IQALUIT, Nunavut — An Iqaluit city councillor has resigned over comments she made on social media about the Black Lives Matter movement. At a meeting last week, city council unanimously passed a motion calling for the resignation of Malaiya Lucassie who issued a statement shortly after, saying she would resign immediately. Her resignation comes after […]
York University’s Schulich School of Business has partnered with A Different Booklist Cultural Centre in Toronto to launch an” introduction to business ” certificate program. for Toronto’s Black community. The webinar program which if free of charge, covers topics that range from marketing and accounting to leadership and human resources management and concludes with […]
By Lincoln DePradine A senior education official told a group of young people on the weekend of the importance of having a strong character and the need to develop qualities that foster “healthy, positive relationships’’. “If you stay true to yourself and of good character, you will always arrive at precisely where you’re supposed to […]
Novelist Shani Mootoo who was born in Ireland to Trinidadian parents, is one of the five recently announced finalists for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Mootoo’s Polar Vortex is one of three novels shortlisted for the $100,000 Prize, the biggest in Canadian literature. “A keen meditation on the complexities of identity and desire, Polar Vortex […]
A coalition of multifaith human rights organizations urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday to come up with a plan to dismantle white supremacist groups across the country. The open call to the prime minister comes in wake of the death of a 58-year-old man who was fatally stabbed outside the International Muslim Organization mosque […]
NEW GLASGOW, Nova Scotia — An art display paying tribute to Viola Desmond is nearing completion on the building where the civil rights icon took her most high-profile stand against racial inequality in Canada. Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian who is commemorated on Canada’s $10 bill, refused to leave her seat at the Roseland Theatre […]
A woman who fought for the liberation of slaves on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is honored with a public garden in the city of Paris. The inauguration took place on Saturday. According to newspaper Le Monde, the woman, Solitude, was born around 1772 to an African slave who was raped by a white sailor […]
TD Bank is expanding the TD Global Transfer experience on EasyWeb and the TD Canada app, offering customers the ability to transfer money globally, in more ways, to more places. A news release from TD Bank notes that TD Global Transfer brings together new and existing capabilities that allows customers to securely send money to […]
The Vaughan Secondary school in the Greater Toronto Area is to be renamed. The York Region District School Board trustees have voted unanimously to rename the school after consultations with the public. In an announcement last week, Board officials said the word “Vaughan” was removed from the school’s name, leaving it unnamed for now. According […]
By Lincoln DePradine Last March, when the Coronavirus pandemic forced a closure of schools across Canada, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) continued its education programs by offering online learning for students confined at home. Now, at the start of the new school year, virtual or online learning is an option for TDSB institutions, except […]
