Quebec police to pay $61K for profiling Black mother and son

Quebec police to pay $61K for profiling Black mother and son

Quebec’s human rights commission has called on a suburban police force in the province to pay a young Black man and his mother more than $60,000 in damages, after arresting and detaining him and searching their home four years ago. Malik Spaulding-Smith, who was 20 at the time of his arrest in June 2017, had […]

Fred VanVleet sponsors scholarship for Black or Indigenous students

Fred VanVleet sponsors scholarship for Black or Indigenous students

Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has partnered with the University of Toronto’s Rotman Commerce business program to launch a new scholarship to support a Black or Indigenous student through their undergraduate degree. The Fred VanVleet Scholarship will provide four years of tuition and books, based on financial need, with preference to a student focused on […]

Ban on flights to Africa is insensitive and not grounded in science says Black Toronto health specialist

Ban on flights to Africa is insensitive and not grounded in science says Black Toronto health specialist

By Lincoln DePradine Dr Angelique Coetzee, the South African doctor that first identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant in one of her patients and disseminated the information of her finding, says she’s “stunned’’ that western nation responded with a travel ban on African nations, while a Black Toronto health specialist has described the restrictive travel measure […]

Diversity of leadership has a direct return on investment for organizations

Diversity of leadership has a direct return on investment for organizations

CivicAction launched a multimedia campaign to focus on the need for economic inclusion for Indigenous, Black, and racialized leaders across the region As part of #GivingTuesday, CivicAction launched Transform Leadership, a multimedia campaign featuring diverse rising leaders from across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) as they spotlight the need to build pathways to […]

Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen says racialized Canadians  must be included in national housing strategy

Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen says racialized Canadians  must be included in national housing strategy

Federal Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen was born in Somalia in 1967 and came to Canada in 1994. A graduate in law from the University of Ottawa, Hussen specialized in the practice of immigration and criminal law before entering the political arena. Before his recent appointment to the Housing Ministry, Hussen […]

New professional designation teacher are now “Ontario Certified Teacher”

New professional designation teacher are now “Ontario Certified Teacher”

  Like engineers (P.Eng) and accountants (CPA), teachers may use “OCT” The Ontario College of Teachers, Ontario’s teaching regulator, is pleased with new legislation that recognizes teacher professionalism by entrenching the professional designation “Ontario Certified Teacher” (OCT) in law. The legislation also provides for a new membership status for the public register “Inactive/Non-Practising”, which will […]

Waterloo QB Tre Ford named Canadian university top football player

Waterloo QB Tre Ford named Canadian university top football player

Concordia’s Jaylan Greaves won Top Rookie Award Waterloo quarterback Tre Ford won a historic Hec Crighton Award last Thursday. In his final year of eligibility, Ford became both the first Black QB and the first Warriors player to earn the honour of U Sports’ most outstanding football player. “Winning the Hec Crighton award as National […]

Canada should follow Barbados’ example

Canada should follow Barbados’ example

While removing the British Monarch as head of state is more symbolic than anything that is tangible, Barbados declaring itself a republic last 30th November 2021 would have been met with great approval from the majority of the Caribbean. Certainly the people of Guyana, Dominica, and Trinidad and Tobago, who became republics decades ago, would […]

Thanks to Mitzie Hunter for introducing anti-gun violence bill

Thanks to Mitzie Hunter for introducing anti-gun violence bill

  By Louis March Founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement. Thanks to Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, for introducing Bill-60 in Parliament last week, titled The Safe and Healthy Communities Act to address the impacts of gun violence in communities across the province. Zero Gun Violence Movement has been advocating with key stakeholders and […]

Brampton working to attract business talent from the Caribbean and Africa

Brampton working to attract business talent from the Caribbean and Africa

By Lincoln DePradine Brampton, which has committed itself to establishing a “world-class’’ city of inclusion and innovation, is looking to attract entrepreneurs from the Caribbean and Africa to achieve its development objectives. It’s the first North American city with a coordinator – attached to Brampton’s economic development department – solely focused on attracting business talent […]