Olympic athletes, Cameron Bailey, Kardinal Offishall and others honoured at Legacy Awards

On Sept. 29, the Black Academy honoured the best and brightest in Black Canadian talent at the Legacy Awards, a star-studded event hosted by Adrian Holmes and broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem. Cameron Bailey, Kardinal Offishall and Weyni Mengesha were among the honourees, and recent Olympic Gold medalists — hammer throw champion Camryn Rogers and the men’s 4 x 100 metres relay team of Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake — received a special tribute.