100 ABC Honourees

June Veecock

As the Director of Human Rights, June was a very effective advocate for workers experiencing racism and discrimination in the workplace. She deftly and diplomatically handled many cases, that although ...

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June Girvan

Asked about her greatest accomplishments, she names “being named among 100 Accomplished Black Women in Canada” as one of them.

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Joan Butterfield

Matriarch to the community of Afro Artists in Toronto, Joan has written a book, Starving Artist’s Guide to Riches, and hundreds of articles that encourage and assist budding artists to ...

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Jenny Gumbs

Churchill is credited with many famous quotes, but one of my favourite states “attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference”.

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Jennifer Singh B.A. M.B.A

She is the only Seneca employee that has experienced Seneca from all its vantage points: student, staff, faculty and administrator (it is difficult to move from support staff to either ...

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Janice Gairey

Her history is entrenched in working with the communities of colour and comes from her father, the late Desmond Davis, who was a pivotal member of the Black Sleeping Car ...

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Honourable Senator Anne Cools

Asked about her greatest accomplishments, she notes in part that “Another great accomplishment is having been chosen by the late Right Honourable Pierre Elliot Trudeau to serve as Senator.”

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Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine, PC, CM, CBE

Every year, she makes a better future for young women through the Jean Augustine Scholarship, a fund that helps single mothers attend George Brown College and a Young Entrepreneur at ...

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Grace Carter-Henry Lyons

Grace attributes her success to the educational training she received from the University of Toronto, York University, the Royal School of Music, Trinity School of Music, the Ontario Real Estate ...

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Gemma Raeburn-Baynes

What would she do differently: “Nothing! … But, since you asked the only thing that I would like to be different, and that’s not up to me really…. is to have grandchildren.  But at ...

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