DAVID BLACKMORE

A Life of Creativity, Compassion & Community

 

At ten years old, David Blackmore was pulled from the freezing waters of Lake Ontario during what became the largest marine rescue mission of its time.

That moment — a breath between life and death — shaped everything that followed, and the full story is told in his first-hand account, The Captain & the Kid.

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From a Regent Park childhood to a lifetime in the arts, David transformed survival into purpose: using music to uplift children, building community programs for low-income families, leading youth arts charities, and championing climate storytelling through the NewArts Climate Generation Project.

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Today, even in his senior years, David continues the same quiet promise he made to himself the day he was saved: to give back, to lift others, and to live a life of creativity, compassion, and service.