BLACK HISTORY
LUELLA PRICE LANE
UNVEILING CEREMONY
THURSDAY JULY 4, 2024 @ 1:30 pm
Luella Price Lane Unveiling Ceremony Gerrard St. & Greenwood Ave., July 4, 2025 @ 1:30 PM
Photo credit Councillor PFletcher https://www.councillorpaulafletcher.ca/luella_price_lane_renaming_nr_july_2025
Photo credit Councillor PFletcher https://www.councillorpaulafletcher.ca/luella_price_lane_renaming_nr_july_2025
City names laneway after Black woman who made difference to early Toronto Laneway honours Luella Price, who formed group in 1910 that helped others CBC News July 4, 2025
President Pat Barnett key instrumental in making this monumental achievement, lane naming recognition for Luella Price possible.
CBC Interview featuring East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett, here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/luella-price-lane-official-naming-1.7577742
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-names-laneway-luella-price-223433599.html
President Pat Barnett key instrumental in making this monumental achievement, lane naming recognition for Luella Price possible.
CBC Interview featuring East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett, here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/luella-price-lane-official-naming-1.7577742
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-names-laneway-luella-price-223433599.html
EAST YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Celebrates Black History Canada
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 6:30pm Evening Meeting
Gallery of EYHS Celebrates Black History Canada 2025
East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Tues. Jan 28, 2025 Evening Speaker The Honourable
Dr. Jean Augustine 
East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett gifting Tues. Jan 28, 2025 East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Speaker Hon. Dr. Jean Augustine with many item, including her children's picturebook
Presenting Princess Ladybug. 
East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett, Hon. Dr. Jean Augustine and Stephanie Bowman MPP
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East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Tues. Jan. 28, 2025 East York Historical Society President
Pat Barnett Welcome & Opening Remarks 
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Sheila White and her Don Heights Singers
Tues. Jan. 28, 2025 at East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting 
Sheila White presents East York Historical Society
President Pat Barnett with 2014 Commemorative Calendar |
EAST YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ATTENDS
HENRY BOX BROWN LANE & NORTH STAR WAY NAMING!
East York Historical Society President Pancheta Pat Barnett, Adam Wynne and
Coralina Lemos at Historic Lane Naming Stand on BRIGHT ST @ SITE OF HENRY BOX BROWN'S Home
Full Article at Toronto Star by Emily Fagan https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/who-is-henry-box-brown-and-why-is-a-toronto-street-being-named-after-him/article_
Coralina Lemos at Historic Lane Naming Stand on BRIGHT ST @ SITE OF HENRY BOX BROWN'S Home
Full Article at Toronto Star by Emily Fagan https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/who-is-henry-box-brown-and-why-is-a-toronto-street-being-named-after-him/article_
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How Henry Box Brown escaped slavery by mailing himself in a box
East York Historical Society President Pancheta Pat Barnett interviewed by Emma at Necropolis of CBC on Henry Box Brown March 19, 2025 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6690935 |
The Amazing Henry Box Brown: From Fugitive Slave to Ingenious Entertainer
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16125689-the-amazing-henry-box-brown-from-fugitive-slave Click below to hear CBC podcast series "Ideas" interview segment with East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett on the importance of Henry Box Brown contribution and lane naming. |
The Amazing Henry Box Brown: From Fugitive Slave to Ingenious Entertainer
Toronto residents Coralina Lemos, Adam Wynne and East York Historical Society President Pancheta Barnett advocated for a laneway to be named in honour of Henry Box Brown, behind the house where he lived. The sign was unveiled in February 2024. 'The act of naming this laneway, reclaiming that history has power,' says Wynne. (Photo Left & Article Lisa Godfrey/CBC) Standing near the sign marking Henry Box Brown Lane, Panceta Barnett says she is delighted to have learned about Henry Box Brown's life, in all its tragedy and triumph. "This is something that I think is newsworthy," Barnett said. "It's historical revelation. This is not a time for us to go through life, not remembering these people." Photo left: Cory Lemos, Adam Wynne and Pat Barnett Click link for full story: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/henry-box-brown-emancipation-slavery-black-performer-magician-1.7449043 |
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L to R: Councillor Christ Moise, Adam G. Wynne, Kristyn Wong-Tam MPP, EYHS President Pat Barnett, Historian Coralina Lemos and Deborah Williams TDSB Trustee. Photo: Chris Moise' Office.
ALBERT WIGGAN LANE
UNVEILING CEREMONY
OCTOBER 26, 2019
L > R: MP Carolyn Bennett, East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett,
Councillor Joshn Matlow, Councillor Jill Andrews and Albert Wiggan at unveiling of Albert Wiggan Lane October 26, 2019.
Councillor Joshn Matlow, Councillor Jill Andrews and Albert Wiggan at unveiling of Albert Wiggan Lane October 26, 2019.
WILLIE O'REE
Unlicensed Use of The Associated Press Imagery - Reference Number: 6559-0045-4502
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O'Ree was the first Black man to play in the NHL. When he started with the Boston Bruins in 1958, it was six years before U.S. civil rights legislation. He knew the personal danger he faced. He and his family feared for his safety, and with good reason.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Willie-ORee |
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Lillie Johnson lauded as a dedicated public health advocate at Order of Canada investiture
Centenarian Lillie Johnson (b. March 16, 1922) — who founded the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario and will celebrate her 102nd birthday on March 16 — has been lauded for her advocacy for sickle cell disease in Ontario. At a special ceremony held at Extendicare Rouge Valley, the long-term care residence where she lives in Scarborough, Ontario, on February 27, 2024 Johnson was invested into the Order of Canada by Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Click link for full story. https://thecaribbeancamera.com/lillie-johnson-order-of-canada-public-health-advocate/ |
Canada Black Music Archives Event
Celebration of Black Music
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In attendance at Toronto Archives 255 Spadina Road in celebration of Black Music
Friday late afternoon (4pm-8pm) February 23, 2024.
L-R Dorothy Abbott (EYHS Member & OBHS),
our Friend Sunset Roach
(daughter of the late Charles Conliff Mende Roach, Canadian Civil Rights Lawyer)
Pancheta Barnett (President East York Historical Society & TEYCPP Member)
Friday late afternoon (4pm-8pm) February 23, 2024.
L-R Dorothy Abbott (EYHS Member & OBHS),
our Friend Sunset Roach
(daughter of the late Charles Conliff Mende Roach, Canadian Civil Rights Lawyer)
Pancheta Barnett (President East York Historical Society & TEYCPP Member)
AFRICAN ANCESTRAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With the creation of the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism (“CABR”) Unit, this African Ancestral Acknowledgement was introduced by the CABR Unit in May 2018. This African Ancestral Acknowledgement is a voluntary recognition offered to support Black staff wishing to use it to acknowledge their ancestors of African descent who have been present and actively contributing to life on Treaty lands and traditional Indigenous territories since the early 1600s:
The City of Toronto acknowledges all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.
The City of Toronto acknowledges all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.
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EAST YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY CANADA EVENING MEETING JAN. 29, 2024 @ 7PM PHOTO L > R: Councillor Paula Fletcher, East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett, MPP Mary-Margaret McMahon, East York Historical Society Secretary Justin Van Dette, East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting Speaker Sheila White, Author of "The Letters" that Councillor Fletcher, MPP McMahon and author Sheila White herself, are holding, and East York Historical Society Director Joanne Valliere. |
Black History is celebrated in the month of February, however, East York Historical Society does not hold any meetings in the month of February,
so since our meetings are held on the last Tuesday in January,
January is when we Celebrate Black History Canada
so since our meetings are held on the last Tuesday in January,
January is when we Celebrate Black History Canada
East York Historical Society Members
Celebrate Black History Canada Evening Meeting Jan. 29, 2024 @ 7PM Speaker Sheila White on topic: "In Black & White" Slide Presentation 
East York Historical Society Members attend
Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting Jan. 29, 2024 @ 7PM Speaker Sheila White "In Black & White" Slide Presentation |
East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting Jan. 29, 2024
Speaker Sheila White on Piano playing tribute song Till We Meet Again to Recognize the Passing of & to Honour Hon. Alan Redway Song: "Till We Meet Again" by Vera Lynn, Mr. & Mrs. Redway's favourite singer. |
East York Historical Society Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting Jan. 29, 2024
Speaker Sheila White on Piano playing tribute song Till We Meet Again to Recognize the Passing of & to Honour Hon. Alan Redway Song: Till We Meet Again by Vera Lynn, Mr. & Mrs. Redway's favourite singer. 
East York Historical Society Members attend
Celebrates Black History Canada Evening Meeting Jan. 29, 2024 @ 7PM Speaker Sheila White on topic: "In Black & White" Slide Presentation |
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Sheila White interviewed by Nam Kiwanuka of The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Interviewed/Aired Mon. Feb 26, 2024 "Love in the Face of Opposition" An age gap, a divorce, different faiths, and different races. Vivian Keeler and Billy White faced numerous obstacles when they fell in love. Their daughter, Sheila, reflects on what her parents faced. YouTube Channel TVO Today www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmqcrCJTYco |
How a mixed marriage 70 years ago helped change a Toronto family'We have such a diverse society today because people like my parents put love ahead of all'
Sheila White recently re-discovered letters (summer of 2016) written by her mother's relatives, attempting to dissuade her from marrying a black man. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/how-a-mixed-marriage-70-years-ago-helped-change-a-toronto-family-1.3981337 Story by CBC published Feb. 14, 2017 |
Beverley Noel Salmon CM OOnt
(Dec. 25, 1930 – July 6, 2023) aged 92
was Toronto's First Black Female
City Councilor
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LINCOLN ALEXANDER DAY
ON JANUARY 21st
A NEWLY UNVEILED BUST OF
HON. LINCOLN ALEXANDER
PC CC OOnt CD QC
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A NEWLY UNVEILED BUST OF LINCOLN ALEXANDER,
Canada's first Black MP and Ontario's first Black lieutenant governor, stands at the provincial legis- lature in Toronto. (JasonTrout/CBC) Jan. 21. 2024. The bust was sculpted by award-winning Toronto artist Quentin VerCetty. FUN FACT: January 21 was Lincoln Alexander Day. Lincoln Alexander was the first Black person elected to Canada's Federal Parliament in 1968. He was also the first Black Federal Cabinet Minister and he became the first Black Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1985. FUN QUIZ: Did Lincoln Alexander attend school in East York, Riverdale, Riverside or Leslieville? |
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Hon. LINCOLN ALEXANDER PC CC OOnt CD QC
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NEW ART INSTALLATION to HONOUR
Hon. LINCOLN MacCAULEY ALEXANDER PC CC OOnt CD QC... By Artist Quentin VerCetty VerCetty who attended Lincoln Macauley Alexander High School in Malton had this to say: “I am super honoured and stoked to share the first public preview of part of my work in progress of the Lincoln MacCauley Alexander bust statue that I am set to complete later this year and to be installed at Queens Park…. I was fortunate to attend the Lincoln Alexander High School in Malton and meet him and shake his hand. It is my hope that this art piece will remind people not only of the beauty of Lincoln MacCauley Alexander but also his story and greatness and the greatness that he continues to call forward in all of us as a great ancestor- Happy Lincoln M. Alexander Day and happy birthday to the trailblazer!” |
MORE INFO TO FOLLOW ABOUT THIS BUST OF THE
HONOURABLE LINCOLN ALEXANDER PC CC OOnt CD QC...
HONOURABLE LINCOLN ALEXANDER PC CC OOnt CD QC...
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EYHS Celebrating Black History Canada
Tuesday January 31, 2023 Evening L>R: EYHS Evening Main Presenter Dr. Catherine L. Slaney and East York Historical Society President Pat Barnett, |
Photo R: EYHS Celebrating Black History Canada
Opening Presenter Mrs. Dorothy C. Abbott |
Celebrating Black History Canada Tuesday January 31, 2023 Evening L>R: East York Historical Society
President Pat Barnett, Main Presenter Dr. Catherine L. Slaney and
Opening Presenter Ms. Dorothy C. Abbott photographed standing next to Dorothy C. Abbott's Family Quilt.
President Pat Barnett, Main Presenter Dr. Catherine L. Slaney and
Opening Presenter Ms. Dorothy C. Abbott photographed standing next to Dorothy C. Abbott's Family Quilt.
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Portia White Plaque Unveiling at Branksome Hall
Portia White Plaque Unveiling at Branksome Hall April 11, 2022
Photo credit Artist Cheryl Hamilton of NS also present at ceremony
Photo: L to R: Portia's great Nephew >George Elliott Clarke, Branksome Hall Principal Karen L. Jurjevich<
EYHS President Pancheta Barnett & family assoc. >Portia's Niece > Sheila White
Portia White's plaque will be erected at the South West corner near the pillar
at the entrance of the School property.
History: Sheila's parents apt. still located on this property since 1947. Formerly #1 Elm.
Photo credit Artist Cheryl Hamilton of NS also present at ceremony
Photo: L to R: Portia's great Nephew >George Elliott Clarke, Branksome Hall Principal Karen L. Jurjevich<
EYHS President Pancheta Barnett & family assoc. >Portia's Niece > Sheila White
Portia White's plaque will be erected at the South West corner near the pillar
at the entrance of the School property.
History: Sheila's parents apt. still located on this property since 1947. Formerly #1 Elm.
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Black History Month feature
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JAN 2020 EY INKLINGS PAGE 5 & 6
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PLAQUE IN HONOUR OF
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
in LESLIEVILLE Nov. 19, 2019
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Black History Month is a time to learn more about these Canadian stories and the many other important contributions that Black Canadians and their communities have made to the history and...
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www.speakers.ca › 2022/11/2023-planning2023 Planning: Celebrating Black History Month in February
Nov 17, 2022 · Every February, many people across Canada host events in celebration of Black History Month to honour, highlight, and reflect on the legacy, contributions, and achievements of Black Canadians
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Resources Education Historica Canada
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