Over 135 people killed after being deported from US to El Salvador

Over 135 people killed after being deported from US to El Salvador

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 […]

Peel District School Board report on systemic racism reveals “painful accounts of traumatic experiences”

Peel District School Board report on systemic racism reveals “painful accounts of traumatic experiences”

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 Gideon L. Exeter Bursary is the first of “Loved Ones Bursary Program”

The Gideon L. Exeter Bursary is the first of “Loved Ones Bursary Program”

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 […]

UWI monitoring its students in China since coronavirus outbreak

UWI monitoring its students in China since coronavirus outbreak

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 […]

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 […]

Nova Scotia SIRT investigates woman’s controversial arrest

Nova Scotia SIRT investigates woman’s controversial arrest

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 […]

Get trained for available jobs in skilled trades

Get trained for available jobs in skilled trades

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 […]

Trinidad born Simone Dalton is up for a non-fiction Taylor Prize

Trinidad born Simone Dalton is up for a non-fiction Taylor Prize

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 […]