HAMILTON, Ont. – Several outstanding members of Hamilton’s black community were honoured on Saturday evening at the annual John C. Holland Awards presentation at LIUNA Station. This year’s event marked the 21st edition of the awards presentation named after Holland who served as pastor of Hamilton’s Stewart Memorial church known for its connection to the […]
Canada’s Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Minister, Ahmed Hussen, told African Canadians in Toronto that ” despite the open and welcoming country we continue to build, we see hatred and intolerance.” Speaking at annual gala of the African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACCA) organization on Saturday night, he said that “all of us must acknowledge that the […]
Chalkdust delivers his triumphant performance during the 2017 Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Sunday. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Veteran calypsonian Chalkdust (Dr. Hollis Liverpool) broke the record which he held with the Mighty Sparrow ( Slinger Francisco) when he won the calypso monarch 2017 competition at the Dimanche Gras show at […]
The Trinidad Calypso Monarch 2017 competition By Carlton Joseph The ladies dominated Dimanche Gras 2017 and although Chalkdust won the Calypso Monarch title, the evening was a statement of the power of the female calypsonians, their consciousness, artistic development and overall rise in a once male-dominated genre. Interesting that this rise seems to be in […]
This week’s question: At recent events in Toronto to celebrate Black History Month, various speakers complained that not only were African Canadian children overrepresented in Ontario’s child welfare system but that African Canadians who come in contact with the system are treated differently than their White counterparts. How do you feel about these claims? […]
Game changer! That’s a word Michael Coteau, Ontario’s Minister of Children and Youth Services, has been using regularly these days. Coteau optimistically views the new approach to dealing with systemic racism in Ontario as a “game changer.” And in a recent interview with the Caribbean Camera, he spoke about “the new approach” with the introduction […]
Do Black students, especially males, not feel welcomed at school? Are they more encouraged to take applied rather than academic courses? Are there stereotypes that affect how they are treated at school? These are questions that keep cropping up when the “crisis in Black education” is discussed among parents and educators. Some of them say […]
Black people in Canada are at greater risk than others of developing chronic medical conditions that can be traced to lifestyles, lack of proper nutrition, employment and physical activities. So says Liben Gebremikael, the Ethiopia-born Executive Director of TAIBU Community Health Centre in the Malvern neighbourhood in Toronto. (TAIBU is a greeting in Swahili which […]
Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly told a gathering at the TAIBU community health centre in Toronto on Thursday that Canada’s strength is founded on ” our respect for rights and freedoms, on our welcoming open society and our diverse multicultural character.” And she said there is no better time to reflect and build on this […]
Greg Fergus, the Liberal MP for Hull-Aylmer, Quebec, tells a story of what it was like as a black person growing up in white Montreal. Speaking at the Malvern Presbyterian church in Toronto on Saturday at a celebration to mark Black History Month and the 150th anniversary of Confederation, he recalled an incident when he […]
