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Doctor: Toronto

Boss Dept: Chances are they re your boss, doctor, banker, caregiver, teacher, lawyer, plumber, university chancellor or the judge you ll face in court tomorrow. But you could easily forget they, too, are Jamaican, so low is their profile, according to The Star. Over 24 hours on Sept. 19, seven Star journalists tracked 50 GTA residents of Jamaican descent to record their impact on the Toronto region and these are the Jamaicans you don t hear enough about a high-achieving, prosperous community too often eclipsed by Toronto s preoccupation with gang violence and street punks. Incognegroes, I call them, says one enterprising Jamaican who himself is a high-stakes Toronto real estate developer, making millions but flying under the radar, out of the spotlight. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.