I met Charlotte Williams (nee Mayes) during the summer 0f 2022 while travelling across Canada and am so pleased for her story to be episode 7 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcastbrought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. Charlotte was born in North Battleford, Saskachewan on October 31, 1965. Charlotte’s paternal great-grandparents, Joseph and Mattie Mayes, led a group of Black families from the U.S. state of Oklahoma in 1910 to Canada and were some of the first Black settlers in Saskatchewan. Dr. Charlotte Williams is a veterinarian and served as president of the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association (SVMA) in 2016. She was the first female Black veterinarian in Saskatchewan and the first Black Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association President in its history.
