Campaign launched to get 5,000 Black Canadians to donate stem cells

Campaign launched to get 5,000 Black Canadians to donate stem cells

  There are currently 13 Black patients waiting for a match February Kicks of Campaign to Boost Black Donors in the Stem Cell Registry On Saturday, February 4, 2023 from 12 noon to 3PM at First Baptist Church, 101 Huron Street, Toronto, Donor Drive 4 Dorothy launches an ambitious campaign to swab 5,000 Black Canadians […]

Lone Black member of Police Services Board attends his final meeting

Lone Black member of Police Services Board attends his final meeting

Jamaica-born Ainsworth Morgan attended his final meeting as a member of the Toronto Police Services Board on Thursday last. Morgan who had served for more than three years as the lone Black member of the Board, told The Caribbean Camera that he was thankful for the opportunity to serve. “I was able to bring community […]

The birth of the steelpan – a brief moment in Black history

The birth of the steelpan – a brief moment in Black history

By Lennox Borel “And when de two bands clash, Mamayo, if yuh see cutlash Never me again to jump up in a steel band in Port-of-Spain” This was the environment in which the steelpan existed in its infancy, turbulent enough to make its parents abort it or declare it an orphan.  Yet it has endured […]

Canada Post issues stamp to honour Chloe Cooley

Canada Post issues stamp to honour Chloe Cooley

She resisted her enslavement all her life Canada Post unveiled a new Black History Month stamp honouring Chloe Cooley, who had a profound impact on the history of enslavement in Canada. Her act of resistance on the evening of March 14, 1793, ushered in legislation that would lead to the gradual abolition of enslavement in […]

Emerging black writers win the Journey Prize

Emerging black writers win the Journey Prize

Just as Black History Month is set to begin the best Yesterday a Canadian book prize along with a publishing house announce the ten winners of the 2023 Journey Prize. Most notably, all the winners are young Black writers.  The Prize (officially The Writers’ Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary […]

Dr. Donald Meeks, social work professor, dies at 92

Dr. Donald Meeks, social work professor, dies at 92

“As a Black person, I’ve had an interest in equity and social justice all my life” Dr. Donald Meeks, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, died at the West Park Long-Term Care Centre in Toronto on January 17 last. He was 92. He was the first Black professor to […]

Trinidad-born doctor’s Nova Scotia home granted heritage status

Trinidad-born doctor’s Nova Scotia home granted heritage status

Dr. Clement Ligoure turned home into hospital after being denied hospital privilege A home once owned by Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor was granted heritage status Tuesday after prominent members of the city’s Black community lobbied for its protection. A home, built in 1892, once owned by Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor was granted heritage […]

Underground Comedy Railroad five-city tour for Black History Month

Underground Comedy Railroad five-city tour for Black History Month

The Unknown Comedy Club has announced The Underground Comedy Railroad, a five city stand-up comedy tour February 4-20, 2023 visiting Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. These showcases will celebrate the 11th Anniversary of The Underground Comedy Railroad, an annual tour that has traveled across Canada for Black History Month since 2012. Beginning February 4 in […]

Ottawa’s public statements on Haiti are very far from its imperialist actions

Ottawa’s public statements on Haiti are very far from its imperialist actions

  “Canadian officials’ declarations about “Haitian-led” solutions are designed to paper over [our] history and grant some legitimacy to Ottawa’s imperial actions” By Yves Engler  “We need to make sure that the solutions are driven by the people of Haiti themselves,” noted Justin Trudeau after meeting US president Joe Biden in Mexico City last week. […]

Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebration or Management

Menstrual Hygiene Day Celebration or Management

Menstrual hygiene   Every year on the 28th of May we mark Menstrual Hygiene Day. Everyone calls it a celebration, but the truth is, unfortunately, far away from this. The Menstrual Hygiene Day should be the day when we all work together to break taboos surrounding menstruation and raise awareness of the importance of good […]