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The Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE) is inviting Montrealers to their long-awaited 50th Anniversary Gala taking place on Saturday, April 9 at the Nordheimer Ballroom of the Inter-Continental hotel in downtown Montreal. The evening will kick off with a cocktail reception followed by the anniversary gala which will highlight the organization’s journey over the past 50 years. Five highly deserving students pursuing post-secondary education will be honoured with scholarships and bursaries in memory of stalwarts of the QBBE the late Curtis George and Dr. Horrace Goddard. The evening of celebration will be flavored by a command musical performance featuring …

Rosie Awori (LJI) The Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE) is inviting all Montrealers to place a special mark on Saturday, February 19, 2022 as the date will gather for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of an organization that have impacted the lives of so many in this city, across Canada and around the world. For five decades the QBBE has been providing supplementary courses at its summer schools or throughout the year by tutorials to assist students to navigate the Quebec education system, which at times can be treacherous to Black students. Over the years the DaCosta Hall and BANA …

Rosie Awori (LJI) The Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE), was formed 50 years ago as a way of addressing problems that Blacks were facing around the issue education all part of the ripple effects of the Sir George Williams Affair that rocked this city in early 1969. And as the QBBE marks its jubilee anniversary, the organisation continues to provide our community with programs and workshops to assist us and other cultural groups better navigate Quebec’s education landscape. One such initiative is the Family First -Parenting Support Program. In a recent telephone conversation, QBBE’s communications liaison Rachel Diotte-Lyles spoke …

In the areas of education and sports, Alix Adrien and Denburk Reid make a formidable combination. Both has been involved with the game at the highest levels, Adrien as a high school coach, Reid as a professional player and a Hall of Famer at McGill University where he is still the all-time scoring leader. The duo is equally outstanding in the education arena where Adrien, currently the executive director of the Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE) is coming off more than four decades as a highly respected educator, who served as a school principal, vice principal and a high …

In 1968, when the Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE) was established, the community as we know it today was taking root. The influx of immigrants from the Caribbean and elsewhere was adding to the population of Blacks and heightening the need for institutions to assist in consolidating their place in a society that was not truly accommodating. Among the objectives of the QBBE was to advocate on behalf English speaking students entangled in a system in which they were stunted by faulty perceptions and low expectations. For the educators who were the founders of the organization, high school dropout …