Bernice Carnegie is an international speaker, storyteller and author. She engages audiences by helping them rediscover the best of who they can be through her unique presentation style.  She provides an interesting perspective on navigating through racial, mental health and other challenges, based on her experiences as a descendent of two Black, blended, and interracial families who settled in Canada in the early 1900s.

Bernice is the co-founder of two charitable organizations that advocate for social justice and positive interaction. Established in 1987 the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces Foundation became widely respected in educational communities throughout Ontario for its work with youth. Under Bernice’s leadership as former Executive Director, the Future Aces Philosophy authored by her father Herb Carnegie, was adopted by hundreds of schools as a tool to support safe school environments. In 2021 Bernice continued to promote the family legacy through The Carnegie Initiative for inclusion and acceptance in hockey.

Bernice is the recipient of numerous educational, leadership, and community service awards. Raised north of Toronto in Willowdale after the second world war, she gained strength from the experiences of the aloneness of being Black in a predominantly White community. For this reason being an inaugural honoree in 2016 of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women remains meaningful to her.  In 2024 she became a recipient of the Top 25 Women of Influence Award, the International Women Achievers Award and was inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame as an Honorary Member. A historical highlight in her journey included being one of the first BIPOC owners of a pro women’s hockey club (Toronto Six) that became the last champions to win the Isobel Cup in 2023.

Bernice has been a major contributor for numerous films. She has appeared in the award winning documentaries Soul on Ice, Black Ice, Beyond Their Years and Breaking Down Barriers to name a few. Visit the News tab in this website to catch a few of her TV and podcast appearances.

She is co-author of the 2019 re release of A Fly in a Pail of Milk: The Herb Carnegie Story which reveals in Part II “lessons passed on from father to daughter” also available in audio format.

Bernice was born in Toronto and enjoys a loving relationship with her three children - Vaughn, Brooke and Corey and their families.