DR. CARRIE BEST SCHOLARSHIP – TOTAL VALUE: $20,000

This award honours Dr. Carrie Best, the second black publisher in Nova Scotia as well as an accomplished writer and human rights activist.

About Dr. Carrie Best

Dr. Carrie M. Best was a Nova Scotian journalist, author and broadcaster. Born and raised in New Glasgow, she became a tireless advocate for human rights in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. In 1947 she founded The Clarion, the second Black newspaper in Nova Scotia, which she edited and distributed throughout the Maritimes. She wrote a weekly column for the Pictou Advocate and hosted her own radio program. Dr. Best challenged Nova Scotia’s official and unofficial segregation laws, helped to establish the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, among other organizations, and never failed to raise her voice whenever she saw injustice. She received many awards including the Order of Canada, and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from the University of King’s College in 1992.  King’s offers two annual entrance scholarships in her name. In 2011 Canada Post honoured Best with a commemorative stamp.