Dr. Augustine served as The Messenger and The Message
As the first Black woman to be elected to the Canadian parliament in 1993, the Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine has had a lot of conversations about multiculturalism and diversity in this country. One of those conversations took place in the European parliament following one of her presentations on the issue, when she was described as “the messenger and the message.” It stuck with her as an apt depiction of her role in Canada at a time when the country was moving toward greater accommodation of the increasing number of immigrants settling here. So much so that those words became part …