Notable Black Canadians French Quote of the Day: Google Slides™

This is a set of 25 quote slides featuring notable Black Canadians.

Perfect for Black History Month (February), these slides would be ideal to feature in as part of your morning message or on your screen to share with students online!

Note that this file features quotes in FRENCH on Google Slides.

For ENGLISH quotes on Google Slides, click here.

For printable ENGLISH posters, click here.

For printable FRENCH posters, click here.

Current slides:

- Willie O'Ree (first Black player in the NHL)

- William Hall (first Black person, the first Nova Scotian and one of the first Canadians to receive the British Empire's highest award for bravery, the Victoria Cross)

- Viola Desmond (Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent)

- Stephan James (Black Canadian actor)

- Samuel Langford (a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century)

- Rosemary Brown (first Black woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada)

- Richard Pierpoint (Black Canadian military hero)

- Portia White (first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame)

- Michaëlle Jean (Canadian journalist and documentarian who was Canada's 27th governor-general and the first person of African heritage to hold that post)

- Michael Lee-Chin (Jamaican-Canadian billionaire businessman, and philanthropist and the chairman and CEO of Portland Holdings Inc)

- Lori Seale-Irving (first Black female commissioned officer in the RCMP)

- Lincoln Alexander (first Black Canadian member of Parliament, Cabinet minister and lieutenant-governor)

- Josiah Henson (spiritual leader, author, founder of the Black community settlement at Dawn, Canada West)

- John Ware (widely admired as one of the best cowboys in the West, even at a time of widespread anti-Black racism and discrimination)

- Jean Augustine (first Black female MP and Cabinet minister, social justice advocate)

- Ferguson Jenkins (the only Canadian to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame)

- Elijah McCoy (inventor and engineer who was notable for his 57 US patents)

- Dwayne Johnson (professional wrestler and actor)

- Drake (rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur)

- Donovan Bailey (once held the world record for the 100 metre dash)

- Donald H. Oliver (the first male Black Canadian to have a seat in the Senate, and the second Black Canadian appointed to the Chamber)

- Devon Clunis (First Black Chief of Police in Canada)

- Cecily Nicholson (Canadian poet who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry)

- Carrie Best (human rights activist, author, journalist, publisher and broadcaster)

- Anne Clare Cools (the first Black member and the longest serving member of the Senate of Canada)

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