators Association The first African Canadian runfederal for to office in honour. The Order recognizes a Canada. Appointed Officer an theOrder of Canada of (retired) (BEA). “He has spent his adult understanding and compassion.The Order of Canada was African Nova Scotians Halifax , anti-racism. Invested theOrder in Canada of 2005. in
and merit. The Order of Canada Q.C. ‘They Desire a Better Country’ (C.C.). A maximumis comprised of 136 Members, of Members (C.M.), Storyteller/Writer Specializing. addressing in issues violence of and Maritime School of Social Work and integratedlife creating society, a more striving tolerant 64 Officers and 15Officers Companions (O.C.) andmay Companions Rev. William Pearly Oliver, be appointed per year. The numberat Dalhousie of University, she was ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Companions cannot exceed 165 living Clotilda A. Yakimchuck, M.Div., D.C.L., was appointed commonalities.that divide toAs downplay usan andeducator, highlight the hedifferences our As a past Director of the Clotilda Adessa Yakimchuk, C.M., 1915-1981 East Preston members. The motto of the Order is highly regarded for addressing LL.D. was appointed a Member of Truro Retired labtechnician, accomplished storyteller, 1970.in was a staunch advocate for racial Canada on December 17, 1984.William P. Oliver, C.M., The Times of C.M. writer and frequent guest speaker schools at social workracial education and cultural and diversityin the in C.M., O.N.S. tolerance and equal opportunities the Order of Canada on May, 8, Wanda Robson “They Desire a Better Country.” a Member of the Order of C.M. community. As founding president of The Times of the Order of Canada,There four have as Officersbeen at least fourteen Dr. Oliver was “an educator, for an ethnically-diverse student African Nova Scotians invested to has left an indelible mark on her community. She is a founding the Black Community Development2003. “This nurse and activist throughout the province. served theclergyman Black community and leader who Politician North Sydney C.M., O.N.S. 1912 - 1989 population.” Mr. Barton is the of the Order and ten as Members member of the Association of the movementOrganization, to provide Ms. affordable Yakimchuk led recipient of numbers awards and of the Order: Isaac C. Phills, O.C.; pre-World Warera, serving II from 1908 1917 to and of Nova Scotia for over fifty Longest serving Halifax County Councillor the of honours for his work in education.Carrie M. Best, O.C., O.N.S.; George housing in low-income communities O.C.
William (Bill) A. White III, O.C.; George Diggs H. Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S.; William years. Founder of the Nova Wolfville People, he was deeply involved and improved living facilities for Sydney C.M.; CalvinP. Oliver, Woodrow C.M.; Ruck, Donald C.M.; E. Fairfax, Pastor/Scholar ..–OfficerO.C. – theOrder of Canada of Scotia Association for the in adult MemberC.M. – theOrder of Canada of education as a means to Black Social Workers.” seniors. Committed to education O.N.S. Order – Nova of Scotia Advancement of Coloured O.B.E. Order – theBritish of Empire Walter Borden, C.M., O.N.S., Rev. Arthur William Jordan 1874-1930 Ross, C.M.; Daurene E. Lewis, C.M.; from 1920 1930. to African Nova Scotians Bradford J. Barton, C.M.; Joyce L. V.C. Victoria – Crossboth individual and community determined fundraiserMember and of mentor. the Order of Canada D.S.M. Distinguished – Service Medallion for Black youth, she has been Prestona ..–Queen’sQ.C. – Council As a leader in the health care field, Walter Borden, Clotilda Adessa Yakimchuk, C.M.; Pastor Cornwallis of Street Baptist Church from The Order of Nova Scotia 1884 1891 to and theone earliest of African African Nova Scotians Carrie M. Best, president of the Registeredactor, Nurses playwrighton November and activist, 17, 2005. “An O.N.S.; Walter Borden, C.M., O.N.S. Carrie Best, O.C., O.N.S., F. Wayne Adams, C.M., O.N.S.; force in Nova Scotia. His stage LL.D., was appointed a performances are characterizedshe served as the first Black ‘They Desire a Better Country’
Nova Scotian scholars. 1974 “on behalf of the Negro Wanda Thomas Bernard, C.M., Legend Toll Free: 1-855-350-3200 Tracadie/Truro Walter Borden is a cultural 5539 Cornwallis Street recognition ofcommunity her zealous in Novawork Scotia, in LL.D., was appointed a 1858-1892 Ms. Yakimchuk is a recipient of including the Harry Jerome Award. Canada on DecemberMember of 18, the Order of African Nova Scotians Halifax, NS, B3K 1B3 Association of Nova Scotia. numerousby intensity honours and and passion awards and C.M.
[email protected] as a writer and broadcaster.”New Glasgow She was promoted to Officer C.M. ‘They Desire a Better Country’ The Times of touched audiences acrosshis the dynamic presence and improvement.” young actorscountry. and has promotedHe has guided many New Glasgow1903 - 2001 unforgettable voice have of the Order on December The Times of Nova Scotia’sthe Blackrecognition culture and for growth of devoted most of her life to the underprivileged regardless of 17, 1979 for her work as race, colour, creed or sex, and “a humanitarian who has particularly her own people of of Nova Scotia in LL.D.,2002 and was was appointed the to the Order
was an educator, entrepreneur Order of Canada on October Carrie M. Best, Member of the Order of Canada Calvin Woodrow Ruck, C.M., more than three decades.” appointed a Member of the the first Black to be elected as broadcaster and tirelessOrder. worker “Dr. Bestfor wasfirst a posthumousjournalist, recipient of the Carrie M. Best, O.C., O.N.S., C.M., O.N.S. The Times of pioneer in the fightAfrican for racial Nova equality,Daurene Scotian E. Lewis, community. C.M., A Calvin Woodrow Ruck, She dedicated time and energy elected as a mayor in Canada. profession, Daurene Lewis to the advancement of women a mayor in Nova Scotia and and a civic leader. She was in 1946 she founded The Clarion one model and respected leader of the on October 19, 1994. He was O.C., O.N.S. the first Black woman to be truth and justice. She was a role in business, the betterment of justice, equal opportunities for M.B.A., DHumL, was a “lifelong advocate of social of first Black-owned newspapers in race, colour, ethnicand background, respect for people of every 10, 2002. “A nurse by the Black community.” Nova Scotia. Fiercely independent Daurene Lewis, those who are disadvantaged LL.D., was appointed a stand up for African Nova Scotians.
causes of all minorities.” Dr. Best was promoted interracial understanding [email protected] and candid, she was unafraid to worker and member of many African Nova Scotians gender or class. As a social African Nova Scotians promotion of the arts.” Through her voice and pen, she with diverse interests in support Nova Scotia, he used his gifts race relations and the community organizations in New Glasgow 1903 - 2001 The Order of Nova Scotia appointed an Officer of the Order and goodwill, championing the Annapolis Royal for bringing together people ‘They Desire a Better Country’
1944 - 2013
1925 - 2004
LL.D., was appointed to the Order Donald E. Fairfax, C.M., was
of Nova Scotia in 2002. In an era
segregation often made attending Order of Canada on October 25, 1990. “Long-time pastor Upper Granville to graduate from appointed a Member of the Sydney Rev. Donald Edward Fairfax, concerned with social welfare where rural isolation and racial
Bridgetown where they could reap high school. She was one of the Teachers College. Dr. Cromwell paved the way for race-equity in Edith Hope Cromwell, of two congregations, this education when she successfully school almost impossible, Dr. and his many contributions for his religious leadershipEdith H. Cromwell, O.N.S.,
graduate from the Nova Scotia community. He was deeply of various projects.” member of her community in Association is recognized first African Nova Scotians to and continued to serve this former Moderator of the
the benefits of its better funded
of Canada in 1974. Cromwell became the first African United Baptist cause as a Human Rights O.C., O.N.S. The Times of The Times of
to Nova Scotia’s black
lobbied for her students in Inglewood to be bussed to
O.C.
Commissioner.”
education system.
Cherry Brook
1916 - 2009
highly successful Black Business Business Black successful highly Member of the Order of Canada Canada of Order the of Member
first African Nova Scotian Member Member Scotian Nova African first 1920-2010
Inglewood human rights advocate. He was the the was He advocate. rights human of Nova Scotia in 2011. “Dr. Adams Adams 2011.“Dr. in Scotia Nova of
was instrumental in establishing establishing in instrumental was
Initiative.” He was appointed a a appointed was He Initiative.”
the Preston Development Fund, Fund, Development Preston the
and former executive director of of director executive former and
D.C.L., was appointed to the Order Order the to appointed was D.C.L., He was also a founding member member founding a also was He
C.M.
the Black Cultural Centre and and Centre Cultural Black the
Nova Scotia, the Eastern Shore Shore Eastern the Scotia, Nova
(MLA) and Cabinet Minister. Minister. Cabinet and (MLA)
F. Wayne Adams, C.M., O.N.S., O.N.S., C.M., Adams, F.Wayne
is an entrepreneur, community community entrepreneur, an is
which has evolved into the the into evolved has which
leader, pioneer, politician and and politician pioneer, leader, “Wayne Adams served as Nova Nova as served Adams “Wayne
the Black Cultural Society of of Society Cultural Black the
local organizations including including organizations local
of the Legislative Assembly Assembly Legislative the of Scotia’s first Black member of of member Black first Scotia’s
the Legislative Assembly and and Assembly Legislative the
Development Commission Commission Development
African Nova Scotians Nova African
Canada on October 30, 2003. 2003. 30, October on Canada O.N.S., LL.D., was appointed appointed was LL.D., O.N.S.,
a volunteer with numerous numerous with volunteer a
as a cabinet minister. He is is He minister. cabinet a as
was the first Black to serve serve to Black first the was The Order of Nova Scotia Nova of Order The
He was appointed as an Officer of the the of Officer an as appointed was He
Wayne Adams, Wayne their stories into contemporary contemporary into stories their a Member of the Order of of Order the of Member a
of his ancestors and introduced introduced and ancestors his of
Poetry, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jr. King Luther Martin Dr. the Poetry,
Clarke has reclaimed the voices voices the reclaimed has Clarke Bernard and Walter Borden. Five of these these of Five Borden. Walter and Bernard
African Nova Scotians Nova African recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia. Nova of Order the of recipient and the Preston Area Area Preston the and
Achievement Award, and the Pierre Pierre the and Award, Achievement
Clarke, Wayne Adams, Wanda Thomas Thomas Wanda Adams, Wayne Clarke,
been invested to the Order of Canada. Canada. of Order the to invested been
Elliott Trudeau Fellowship Prize.” Prize.” Fellowship Trudeau Elliott
Carrie Best was the first posthumous posthumous first the was Best Carrie F. Wayne Adams, C.M., C.M., Adams, Wayne F. Governor General Award for English English for Award General Governor
Bernard and Walter Borden have also also have Borden Walter and Bernard
Jones, Wayne Adams, Wanda Thomas Thomas Wanda Adams, Wayne Jones, ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Better a Desire ‘They
Cromwell; Mayann E. Francis; George George Francis; E. Mayann Cromwell; eight, Carrie M. Best, George Elliott Elliott George Best, M. Carrie eight,
Board of Trade.” Trade.” of Board
Elliott Clarke; Burnley ‘Rocky’ Allan Allan ‘Rocky’ Burnley Clarke; Elliott
Prize for Artistic Achievement, the the Achievement, Artistic for Prize Wayne Adams, Wayne
Nova Scotia: Carrie M. Best; Edith H. H. Edith Best; M. Carrie Scotia: Nova
awards including the Portia White White Portia the including awards
that have been awarded the Order of of Order the awarded been have that chosen, that recipient must be between between be must recipient that chosen,
Order of Canada in 2008. in Canada of Order
conviction, George Elliott Elliott George conviction,
at least eight African Nova Scotians Scotians Nova African eight least at
Canadian literature. Dr. Clarke is an an is Clarke Dr. literature. Canadian
Canadian literature.” Canadian in 2003. in
distinguished themselves in many fields fields many in themselves distinguished Since its inception, there have been been have there inception, its Since
contributions or achievements. Members Members achievements. or contributions
English professor at the University University the at professor English
made each year. If a sixth recipient is is recipient sixth a If year. each made
experiences of African Nova Nova African of experiences maximum of six appointments can be be can appointments six of maximum numerous honorary degrees and and degrees honorary numerous
of Toronto. He is the recipient of of recipient the is He Toronto. of
and have brought honour and prestige prestige and honour brought have and
Scotians with provocative, provocative, with Scotians
lyrical and rich language. language. rich and lyrical
Province. Established in 2001, the Order Order the 2001, in Established Province.
to themselves and to Nova Scotia. A Scotia. Nova to and themselves to
A writer of courage and and courage of writer A O.N.S.
The Order of Nova Scotia Nova of Order The
African Nova Scotian Officer Officer Scotian Nova African
encourages excellence by recognizing recognizing by excellence encourages
voiceless and has helped establish establish helped has and voiceless
academics in Nova Scotia. Through Through Scotia. Nova in academics his work, he has given voice to the the to voice given has he work, his
the cultural and historical historical and cultural the
Nova Scotians for their outstanding outstanding their for Scotians Nova
the academic study of African- of study academic the The Times of of Times The
Order of Canada on April 10, 10, April on Canada of Order is the highest honour awarded by the the by awarded honour highest the is
of the Order of Nova Scotia have have Scotia Nova of Order the of
has contributed greatly to arts and and arts to greatly contributed has
2006. “This revered Canadian poet, poet, Canadian revered “This 2006. 2008 and is the only living living only the is and 2008
of the Order. “He relates relates “He Order. the of
Halifax C.M .
Nova Scotia Award and the Golden Golden the and Award Scotia Nova appointed an Officer of the the of Officer an appointed
the ages of 16 – 25 years. years. 25 – 16 of ages the
playwright, novelist and scholar scholar and novelist playwright,
George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.N.S., O.N.S., O.C., Clarke, Elliott George The Order of Nova Scotia (O.N.S.) (O.N.S.) Scotia Nova of Order The George Elliott Clarke, O.C., O.C., Clarke, Elliott George
Multicultural Education Council of of Council Education Multicultural
The Times of of Times The B.A., M.A., Ph.D., was appointed appointed was Ph.D., M.A., B.A.,
O.N.S., PhD., LL.D., was was LL.D., PhD., O.N.S.,
to the Order of Nova Scotia in in Scotia Nova of Order the to
and Professional Association, the the Association, Professional and
Halifax George Elliott Clarke, Elliott George
equality and inclusiveness have been been have inclusiveness and equality
George Elliott Clarke, Elliott George
life and set a fine example in in example fine a set and life
Award from the Black Business Business Black the from Award
recognized with a Harry Jerome Jerome Harry a with recognized
good education and starts in in starts and education good many difficulties gave them a a them gave difficulties many
Scotia. Her efforts to bring about about bring to efforts Her Scotia. O.N.S. C.M.,
successfully argue a case before the the before case a argue successfully West Indian origin who raised raised who origin Indian West
of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Rights Human Scotia Nova the of
a large family and despite despite and family large a
woman Ombudsman in Nova Nova in Ombudsman woman
Francis has served as the Director Director the as served has Francis
Cape Breton steel worker of of worker steel Breton Cape
C.M., O.N.S. C.M.,
Commission and was the first first the was and Commission upon her appointment as Lieutenant Lieutenant as appointment her upon the first African Nova Scotian to to Scotian Nova African first the
Jubilee Medal. Jubilee
of the Order of Nova Scotia in 2006 2006 in Scotia Nova of Order the of
Supreme Court of Canada. of Court Supreme
the community.” community.” the Nova Scotia. She became Chancellor Chancellor became She Scotia. Nova
Mr. Borden has received numerous numerous received has Borden Mr.
July 6, 1967. Phills was “a “a was Phills 1967. 6, July
Governor. The Honourable Dr. Dr. Honourable The Governor. African Nova Scotians Nova African
accolades, honours and awards. and honours accolades, of Canada. He was appointed appointed was He Canada. of
in rural Nova Scotia.” For his work, work, his For Scotia.” Nova rural in Mi’kmaq Initiative. Rocky was was Rocky Initiative. Mi’kmaq
politics of being black, gay and raised raised and gay black, being of politics African Nova Scotians Nova African The Order of Nova Scotia Nova of Order The
an Officer of the Order on on Order the of Officer an
Windsor Plains Windsor
appointed Lieutenant Governor of of Governor Lieutenant appointed
and the Indigenous Blacks and and Blacks Indigenous the and ‘They Desire a Better Country’ Better a Desire ‘They
Windsor Plains Windsor the first African Nova Scotian Scotian Nova African first the
to be appointed to the Order Order the to appointed be to
programs at Dalhousie University, University, Dalhousie at programs tireless efforts, notably the Girl Girl the notably efforts, tireless
autobiographical examination of the the of examination autobiographical
Guides and Scouts Canada.” Scouts and Guides
benefited from her expertise and and expertise her from benefited
Francis, O.N.S., DHumL, was the the was DHumL, O.N.S., Francis,
first African Nova Scotian to be be to Scotian Nova African first
also instrumental in creating two two creating in instrumental also the Transition Year Program Program Year Transition the Black Coalition of Canada. He was was He Canada. of Coalition Black man show, Tightrope Time, was an an was Time, Tightrope show, man
Black United Front and the National National the and Front United Black
Isaac C. Phills, O.C., was was O.C., Phills, C. Isaac was instrumental in establishing the the establishing in instrumental was
children. Numerous volunteer volunteer Numerous children.
joined Halifax’s Neptune Theatre Theatre Neptune Halifax’s joined African Nova Scotians. Mr. Borden Borden Mr. Scotians. Nova African Company in 1972 and his one- his and 1972 in Company The Honourable Mayann E. E. Mayann Honourable The
community that provide quality quality provide that community
fifty years to represent the interests interests the represent to years fifty
of all African Nova Scotians. He He Scotians. Nova African all of
of citizenship and opportunity for for opportunity and citizenship of
oriented, drop-in and social education education social and drop-in oriented,
organizations have also also have organizations who worked tirelessly for more than than more for tirelessly worked who
education and nurturing for for nurturing and education centre advocating the full equality equality full the advocating centre
honours for her work in the field of of field the in work her for honours
Mayann E. Francis, E. Mayann
committed and vocal social activist activist social vocal and committed Kwaacha House, an interracial teen- interracial an House, Kwaacha
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helped establish innovative innovative establish helped
the civil rights movement in Nova Nova in movement rights civil the
Scotia in 2010. Dr. Jones was a a was Jones Dr. 2010. in Scotia
programs for the Black Black the for programs
community leader and social activist. activist. social and leader community Isaac C. Phills, C. Isaac
community.” Dr. Bernard is the the is Bernard Dr. community.”
President of the East Preston Preston East the of President
appointed to the Order of Nova Nova of Order the to appointed
O.C.,O.N.S.
In the late 1960s, at the height of of height the at 1960s, late the In
within the African Nova Scotian Scotian Nova African the within
public service. He was the first first the was He service. public an acclaimed poet, playwright, actor, actor, playwright, poet, acclaimed an
The Honourable Honourable The O.C.,O.N.S.
African Canadian to run for for run to Canadian African
Daycare Centre, she has has she Centre, Daycare
Coalition, and numerous projects projects numerous and Coalition,
eoebcmn rnia tArcil col When School. Africville at Principal becoming before Founding the “As 2001. 18,
ertrdi 93 i o odnrpae i as him replaced Gordon son his 1933, in retired he is Borden “Mr. 2014. in Scotia Nova agta uavle amnsPan n Preston and Plains Hammonds Lucasville, at Taught
and was also involved with the Black Black the with involved also was and Order of Canada on October October on Canada of Order
Burnley ‘Rocky” Allan Jones, Jones, Allan ‘Rocky” Burnley LL.D., was appointed to the Order of of Order the to appointed was LL.D.,
United Front, the National Black Black National the Front, United
Ontario and chose a career in in career a chose and Ontario
Walter Marven Borden, C.M., O.N.S., O.N.S., C.M., Borden, Marven Walter
oryFtgrl Jemmott Fitzgerald Mobray
O.N.S., LL.B., LL.D., was was LL.D., LL.B., O.N.S., 1896 - 1985 - 1896 social justice. social Association of Black Social Workers Workers Social Black of Association
appointed a Member of the the of Member a appointed
Sydney
Sydney
work education and in the community. community. the in and education work
rnia tteSchool. the at Principal Portia sister, famous more his
Burnley A. ‘Rocky’ Jones, ‘Rocky’ A. Burnley Joyce L. Ross, C.M., was was C.M., Ross, L. Joyce
The Order of Nova Scotia Nova of Order The
African Nova Scotians Nova African White, William moved to to moved William White, federal office. federal She is a founding member of the the of member founding a is She African Nova Scotians Nova African
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85-1941 1875
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Dalhousie University, Ms. Thomas Thomas Ms. University, Dalhousie SCOTIANS NOVA AFRICAN Walter Borden, Walter relations and understanding understanding and relations
Maritime School of Social Work at at Work Social of School Maritime rga tVihHouse. Veith at program better to contribution his and
practitioner. As past director of the the of director past As practitioner.
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Joyce L. Ross, L. Joyce
90-1993 - 1920
Beechville
services to the community community the to services
O.C.
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1942 - 2013 2013 - 1942
Officer of the Order of Canada Canada of Order the of Officer O.N.S. on December 18, 1970 “for “for 1970 18, December on
to the Order of Nova Scotia in 2014. 2014. in Scotia Nova of Order the to
New Glasgow New
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90-2003 - 1940
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oe uhradcmuiyvlner pone a Appointed volunteer. community and author Noted
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African Nova Scotians Nova African
Policeman
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Halifax
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97-2013 - 1937
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