At least 138 people deported to El Salvador from the United States in recent years were subsequently killed, Human Rights Watch said in a new report that comes as the Trump administration makes it harder for Central Americans to seek refuge in the country. A majority of the deaths documented by Human Rights Watch in […]
By Staff Reporter Last November, the Ontario Government announced that the Peel District School Board (PDSB) was under review following racism and human rights complaints. The review comes after PDSB trustee Will Davies’ used the word ‘McCriminal’ to describe McCrimmon Middle School in Brampton, sparking accusations of anti-Black racism. More recently, The Toronto Star revealed […]
The Council of Caribbean Associations – Canada (CCAC) has added another dimension to its scholarship program. The “Loved Ones Bursary Program” is intended for individuals, families, organizations and institutions to name a bursary in honour of their loved ones. The CCAC launched its first scholarship program in 2012. It offers students of Caribbean descent resident […]
With nearly 30 of its students and administrative staff presently in China, the University of the West Indies (UWI) says it has been closely monitoring the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Far East nation and is activating a response plan. In a statement last Wednesday, the institution said it has 36 students enrolled in […]
Jimmy Jackson’s family members spent hours chopping through overgrown shrubs searching for his final resting place in May Pen Cemetery last December. Jimmy was buried 25 years ago, and his family members made visiting his tomb an annual ritual. That was until his mother migrated to England. However, she returned to the island last December […]
“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 […]
The Anglican Church in Barbados is maintaining its position that marriage is an institution for a man and a woman, and will not be endorsing same-sex unions. That was made clear by Bishop Michael Maxwell, who said that as “homosexual unions are becoming far more prevalent now, there are even some who are saying […]
Santina Rao, a 23 year-old mother of two young children, was confronted by Halifax police officers in a Walmart store, and accused of shop lifting. Rao, was then filmed by another customer, angrily protesting her innocence, and then being forcibly slammed to the ground and arrested. During the incident, Roa says she suffered a broken […]
By Lincoln DePradine After reading a Caribbean Camera article on the shortage of Black Canadians in the skilled trades, J.R. Dash decided she was going into training to become a professional carpenter. In keeping with her planned career change, Dash embarked on a 10-week training course and is now in the first year of an […]
One of the five young authors selected yesterday, Simone Dalton, is a writer with strong Caribbean ties. Dalton is a writer born in Trinidad-Tobago. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph, where she received the Constance Rooke and Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarships. Named by Room Magazine in 2018 as one of […]