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Rosemary Sadlier

Rosemary Sadlier

Born in Toronto with Canadian roots reaching back to pre-Confederation, Sadlier served as the president of the Ontario Black History Society for 22 years, as an unpaid volunteer while raising her children, and working, concluding her time there in 2015. Brown’s pressure, along with Jean Augustine, was central to the Canadian government’s 1995 decision to make the celebration of Black History Month a national annual event. Sadlier also secured August 1st as Emancipation Day municipally in 1995 ad provincially in 2021. An educator, she has developed or contributed to the Black Canadian Curriculum, and as an author, has written seven books on African Canadian History, continuing to tell the stories and celebrations of Black Canadians and activists.

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