Barbudans still living in tents two years after hurricane Irma

Barbudans still living in tents two years after hurricane Irma

More than two years after Barbuda suffered the crippling effects of hurricane Irma, residents are still struggling to recapture some semblance of normalcy. Environmental activist John Mussington, said the disaster recovery process has been achingly slow. He thinks it unfortunate that the government seems more focussed on commercial development than they are on meeting the […]

Rhiannon Rosalind believe young people can change the world

Rhiannon Rosalind believe young people can change the world

By Gwyn Chapman She did it!  It was not too long ago that Toronto experienced thunderous, deafening screams from die-hard Raptor fans as the Raptor’s clinched its first ever NBA championship.  This time, however, Toronto was captivated by a world figure and treasure who was greeted by the deafening screams that shattered the air around […]

Reflections on Survival & Liberation at U of T Feb 3

Reflections on Survival & Liberation at U of T Feb 3

Two Black activists reflect on their struggles and journeys through the social, cultural and political landscapes of the United Kingdom. Zainab Abbas and Ansel Wong were leaders of the Black Liberation Front, a Third World revolutionary organization founded in North London in 1971. The Black Liberation Front combatted fascist violence in Britain, constructed “central communal […]

No solution to gun violence without stakeholders

No solution to gun violence without stakeholders

Six years into the current gun violence crisis and finally Toronto Mayor John Tory has decided to convene a meeting with GTA Mayors, Police Chiefs and Regional Chairs along with Provincial and Federal government representatives to address the crisis. In the six years from 2014 to 2019, when police data started showing that there was […]

Barack Obama calls on young people to embrace the creative skills

Barack Obama calls on young people  to embrace the creative skills

“Hit your books, people.” That’s the advice former United States president Barack Obama  gave to thousands of young people who gathered last Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Obama was speaking at a forum about the future of work organized by the Economic Club of Canada and the Global Institute for Conscious Economics. “You […]

Jully Black production for TD Black History Month Series

Jully Black production for TD Black History Month Series

Big things happening in Toronto for Black History Month  By Stephen Weir At a Harbourfront media event on Monday, a few audience members remarked that Black History Month (BHM) should be moved from February to March this year. Why?  BHM could use the extra two days – there is just too much happening to see […]

“The Skin We’re In” by Desmond Cole’s

“The Skin We’re In” by Desmond Cole’s

By Stephen Weir The Howl Radio Show scored a big media scoop when they had author Desmond Cole on air the night before the official launch of his guaranteed blockbuster book The Skin We’re In. CIUT–FM 89.5 aired the 20-minute long interview last Tuesday at 10pm. Cole’s sold-out launch was booked for Wednesday evening at […]

No need for more studies to address anti-Black racism

No need for more studies to address anti-Black racism

By Lincoln DePradine Political leaders do not need “more studies’’ to address anti-Black racism in Canada, including in the City of Toronto, which is “segregated by race and income’’, according to speakers at a Black History Month (BHM) event. “Anti-Black racism in all of its manifestations continues to negatively impact Black life in all facets […]

Long-term ‘out of status’ visitor allowed to remain in Canada on humanitarian grounds

Long-term ‘out of status’ visitor allowed to remain  in Canada on humanitarian  grounds

Immigration Matters              Sukhram Ramkissoon Long-term ‘out of status’ visitor allowed to remain in Canada on humanitarian  grounds More  than  ten years  after Grace (not her real name) fled from her home in the Caribbean to escape domestic violence, she has finally got the green light from immigration authorities to remain in Canada as a permanent resident. […]

Trini roots poet wins prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize

Trini roots poet wins prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize

In conversation with fellow poet Nick Makoha for Wasafiri magazine, Roger Robinson says, “I had the idea of A Portable Paradise roughly looking at leaving Trinidad and coming to England and feeling my roots are in England now.” Robinson was born in England but spent most of his childhood and adolescent years in Trinidad, where […]