More than 1,600 concerned citizens in York Region have signed a petition demanding public school board trustee Nancy Elgie resign for calling a black parent ” a nigger.” The parent, Jamaica-born Christine Grant said that during a public meeting last November, Elgie used the racial slur which was reported to be heard by several […]
By Ian Jones Pan Arts Network’s 20th anniversary celebration last Saturday night of “Snowflakes in steel ” was an occasion that will be long remembered. Four leading Toronto ensembles – Panatics Steelband Network, Gemini Pan Groove, Pan Fantasy and Afropan -got together to give a capacity audience at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Scarborough a […]
Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University in Alabama, addresses members of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) and their guests at the BBPA’s 18th annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the late civil rights leader on Saturday. In his message at the McVey Centre in Toronto, Dr. Pollard said that there […]
If you want to fill one of the two Ontario vacancies in the Senate, you better hurry up. You have until next week to submit your application to the Independent Advisory Board for Senate applications. The Canadian government is now accepting applications for Senate vacancies – one in New Brunswick, three in Nova Scotia, and […]
Trinidad-born economist Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran last week received the Prevasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for outstanding public service in the practice of development and diplomacy. Dookeran who served in the former Trinidad and Tobago government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as foreign minister and finance minister and is a […]
Stephen Weir, PR Professional The answer? Carnival. I have been working with the Caribbean Carnival (aka Caribana) since 1999 and as a result my two sons have grown up being a part of the parade and taking in the King and Queen and the […]
Ahmed Hussen, the first Somali-Canadian elected to the House of Commons and MP for the Toronto riding of York South-Weston, replaced John McCallum as minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship in a cabinet shakeup on Tuesday. McCallum, a former bank economist, leaves a 16-year political career as the MP for Markham-Thornhill to become Canada’s ambassador […]
Anthony Joseph, president and publisher-editor of The Caribbean Camera, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the award for Excellence in Media by the African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACAA) organization of Toronto. The selection committee of the ACAA chose Joseph for the award for the ” achievements and accomplishments he has attained” as president […]
By Ian Xun Hidden Figures is an incredibly inspiring film that you and your children should see before it exits the theatres. It is a triumphant story about the genius and foresight of black women that went untold for far too long. The film is set in the early 60s, and chronicles the critical work […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, says there are sufficiently qualified candidates in Jamaica to fill the post of Commissioner of Police. The Minister, who was addressing members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) at the Half Moon Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, last […]
