Britain’s ongoing love affair with the golliwog

Britain’s ongoing love affair with the golliwog

Listen to this article now By Kuba Shand-Baptiste   One hundred and twenty eight years ago, a little-known children’s book by a British-American author landed on the 19th-century literary scene, just in time for Christmas. It didn’t take long for it to make a splash. Within the first few years of its publication, The Adventures […]

King Charles told nothing short of reparations for slavery

King Charles told nothing short of reparations for slavery

By Lincoln DePradine Attorney Arley Gill, who is a leading advocate in the Caribbean movement that’s demanding reparations for the enslavement of Africans in the region, has said that Britain’s King Charles must do more than express sorrow over slavery. Reparations payment, “ultimately, is what we want,’’ Gill said in an interview with the BBC. […]

‘Hate-motivated attack’ on Markham mosque

‘Hate-motivated attack’ on Markham mosque

  Last Sunday the Islamic Society of Markham (ISM) said that the attack on the Jam’e Mosque was hate-motivated. The ISM reported that a man came to the mosque on Denison Street and upon entering, apparently tore a copy of the Qur’an while directing racist and Islamophobic rants toward worshippers. He then attempted to run […]

Judge says policeman should have been jailed for assaulting Black woman

Judge says policeman should have been jailed for assaulting Black woman

The Calgary police officer who slammed a handcuffed Black woman head first on the ground should have gone to jail, a judge has ruled in overturning the constable’s 30-day sentence that he served at home. “The trial judge imposed a 30-day conditional sentence with minimal conditions and palpable lenience,” wrote Court of King’s Bench Justice […]

T&T names first female police chief

T&T names first female police chief

Stakeholders have welcomed Erla Christopher’s appointment as TT’s new Commissioner of Police and the first woman in the country’s history to fill the seat of top cop. But they warn that she will have some tough times ahead in not only attempting to rebrand the image of the Police Service but in minimising the fear […]

Colombia, ELN rebels renew peace talks

Colombia, ELN rebels renew peace talks

Colombia, ELN rebels renew peace talks ELN official says two sides took ‘first steps’ towards a temporary ceasefire as negotiations in Mexico City conclude. Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have hailed progress in their efforts to end decades of armed conflict in the South American nation, as a second […]

The American epidemic of police killings

The American epidemic of police killings

By Rock Hermon Hackshaw When I heard about the Memphis policemen who beat to death Tyre Nichols, a young black male, over a couple traffic infractions, a popular nineteen-seventies pop-song with this refrain came to my mind: “And another one gone, and another one done, another one bites the dust”. Look, police-killings are a regular […]

BADC calls for investigation into the appointment of head of Professional Standards Branch

BADC calls for investigation into the appointment of head of Professional Standards Branch

The Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) is calling on the Ontario Solicitor General to undertake a full investigation into the “secret appointment” and installation of Superintendent Rick Shank as head of the Professional Standards Branch of the Toronto Police Service. A press release issued by BADC noted that Shank’s appointment “occurred over two years ago […]

Judges provided with more tools in understanding impacts of race and discrimination on offenders

Judges provided with more tools in understanding impacts of race and discrimination on offenders

The Federal Government has announced funding of $1.4 million over five years as of April 1, 2021, to Legal Aid Ontario to prepare Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) reports for Black persons and members of other racialized minority groups in Ontario. IRCAs are pre-sentencing reports that help sentencing judges to better understand the […]

New Black Justice Strategy Aims to Combat Anti-Black Racism in the Justice System

New Black Justice Strategy Aims to Combat Anti-Black Racism in the Justice System

Black Justice Strategy to tackle anti-Black racism in justice system Black communities in Canada continue to live with the effects of prejudice, discrimination, and hatred—from unconscious bias to anti-Black hate crimes and violence. These systemic inequalities have resulted in the overrepresentation of Black people in Canada’s criminal justice system, including as victims of crime. To […]