Micheal Lee Chin is known for:

His $30 million dollar gift to the ROM

Viola Desmond was famous for this act?

Fighting segregationist laws in Canada

Thornton and Lucy Blackburn were famous for:

Starting the first taxi cab company in Toronto

Who was Olivier Le Jeune?

The first documented enslaved person in Canada

Who was Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique?

An enslaved woman who burnt down part of old Montreal

Dione Brand is best known as a:

A social justice activist, Poet Laureate for Toronto, An award winning poet and author, A documentarian

Cadence Weapon is most well-known for his role as:

Poet Laureate for the city of Edmonton

Willie O'Ree was famous for:

The first Black NHL player in Canada

William Peyton Hubbard was:

First Black elected official in Toronto

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1
A famous military leader in the War of 1812
Lincoln Alexander
Elijah McCoy
Richard Pierpoint
Mathieu Da Costa
2
This person was a famous publisher, teacher, lawyer and anti-slavery activist?
Mary Ann Shadd
Richard Pierpoint
Viola Desmond
Lincoln Alexander
3
Micheal Lee Chin is known for:
His role as a director of Canadian film
His $30 million dollar gift to the ROM
As a Federal MP
As a NBA coach
4
Viola Desmond was famous for this act?
Fighting segregationist laws in Canada
Starting the first Black newspaper in Canada
Founding the first Black school in Ontario
Fighting against slavery in Canada
5
Thornton and Lucy Blackburn were famous for:
Fighting to abolish slavery in Upper Canada
Starting the first taxi cab company in Toronto
Helping Americans flee slavery
Establishing the first school for African Canadians
6
Who was Olivier Le Jeune?
The first documented enslaved person in Canada
The first African Canadian surgeon
The first person to challenge segregation laws in Canada
The first African Canadian elected representative
7
Who was Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique?
The first female African Canadian publisher
An opera singer
One of the founders of the first taxi cab company in Toront
An enslaved woman who burnt down part of old Montreal
8
Lincoln Alexander is a famous:
Lieutenant Governor in Ontario
MPP in Toronto
Lawyer in Toronto
Physician and researcher
9
Dione Brand is best known as a:
A social justice activist
Poet Laureate for Toronto
An award winning poet and author
A documentarian
10
The first female MP of African descent elected in Canada
Lucy Blackburn
Jean Augustine
Measha Brueggergosman
Michaëlle Jean
11
A famous African Canadian inventor
Elijah McCoy
Anderson Abbott
Willie O'Ree
Richard Pierpoint
12
Who was the first documented African person to come to Canada?
Mathieu da Costa
Anderson Abbott
Michael Chin
Olivier Le Jeune
13
Cadence Weapon is most well-known for his role as:
A writer from Toronto
An artist from Nunuvat
Poet Laureate for the city of Edmonton
A Canadian musician
14
Willie O'Ree was famous for:
The first Black NHL player in Canada
The first Black Canadian physician
Being the first Black elected official in Toronto
The first man to join the Canada space program
15
William Peyton Hubbard was:
Established the first school for African Canadians
First Black NHL player
First Black elected official in Toronto
Established the first taxi cab company in Toronto

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