CBC is highlighting stories of Black Canadian immigrants to share the joys and obstacles on their paths to Black excellence. From their first steps in Canada to the moments that shaped their lives. These are their journeys here.
For many years, Juliet Daniel was the only Black female professor in the faculty of science at McMaster University in Hamilton.
Now, she’s on a mission to diversify the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The pioneering biologist and cancer researcher came to Kingston, Ont., from Barbados in 1983 to study medicine at Queen’s University.
But at the beginning of Daniel’s fourth and final year of
