Mats Bjorklund is a talented Swedish singer/songwriter and studio musician.

During the 1960s he played in records with the Swedish band The Spotniks, one of the world’s leading guitar groups. He played with Bony M, a German pop group, and worked with other well-known disco artists and groups in West Germany in the 1970s. In the 1980s he played with Italian pop star Umberto Tozzi and the Al Bano & Romino Poser duo, winner of the 1984 San Remo Festival, and in several of their disco albums, as well as with Donna Summers, an American pop singer and composer of international fame in the disco era.

Bjorklund moved to Australia in 1988 where he performs as a solo artist, singing and playing guitar in venues around Melbourne. On his returns to Sweden he has appeared in Uppsala at the highly regarded music venue “Katalin”. He is a member of bands and groups in both countries: in Sweden Major Nine, Bjorklund & Schultz, Sunnysides orkester and Uppsala Högar and in Australia Masters of Disguise and The Red Herrings folk music group. He is currently guitarist in the Nordic folk music group “Nordanlåt” based in Melbourne and has appeared at folk music festivals including the Nordic Festival in Warburton, the Maldon Folk Music Festival and the Newstead Folk Music Festival. At the Australian Songwriters Awards in 2017 his composition “A dragon fly” qualified in the top 30 in the folk category.

In 2019 he performed at the Oak Tree Tavern with his newly formed MatsB Band during the Basin Music Festival in Melbourne and is presently performing under the artist name MatsB which is appropriate for the international market.

Black United Front, also known as The Black United Front of Nova Scotia or simply BUF, was a Black nationalist organization primarily based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Preceded by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSAACP), the BUF organization was founded by William Pearly Oliver and Burnley "Rocky" Jones, among others. It arose out of a meeting held on November 30, 1968, in Halifax to discuss the creation of an organization to act as an advocate and resource agency for the black community in Nova Scotia. An interim committee was established to secure funding. On August 15, 1969, the federal government announced its financial support, leading to the creation of the Black United Front (BUF). It was loosely based on the 10-point program of the Black Panther Party.

BUF did a lot to benefit the Black Nova Scotian community. The organization held discussions about employment, housing, and educational opportunities. The group also formed its community police force to keep hard drugs out of Halifax communities, prevent police brutality in communities of colour, and build a park for young children called the Tot-Lot. Additionally, they provided legal aid in the form of free legal advice and discounted or even free legal services to the Black community. The Black United Front reportedly "Shook up whites in Canada." It was one of the first advocates for a Black Cultural Centre (established in 1983) that promoted black culture and history via cable television programmes, black cultural expos, and black history month. It also conducted several demographic profiles of black communities to obtain little-known statistics on black populations. In late 1983, a funding crisis occurred when the provincial government withdrew its financial support due to what it considered to be funding irregularities. On October 10, 1984, funding was restored after an acceptable interim organization was created to restructure the organization. The reconstituted organization continued to promote earlier BUF objectives and paid greater attention to education and literacy, affirmative action, and the provision of legal services. By early 1996, however, negative media profiles, continuous underfunding, and a lack of accountability and government commitment led to the disbandment of the organization.

The “Black Whale” was a craft shop established in 1938. The shop was run by the Percé Handicraft Committee, under the long-standing leadership of its president Ethel Renouf. The shop served to reinvigorate local arts and handicrafts in Percé, supporting local artists and creating a market for handmade products. The shop's proceeds sponsored a number of community endeavors, including a dental clinic. In 1948, the shop's founders produced the Black Whale Cook Book.