After not being able to find a local salon that could care for her hair, Adanna Amechi decided to take matters into her own hands. After three salons told her they couldn’t provide the style she was looking for Amechi was inspired to start The President Braids to improve hair care options for people […]
Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN) hosted its Annual NexGen Builders Mentoring Program Retreat at Polonia Park, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Preceded by an early morning breakfast reception, the retreat provided mentors and mentees an opportunity to deepen their connections with a full day of team building activities and inspirational speakers. Funded primarily by the Province of Ontario and […]
GENEVA, Switzerland – Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage. The number of people in modern slavery has risen significantly in the last five years. Ten […]
By Kehinde Andrews Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. He is the author of The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World. It is a peculiar sensation to live in a nation plunged into mourning when you cannot […]
Three of the best of “Caribbean – Canadian” films in three different venues on three different days By Stephen Weir Why does it just happen in September? Now that all the critics and movie people have seen the best new film festival flicks how do we, the common people, get a chance to buy bags […]
By Lincoln DePradine A 32-year-old Toronto actor, Tony Ofori, is among the nominees for the 2022 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Ofori’s nomination is for outstanding performance in a leading role for Soulpepper Theatre Company’s production of American playwright Dominique Morisseau’s play, “Pipeline’’. The Dora Mavor Moore Award is presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for […]
“Empowering Youth Showcase’’ By Lincoln DePradine Recording artiste Joel Davis has garnered a measure of success performing in his Caribbean homeland, Trinidad, and winning the Calypso Monarch title of Canada. Davis, popularly known as calypsonian “Connector’’, now is trying to ensure that young performers, whatever their talent and in whatever cultural field, are able to […]
Senators are hearing about the many ways Black, Muslim women in Edmonton face discrimination, as the Senate Committee on Human Rights stops in select Canadian cities most impacted by Islamophobia. Dunia Nur, president of the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council, urged senators Thursday to look at Islamophobia through a multifaceted lens. Black, Muslim women face […]
Seventeen Black led community organizations to provide full range of support To mark the 2022/2023 academic year, the newly formed, Ontario based Student and Family Advocacy (SFA) initiative, who offer free culturally relevant advocacy support to Black students and their parents/caregivers, is Back to School ready and available for intake. The SFA program is powered […]
When Princess Jibrin told her mom she was interested in following her path and pursuing a career in nursing, she says the response was a mix of excitement and caution. She will work some 14-hour days, Jibrin’s mom, a recently retired critical care nurse in Hamilton, Ont., told her. She will see things that take […]