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By Lincoln DePradine

A group of Caribbean immigrants is preparing to mark an important milestone in a struggle that led to a change in Canadian law that opened the way for greater emigration to the country by Black people.
On April 27, , a delegation led by Barbadian-born Donald Willard Moore visited Ottawa to protest the federal government’s restrictive immigration policy and presented a brief to then citizenship and immigration minister, Walter E.

Harris. Within years, the Canadian government repealed measures that excluded some people from entering the country based on racial origin.
Moore’s efforts, and the 65th anniversary of the delegation’s Ottawa visit, will be remembered at a fundraiser in support of the “Moore Scholarship’’ at George Brown College.
“Journeying Onward’’ is the title of April 7 fundraising luncheon organized by the Donald Willard Moore Scholarship Association.