Martin Luther King Jr. Award Recipient Born in Trinidad, Clarence Bayne came to Canada in 1954 to study Economics and Political Science at the University of British Columbia. After obtaining a Master's Degree, 1960, he worked as a transportation economist at CN in Montreal. Upon completing his Ph.D. in Economics at McGill University, he began teaching in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Concordia University, in the Decision Sciences/Management Information Systems Department. Currently, he is Director of the Graduate Diploma in Administration and Graduate Diploma, Sport Administration, and Director, Minority Entrepreneurship Institute at Concordia. For his distinguished contributions both as founder and leader of numerous cultural and community organizations, Dr. Bayne has received many awards including the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for general community service within the black community, in particular, and for cultural services, in general, and the Governor General's 125th Anniversary of Confederation Award. In addition to being President of the Black Studies Centre of Montreal and Vice President of the National Council of Black Educators of Canada, he is a Member of the Conseil des arts de la communauté de Montréal, on the Board of Directors of the Centre-West Community Health Corporation and the Quebec Board of Black Educators. Dr. Bayne is also the Founding Past-President of the Black Theatre Workshop, Montreal. [Photo courtesy Dr.Clarence Bayne]

Descendents of Michel de Verteuil in Canada During the 14th century, one quarter of the French town of Bordeaux, France, was owned by la famille de Verteuil. A Royalist surname during the seige of Fortress Louisbourg as well as the French Revolution, a descendent, Michel de Verteuil (1773-1865), arrived in Trinidad in 1796 and became a plantation owner and Commandant of his Quarter. Five generations and over 170 years later, four de Verteuil brothers, descendents of Michel, all immigrated to Canada to continue their education and to make Canada their home. Viewed from left isIan de Verteuil, Vancouver Island, B.C., and brothers, David, Oakville, Ontario, Maurice, Montreal, Quebec, and Michael, Oakville, Ontario. Their mother, Mary, along with her husband, Marcel de Verteuil OBE, followed her sons to Canada in the 1980s. [Photo, courtesy David de Verteuil]