100 ABC Honourees

Itah Sadu

When meeting Itah Sadu, the first thing you will see is her smile, and the first thing you will notice is her warmth. As a dynamic entrepreneur and community builder, ...

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Rosemary Sadlier

She is the author of six books on African Canadian history and consultant/co-author of Black History: Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas (Emond Montgomery Pub.) selected as the textbook for ...

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Dr. Miriam Rossi

On her greatest accomplishments she states: I believe the greatest accomplishments during my career in the Health Sciences was (a) to be instrumental in bringing about a change in the ...

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Honourable Madame Justice Micheline Rawlins

She has received, among other awards, the African-Canadian Achievement Award in Law in 1997 that was sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Academy of Legal Study, founded and organized by Pride ...

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Cecile Peterkin

Cecile has turned over seventeen years of corporate management and mentoring experience into two highly successful career management companies. Her team of career experts work together with her to create, ...

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Karine Morin

Constantly in thirst of supporting cultures, she developed social justice programs, employability, and prevention programs for francophone youth at risk. She travelled to South Africa for humanitarian causes. She developed ...

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Notisha Massaquoi

As Executive Director of Women’s Health in Women’s Hands CHC, I note that many of the women who were coming to receive healthcare did not have Canadian status. Usually, they ...

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Shernett Martin

It is not the numerous awards and accolades that make Shernett Martin qualified for inclusion in this publication, but what she has done tirelessly to earn them. She is known ...

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Linda Carter

She recalls that in 1954, her parents purchased a new home in Etobicoke. A petition was circulated to keep them out of the then all-White neighbourhood. It was instigated by ...

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Paulette Kelly

If she could live her life over again, she would “Make decisions that make me happy, and not always put other people’s wants ahead of my own needs and happiness.”

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