Calgary Black Chambers

The Calgary Black Chambers is a society of black professionals that promotes leadership capacity, advocates for social justice, and runs the Calgary Black Achievement Awards.

Calgary Black Chambers
Formation2020
HeadquartersCalgary
Founder
Jon Cornish
Websitehttps://calgaryblackchambers.ca/

Organization
Jon Cornish in 2012

The Calgary Black Chambers was founded by Jon Cornish in 2020 and, as of February 2022, has 200 members.[1][2]

Activities

Calgary Black Chambers provides fifteen annual educational scholarships between $1,000 and $8,000.[1][3] It also provides mentorship to post-secondary students.[4]

The organization runs the Calgary Black Achievement Awards.[1][5]

In 2022, the organization called for an inquiry into the killing of Latjor Tuel.[6]

References
  1. Underwood, Colleen (23 Feb 2022). "Calgary Black Chambers empowers high school students through mentorship program". CBC.
  2. Gilligan, Melissa (1 June 2020). "Former Stampeder Jon Cornish never experienced racism in Calgary 'until last week' | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  3. Gilligan, Melissa (28 April 2021). "Calgary Black Chambers Society announces creation of new scholarship fund - Calgary | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. Saelhof, Todd (1 June 2020). "Cornish sets up society to help mentor post-secondary students, foster diversity". calgarysun. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. "Celebrate Black History Month with UCalgary". News. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. Franklin, Michael (2022-02-25). "Calgary-based Black advocacy group calls for inquiry into Latjor Tuel's death". Calgary. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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