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/CNW/ - Toronto s business and community leaders came together on Saturday January 21, to celebrate the extraordinary work of the BlackNorth Initiative in its. ....
It started with an Instagram page and a goal to support more Black-owned businesses. One year later, hundreds of products from dozens of Black owned businesses can be found under one roof. Black Owned Toronto now has its own storefront at Scarborough Town Centre.
Talia Ricci caught up with CEO Kerin John about her journey over the past year and her plans to expand this concept even further. ....
This online directory is creating space for Black-owned businesses in Toronto This online directory is creating space for Black-owned businesses in Toronto Black Owned Toronto has gone from a popular Instagram account to online directory, business hub and soon a physical store in Scarborough By Richard Trapunski Kerin John turned the Instagram account Black Owned TO into searchable online directory. When Kerin John started an Instagram account to highlight local Toronto Black-owned businesses in May of last year, she had no idea how quickly the idea would take off. Soon after, the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd reignited a global Black Lives Matter protest movement. As resources circulated online, people started to trade and circulate lists of Black-owned businesses. And John’s weeks-old Black Owned Toronto (@blackowned.to) account exploded with new followers and submissions. ....
Bashir Khan (left), Alexandra McCalla (right). Photos are from AirMatrix’s website. Khan and McCalla are the founders of AirMatrix, which builds the 3D network of drone roads with industry-leading millimetre precision. Khan is a technology entrepreneur and is part of the Transport Canada working group on UTM, the RPAS Traffic Management Action Team (RTMAT), as well as Canada’s mirror committee on drone standards for the International Standards Organization. He is also a member of NASA’s working group on transformational vertical flight, specifically for public services. McCalla is an expert in business transformation for technology. She has also worked at numerous scaling tech start-ups in Toronto and Silicon Valley, and has experience in strategy, product management, operations, and client services/sales. ....