The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism has released the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge. It ask senior business leaders in Canada to commit their companies to specific actions and targets designed to end anti-Black systemic racism and create opportunities for all of those in the underrepresented Black, Indigenous, People Of Colour ‘BIPOC’ […]
The Digital 2020 Toronto Caribbean Carnival kicked off on Canada Day, July 1, and you can take in the celebrations on your phone, tablet or computer during the entire month of July. “We are presenting (on line) a virtual festival that engages Carnival audiences who look forward every year to a summer of parties, music, […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued the following statement on Canada Day: July 1, 2020 On Canada Day, we celebrate the amazing place we call home – and the people we share it with. Whether you are firing up the barbecue or playing outside with the kids, this is a chance to reflect […]
VANCOUVER – A group of internationally-trained physicians and medical graduates have taken their fight against what they call systemic racism in British Columbia’s residency program to the province’s human rights tribunal. The 33-page complaint, filed earlier this month, names B.C.’s Ministry of Health, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. (CPSBC) and the University […]
WASHINGTON– Four Senators, members of the United States Foreign Relations Committee, in a joint statement, last week described as “unacceptable”, the non-release of the official results of Guyana’s disputed, March 2 election. The statement, issued by Jim Risch and Bob Menendez, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Marco Rubio […]
PARIS – French cosmetics giant L’Oreal said on Saturday that it will remove words like “whitening” from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The company said in a statement Saturday that it “has decided to remove the […]
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has approved funding to create a Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement. It wil be the first of its kind in public education in Canada, according to a TDSB news release last week. Stating that anti-Black racism is deeply entrenched in Canadian institutions, including TDBS schools, the the […]
By Lincoln DePradine St. Lucia-born Gwyneth Matthew Chapman, founder of the Canadian Black Caucus, says Black community economic empowerment is one of her main objectives of the job she has just taken up in the City of Brampton. “This is about work and getting the work done,’’ Chapman told The Caribbean Camera. Chapman has been […]
The following was an address by Winston Dookeran,Under Secretary General, EUCLID University,Professor of Practice,at a virtual symposium of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies, in St. Augustine, Trinidad last Sunday: “The pandemic has been a global political stress test,” according to the forthcoming issue of Foreign Affairs. Capable states […]
VANCOUVER — Michael Korenberg has resigned as chair of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC’s) Board of Governors after his social media activity suggested he supported commentators condemning Black Lives Matter protests. Saturday’s resignation comes “after information that was publicized last week about his social media interactions that appeared to support regressive voices online and […]
