Illustrator, Storyteller, and Character Creator Tredel Lambert is changing the narrative this Black History Month as his NFT series Black Excellence combines images, and stories, that celebrate the rich history and beliefs of ancient ancestors. The Black Excellence series aims to empower Black people, while shining a light on their deep, powerful, and historical roots, […]
Five brothers not only served Canada during the Second World War, but defied the odds to become accomplished airmen. Military service was in the Carty family blood. Five brothers from the Saint John, New Brunswick family served during the Second World War. They came by this dedication to duty honestly—their father Albert Carty had […]
By By Stephen Weir There was no better day for the CBC to sit down and talk to Caribbean Camera about their new TV series The Porter than last Tuesday – the start of Black History Month in Canada. When the new Series goes to air on February 21 The Porter will have the distinction […]
The Active Marketplace and Flea Market opened Black History Month celebrations last Saturday in Ajax. The month-long celebration, organized by the Black Entrepreneurs Co-operative with support from all the vendors in the market, features the International African Inventors Museum on Saturday 12th; a program on the State of Black Mental Health in Canada on […]
TD Canada Trust, as part of the 2021 TD Ready Challenge, has awarded $1m to Tech Spark Canada, and $750,000.00 to The Reading Partnership. This is part of a larger TD funding effort that will distribute $10M to 15 non-profit and charitable organizations in Canada and the U.S. These grants were awarded to organizations that […]
Complements of Jazz FM 91 Every year in November Jazz FM 91 have a campaign called the “Holiday Heroes Instrument Drive” where the radio station gives the gift of music to those in need. In partnership with Long & McQuade and FeEx. They receive gently used instrument donations from their listeners to be sent […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 28-year-old male from Jamaica was recently granted refugee protection status in Canada as he established that there is a risk to his life on a Convention Refugee Ground. His claim was accepted by the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration Refugee Board (IRB) from the Bench. For the purposes of […]
Pearl-Catherine Tita is the founder of the BLK Book Fair, a congregation of remarkable Black Canadian authors and creators based in Canada. An author herself, she is born in Canada to Cameroonian and Guyanese parents. Her debut poetry book, “Beneath The Shade: The Poetic Self-Discoveries and Realizations of a Fellow Human,” was published last year. […]
YouTube created a multi-year $100-million fund to amplify and lift Black voices and ideas. De La Rosa is one of five other Canadian creators who have been chosen for the funding. Chris De La Rosa’s videos cooking food from his native Trinidad have garnered 90 million views, and wants you to know that you can […]
More than two decades into his successful film career, actor, producer and activist Jesse Lipscombe describes acting as his “lifelong love.” It’s a relationship he stumbled into the age of 14, when his mother was scouring the classifieds from their home in Edmonton, and noticed a casting call for a “loud and obnoxious” Black teen. […]