Millicent Burgess
Millicent Burgess | |
|---|---|
| Born | Millicent Eugenie Carey July 6, 1923 |
| Died | April 2, 2026 (aged 102) Canada |
| Occupation | educator |
Millicent Eugenie Burgess (née Carey; July 6, 1923 – April 2, 2026) was a Canadian educator. She may have been the first black teacher for the Toronto District School Board.[1]
Life and career
Millicent Eugenie Carey was born in Bermuda on July 6, 1923. The daughter of James and Doris Carey, she worked as a substitute teacher for several years after completing high school. She began studying at Hamilton Teachers' College in Canada in 1950 after receiving a scholarship from the Bermuda government and completed the last two years of her studies at Toronto Teachers' College.[2]
Burgess then returned to Bermuda and taught for three years. She married Edward Leroy Burgess there in 1954; the couple moved to Canada the following year. She worked as a clerk for Blue Cross in Toronto for one year and then began looking for a teaching position. Burgess was an elementary schoolteacher. During this time, she earned a BA from the University of Toronto by attending night classes.[2]
Burgess retired in 1989,[2] and died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 102.[3]
Other roles
- 1958-: member of the Canadian Negro Women's Association (CANEWA), later the Congress of Black Women of Canada[2]
- 1957-1989: Consultant with the Toronto Board of Education.[4]
Prizes
- 2012: Recipient of the Reverend Addie Aylestock Award from the Ontario Black History Society[4]
References
- ↑ "Honour bestowed". Town Crier. February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Hill, Lawrence (1996). Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women's Association, 1951-1976. Dundurn. pp. 74–78. ISBN 1895642183.
- ↑ "Millicent Burgess". Arbor Memorial. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Full marks for two quality educators". Royal Gazette. February 6, 2012.