Black Canadian Curriculum – ETFO – 2014
Angela James Timeline
December 22, 1964Angela James, in Toronto, Ontario.
1968Attended elementary school in Flemingdon Park neighbourhood of Toronto
1972At age eight, she joined a boys’ house league in Flemingdon Park.
1974Angela James quickly became the league’s top scorer, but in her second
year, a new league policy was passed which restricted membership to
boys only.
1978Attended Valley Park Middle School in Toronto
1978At the age of 13, she started playing senior women’s hockey with the
Newtonbrook Saints.
1981Attended Overlea High School.
1979-1984Angela played in the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association, where she
dominated. While leading her team to numerous OWHA league and
provincial championships, she was the leading scorer in eight seasons and
most valuable player in six. Her style was described as a combination of
the aggressiveness of Mark Messier combined with the pure goal-scoring
talent of Mike Bossy.
1985She won a Youth of the Year Award.
1984-1985At Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario, she led her team to several
college championships and was the leading scorer in the league for three
consecutive seasons, scoring 50 goals while playing defence.
1985Graduated from Seneca College with Recreation Facilities Management
from Seneca College and was hired as the schools’ sports programmer.
1990She was selected to join Canada’s team at the inaugural Women’s
Championship, held in Ottawa, where she led the team to the gold medal
with 11 goals in 5 games.
1992She was recognized by the City of Toronto as one of its Women in Sport
Enhancement.
1994-1996She met her partner, Ange, and the couple formalized their relationship in a
commitment ceremony two years later.
1992-1997Led the Women’s Team to gold medals in Tampere, Finland, 1994 in Lake
Placid, United States and 1997 in Kitchener, Ontario.