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🔙 From the ByBlacks Archives.
“Every home we lived in had a garden, and Al would plant his vegetables and herbs. He shared stories of his childhood in Jamaica with his grandparents farming. Al always shared his food with friends, family, and neighbours,” Karen says.
At Ferron Family Farms meat, the only Black run family farm in the province, the specialty is the authentic grass-fed goat.
“Our goal is to see our name in grocery stores and our products have the reputation for best quality and taste,” she adds.
Read more on #byblacks by @byhillaryleblanc
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09 Nov 2026
🔙 From the ByBlacks Archives.
“Still to this day people will tell me how much they missed the restaurant and the food. I do as well,” Cosby Jackson says.
Jackson is the son of John Henry Jackson, who was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1938 and came to play for the Toronto Argonauts in 1960. The idea for a restaurant with Black American soul food came from his, and Dave Mann’s longing for a flavour of home.
In 2021, the Underground Railroad Restaurant was honoured by the City of Toronto with two historical plaques, one for the original Bloor Street location and another for the King Street location.
Read more on #ByBlacks by @byhillaryleblanc
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05 Nov 2026
• 800 Black men / 5 Generations / 1 Brotherhood
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Calling all Black boys and men, ages 13 and up! Join us as we make history: The Raising the Standard Men’s Summit takes place in Toronto at the George Brown Polytechnic (@gbcollege) Waterfront Campus on Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13, 2026.
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For more information:
raisethestandardsummit.ca
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05 Nov 2026
Trust remains the difference between transactional survival and transformational power. Without trust, Black Canadians remain locked in a reactive stance—critiquing exclusionary systems while relying on them—rather than mobilizing the collective capital, knowledge, and agency that trust unlocks.
Read more on #ByBlacks by Perry Douglas @theinclusiveagenda.
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03 Nov 2026
🔙 From the ByBlacks Archives.
We featured 1949 Barbershop in St. John’s, Newfoundland, back in 2023, when it had two locations.
Today, owner Yaw Antwi-Adjei Hubert has six.
Shout out to this Black-owned business! 👏🏿
“I work with a great team at the barbershop who are not shy of taking new challenges and turning these challenges into opportunities,” Yaw told us.
Read more on #ByBlacks by @byhillaryleblanc
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02 Nov 2026
Nominations are closed 🔒
Now we wait for December 1, when voting for the 2026 People's Choice Awards officially opens.
Thank you to everyone who nominated. Your community, your picks, your impact. Stay tuned. 👀
#ByBlacks #PCA2026 #ByBlacksPCA #PeoplesChoiceAwards
01 Nov 2026
🔙 From the ByBlacks Archives.
Craig Brown’s first lesson in credit came early. “When I first got a credit card, I knocked it within the first month to buy shoes and clothes. If I had the education on using credit cards, then I would have done a lot better,” he recalls.
Dean Chambers and Craig Brown’s advice: money is a tool and it should be treated as such. Holding money serves no purpose. Make sure that your money is making you more money round the clock.
Read more on #ByBlacks by Feleseta Kassaye Woldtsadique.
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30 Oct 2026
Nominations close in 2 days! ⏰
Last chance to make sure the people and businesses who've shown up for your community get the recognition they deserve.
Remember:
📋 Nominee self-IDs as Black Canadian
📋 Business is majority Black-owned
📋 Valid ByBlacks directory listing
📋 Can't nominate the same person more than once
📋 Self-nominations welcome, don’t be shy!
Link in bio, last call to nominate!
#PCA2026 #ByBlacks #BlackExcellence #BlackBusinesses #PeoplesChoiceAwards
29 Oct 2026
Donald Moore (1891–1994)
Donald Willard Moore was a Barbadian-born civil rights leader, community organizer, and advocate for fair immigration policies whose work helped shape a more inclusive Canada. Based in Toronto, he dedicated much of his life to challenging the racial barriers that limited opportunities for Black people to enter the country, reunite with their families, and establish permanent roots.
In 1951, Moore founded the Negro Citizenship Association (NCA), an organization committed to advancing Black citizenship rights and confronting discrimination in Canada’s immigration system. At the time, immigration policies treated applicants differently according to race and national origin, severely restricting entry for Black people from the Caribbean. Moore helped bring community organizations, labour representatives, and other supporters together to demand change.
On April 27, 1954, Moore led a delegation to Ottawa to present a brief calling for reforms to Canada’s discriminatory immigration policies. The delegation challenged the unequal treatment of Black British subjects and urged the federal government to provide fairer access to immigration. This historic effort brought the concerns of Black communities directly to federal officials and became an important moment in the struggle for immigration reform.
Although Moore never held elected office, his advocacy holds an important place in the broader history of Black civic participation. Barriers to immigration also restricted who could settle in Canada, pursue citizenship, and eventually participate as voters. His work can therefore be understood as helping to create the conditions for a larger and more politically engaged Black population in Ontario and across the country.
Moore’s legacy is one of persistence, collective action, and public service.
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29 Oct 2026
🔙 From the ByBlacks Archives.
Tattoo artists really out here telling clients, "I wish you weren't so dark." RaShaun Collins said not in his shop.
Illustrative.TO in Toronto specializes in dark skin, so your ink actually holds its colour and detail. 🖤
Rosemary Akpan featured RaShaun’s story back in 2020. Full story at the link in bio.
#ByBlacks #BlackOwnedTO #BlackTattooArtists #TorontoTattoo #BlackOwnedBusiness
28 Oct 2026
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26 Oct 2026
Roxane Tracey was on the phone when she looked outside and saw a wall of fire. She called 911. Then she grabbed the family cat and closed doors behind her on the way out, trying to buy a little time against the flames.
It was September, and Fresh Paint's calendar was already full of holiday bookings. She refused to let those clients down, so she moved their events to partner venues and brought the paint nights straight to them.
The GoFundMe she set up only raised a few hundred dollars and today the studio runs at a loss every month. Roxane is clear that it can't keep going like this much longer.
Toronto, this is where we show up. If your team still needs a holiday party, or you want to give a unique gift experience, start with Fresh Paint on Kingston Road. 🎨
Swipe through, then hit the link in bio for the full story.
#ByBlacks #FreshPaintStudio #BlackOwnedToronto #SupportBlackBusiness #TorontoSmallBusiness
Read more on #ByBlacks by @byhillaryleblanc
23 Oct 2026
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