Since launching in 2020, the organization has been working with Black communities in Canada to address the challenges and systemic barriers facing Black talent
. Monies raised at the gala and throughout the year help the organization empower these communities in the hopes of creating generational change.
The gathering was also a chance to celebrate outstanding Black community leaders and a number of corporations which are helping underwrite some of the organization’s great work. Bestowed with a lifetime achievement award was, the Nova Scotia-born lawyer who in 1990 became the first Black Canadian man to be appointed to the senate, where he served until 2013.
A number of young people were also recognized: BlackNorth Initiative has, to date, awarded scholarships to 30 Black youth, through their Youth Accelerator program, a partnership made possible by CIBC and BGC Canada. Among those out at the inaugural to-do’: the aforementioned
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