The Peel District School Board says it has fired a school council chairman in Caledon, Ont., after he posted an Islamophobic tweet last week. Ravi Hooda made the comment in reply to Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who announced a by-law would allow mosques to play daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers during Ramadan. Brown said […]
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres and singer Alicia Keys give him US$20,000 for college. Texas student of Trinidadian descent, DeAndre Arnold, who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school’s dress code, is gaining the support of some celebrities as well as US$20,000 for college. DeAndre Arnold, 18, appeared on an episode of “The Ellen […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has appealed to his Canadian-based fellow alumni to work more closely together to “do more” for Jamaica. Dr. Tufton who was Head Boy at Manchester High school in Central Jamaica, suggested that members of the school’s alumni association in Toronto should adopt a community health clinic “back home.” […]
Margaret Lazarus, a Superintendent of Education with the Durham District School Board, warned parents at a Black Educators Network conference in Ajax on Saturday that unless they realize what their responsibilities are, their children will be “going nowhere.” “We need to understand that our children are losing right now and I believe that they are losing […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – More than 30 species of fish, plants and other creatures that may have been undiscovered until recently, have been found in Guyana’s Kaieteur National Park. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) made the disclosure last week as it launched its Kaieteur-Upper Potaro Biodiversity Assessment Survey Report, following the second in a series of three […]
President and Vice Chancellor of Brock University, Dr Gervan Fearon, called on scholarship recipients at the Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto on Saturday night to” define objectives” not just for themselves but “for the next generation.” Dr. Fearon who was born in England of Jamaican parents, was the keynote speaker at the Jamaican Canadian Association […]
By Lincoln DePradine It’s rare to find young people anywhere in Canada and the Caribbean who want to pursue a life in politics. Jamaican student Daren Miller, who has just ended a visit to Canada, is an exception. “I am really going to be going into politics,’’ said Miller, a Jamaican Youth Ambassador, and also […]
There can be no doubt that respect for the rules is the most important factor in the prevention of drowning during school outings. This is the critical issue underlying all the questions being raised after the recent drowning of student Jeremiah “Jerry” Perry during a school outing to Algonquin Park. The pain of all the […]
By Judy Pham Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto staged a school “walk-out ” on Monday at York Wood Library Theatre in Toronto to protest racism towards Black students in the school system. The protest was in response to a York University report which found that Black students are twice as likely to be enrolled in […]
By Murissa Barrington Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised recipients of the 2017 Harry Jerome Awards last Saturday night, describing them as “extraordinary Canadians” who chose to be ” agents of change.” The Prime Minister was the keynote speaker at the Awards ceremony at the International Centre in Mississauga. “Trailblazers, young entrepreneurs, lifetime achievers, entertainers – […]
