Lennox Farrell
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lennox Farrell (BA 1974, BEd 1976, MEd 1980)[1] is a Canadian community activist and retired teacher from Toronto, Ontario.
Currently, he is head of the Caribbean Cultural Committee, which puts on the Caribana parade.
In 1985, Farrell was involved in protesting the appearance of apartheid South Africa’s ambassador to Canada, Glenn Babb, at a debate at the University of Toronto’s Hart House. Farrell was accused of hurling the debating society’s ceremonial mace at Babb during the raucous protest. Charges against Farrell were eventually dropped.[1]
Farrell ran as a New Democratic Party of Ontario candidate in the riding of Oriole in the 1990 provincial election, coming in second place behind Elinor Caplan.
He ran against popular North York Mayor Mel Lastman in 1994, over a dispute over the musical Show Boat being staged in North York. He finished a distant third.
In 1988, Farrell was a founding member of the Black Action Defence Committee.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “The Age of Dissent” U of T Magazine, Spring 2002
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