Going strong
New Music Release
January 11, 2025
The newly released Afro-Métis Anthem recording project features Sheila White (keyboard and vocals) performing two of her compositions, Live For The Day and It's My Lucky Day. She was part of a collective in August 2024 led by award-winning literary figure George Elliott Clarke, supported by a host of musical luminaries, and helped along by a Toronto Arts Council grant and producer Ken Whiteley. There will be a CD release and live Toronto concert in the spring of 2025. Anthem is available on all streaming platforms, including YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, TikTok, Instagram, Deezer, Pandora and 150 other platforms. Find the album by searching for afro-metis on any of those platforms.
The newly released Afro-Métis Anthem recording project features Sheila White (keyboard and vocals) performing two of her compositions, Live For The Day and It's My Lucky Day. She was part of a collective in August 2024 led by award-winning literary figure George Elliott Clarke, supported by a host of musical luminaries, and helped along by a Toronto Arts Council grant and producer Ken Whiteley. There will be a CD release and live Toronto concert in the spring of 2025. Anthem is available on all streaming platforms, including YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, TikTok, Instagram, Deezer, Pandora and 150 other platforms. Find the album by searching for afro-metis on any of those platforms.
Early in her career:
Managed a first-ever employment equity program for Black students
When working for a big-city mayor in 1988 Sheila developed and ran Ontario's first employment program to place Black youth in management trainee positions with blue chip firms based in Toronto that signed on to participate in this groundbreaking initiative with North York mayor Mel Lastman. They included companies like IBM, CBS Records and the Toronto Star. CBC-TV ran this story. Offering this program required Ontario Human Rights Commission approval.
Sheila wrote an anti-racist joke book in 1993 to fight racism and bigotry.
Proceeds from the sale of the books went toward youth programs.
Sheila is the originator of many attention-grabbing political stunts
Issues such as opposing the sell off of Ontario's public electricity system in 2003 and advocating for the construction of the Sheppard Subway in Toronto in 1994, Sheila was there with creative ideas to attract the cameras. For hydro, she created Hydrozilla, and for the subway she had a well-known civic leader pull a proverbial rabbit out of the hat. Eventually over the years some of Ontario's power system was privatized. The full Sheppard Subway was half built.
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Commenting on Ontario public affairs . . . Watch Sheila on "THE POINT"."The Point" with Marcel Wieder had its online premiere on October 6. Sheila joins Conservative strategist John Mykytyshyn, blogger Andy Radia, political correspondent for Yahoo!News Canada and host Wieder, President and Chief Advocate, Aurora Strategy Group, to look at 2014 municipal election races in Toronto and across Ontario.
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AM 640 - Sheila's Anti-Racist Joke Book
Sheila on CBC Radio One 99.1 FMProducers of CBC Radio's "Here and Now" chose Sheila to sit on its popular political affairs panel.
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Sheila on ontarionewswatch.comPHOTO: L-R John Snobelen, ONW host Susanna Kelley, Sheila White, Marie Bountrogianni
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Sheila's Special Interest: Litter Prevention www.litterpreventionprogram.com
Engaging presentations available for conferences, workshops and speakers' bureaus, business and industry
BROADCAST CLIPS ~ Hear Sheila being interviewed about litter prevention
Sheila is a political veteran and seasoned commentator
Sheila on CBC Metro Morning - Mayor Mel Lastman Retrospective
Sheila on CBC Metro Morning - 2003 Toronto Mayor's Race
Some of Sheila's Media Credentials:
