Profiles
Color Blind or Color Brave?
Investment firm president Mellody Hobson
Being Mistaken For Kitchen Help Just Made This Exec More
Outspoken
The Huffington Post
Camille Alleyne
Trinidadian Born NASA Rocket Scientist
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Bethel Ayele
Architect
Montreal, Canada
Architect Bethel Teferra completed a Bachelor of Engineering with a major in Structural Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, while following the demanding course sequence of Co-operative Education (work-study program) from which she graduated with Distinction. She says: “My academic achievements are courtesy of my community in Montreal that invested in my potential, through various scholarships and fellowships.”
As a member of the Co-operative program at Concordia University, Ms. Teferra has successfully completed an internship working for NCK-Engineering Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada. At NCK she got the opportunity to work closely with the Technical Directors and Senior Engineers on various residential and commercial high-rise buildings.
Ms. Teferra currently works for WSP- Middle East in Dubai, UAE. She is working with a dynamic team of experts led by Associate Director Andy Veall, and alongside supporting specialists across the region. She says: “I feel privileged to be working with prominent structural engineers on iconic projects such as; Dubai Mall Expansion - world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination.”
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Dr. Patricia Bath
Ophthalmologist
Doctor Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist from New York, was living in Los Angeles when she received her first patent, becoming the first African American female doctor to patent a medical invention. Patricia Bath's patent (#4,744,360) was for a method for removing cataract lenses that transformed eye surgery by using a laser device making the procedure more accurate.
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Dr. Joy DeGruy |
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Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. She is an ambassador for healing and a voice for those who’ve struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present. Dr. Joy is the acclaimed author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome — America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: The Study Guide , with a second book in the works , Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Part 2: Be The Healing. Dr. DeGruy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications; two master degrees in Social Work and Clinical Psychology; and a PhD in Social Work Research. With over twenty years of practical experience as a professional in the field of social work, she gives a practical insight into various cultural and ethnic groups that form the basis of contemporary American society. |
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THE DR. JOY EXPERIENCE Through lectures, workshops, seminars and special guest appearances, Dr. Joy has shined a light on the critical issues affecting society. Those who have experienced Dr. Joy in person, can tell you that they have been “stimulated, enlightened and inspired.” Dr. Joy’s seminars have been lauded as the most dynamic and inspirational currently being presented on the topics of culture, race relations and contemporary social issues. Topics include:
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Dr. Linnell Edwards, Ph.D., P.Ag
Research Scientist
Sc.(Agr) (University of London, England); M.Sc. and
Ph.D. (Agronomy) (McGill University)
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Second consecutive 3-yr nomination by the PEI Lieutenant Governor in Council to the Board of Governors of the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI).
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Named to represent the Board on the UPEI Senate.
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Named to the Board’s Human Resources Committee, and to its Appeals Committee.
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Appointed as adjunct professor (supervisory) in the Graduate Faculty and the Dept. of Biosystems Engineering for 17 consecutive years.
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Three-time recipient of NSERC grants.
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One-year guest lecturer at Trier University, Germany.
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Numerous scientific publications, invited book chapters and invited review papers on the subjects of (a) alternate freezing-and-thawing in agricultural soils, and (b) the process and mitigation of soil erosion on agricultural lands.
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Twenty-five years as a leader in the promotion of (a) Employment Equity in the workplace and (b) Values of Diversity in local and pan-Canadian communities.
Colin Hill
CEO and co-founder of GNS Healthcare, a healthcare Big Data analytics company
“Value to the Enterprise” by Qualcom Life (View video on Youtube)
Bonilyn Hill Mohamed
Registered Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapy Program, Women’s Mental Health
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Joanne C.
Hillhouse
Author
Antiguan and Barbudan author of The Boy from Willow Bend, Dancing Nude in the Moonlight, Fish Outta Water, and Oh Gad! and founder/coordinator of the Wadadli Youth Pen Prize
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My research examines the ways that racialized social structures and ideologies organize the ways that we, as social actors, come to know ourselves, create community, and exercise agency in contemporary neo-liberal contexts. This work explores the points of convergence and disjuncture between the ways that liberal democratic discourses and critical discourses imagine race and racial justice, and investigates how these contested knowledges play out in civil society. I am particularly interested in the contradictions that arise within social justice projects in liberal democracies, and in the ways that the marginalized resist and exercise agency in the face of these contradictions. My current research projects include: |
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Dr. Althea
Prince
University
Professor / Writer, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
An award-winning author who was born in Antigua and has resided in Canada, the US, and England.
Who's Who - Creating a new Narrative for Black Canada
Yvonne Sam
Author
Get her recent publication of a book of Poems “Life’s Many Faces - Fun on the Run”.
Yvonne is known for her thought provoking and sometimes controversial articles in the local Montreal Community newspaper. Her poems have been published in Dusting Off Dreams 1X by Quill Books of Harlingen, Texas as well as the National Library of Poetry -- River Of Dreams 1994
http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Many-Faces-Fun-Run/dp/1483640000
Stephen Stafford
Student
Meet Stephen Stafford; 13 Year Old dominates College (Video)