By Stephen Weir September and early October has been a rewarding time for four Canadian Caribbean artists, dramtists and writers – Stan Douglas just won a really big one while Amanda Parris, Ian Williams and André Alexis are up for some big ones too! Ten days ago Vancouver photographic artist Stan Douglas was awarded the […]
DALLAS, Texas — A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty of murder last Tuesday. A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger’s high-profile trial for the killing of Botham Jean after six days of witness testimony but […]
Caribbean Women’s Society (CWS) has proclaimed October as Caribbean Heritage Month; to be observed in October of each year. Caribbean Heritage Month is an opportunity to remember, celebrate and educate future generations about Caribbean-Canadians and the important and inspirational role that they have played and continue to play in communities across Ontario. To mark the […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – U.N. humanitarian agencies are shifting efforts away from emergency aid to longer-term recovery assistance for Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas. Aid agencies rushed life-saving aid into the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, a deadly Category 5 storm, devastated the islands early this month. The toll from this disaster is huge. Latest U.N. […]
By Lincoln DePradine More than a dozen years after the City of Toronto withdrew funding from the Caribbean Cultural Committee (CCC) and assigned the festival’s management and operation to the FMC, disagreement still exists on how, as well as who facilitated the transition of ownership. “The FMC is just managing something to make money […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Dear Mr. Minister An appeal on behalf of ‘ out of status’ Bahamians Dear Minister Hussen, As Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, you have implemented several programs that have positively affected many immigrants in Canada. The recent pilot program which lifted the ban on sponsors who did not declare […]
This article, written by Louis March, community activist and the Founder of Zero Gun Violence Movement, is the second part of his essay published last week entitled “The gun violence crisis- how we got here.” This week, March lays out the solution. Solution to the gun violence crisis By Louis March Moving forward to address […]
By Lincoln DePradine Toronto police soon will be implementing a policy directing officers to collect race-based data in their interaction with the public. In the Black community, there have been both applause and questions on the policy directive that has been approved by the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB). “I’m glad they’re making it official […]
By Lincoln DePradine As Canadians prepare to vote in federal elections on October 21, citizens of Caribbean heritage have been urged to make climate change an issue to raise with the politicians seeking office to the House of Commons in Ottawa. Powerful hurricanes such as Dorian that hit The Bahamas this month, Maria that flattened […]
By Lincoln DePradine Lots of documented evidence exists of the long presence in Canada of people of African descent. It has led to repeated appeals for a museum dedicated to African-Canadian history. The call was repeated last Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) by educator Natasha Henry, president Ontario Black History Society (OBHS). “I hope […]
