The Netherlands has apologised for its colonial past and the enslavement and exploration mandated by the Dutch state during the 17th-19th centuries. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that slavery must be recognised in “the clearest terms” as “a crime against humanity”. The speech in The Hague on Monday came ahead of ministerial visits to […]
The office of the attorney general of Canada has concluded that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) overstepped its authority when it imposed requirements on CBC/Radio-Canada in response to the repeated use of the N-word on-air. The attorney general’s motion, which ran to more than 100 pages, recommended the Federal Court of Appeal set aside the […]
The best carnival film gets its redux this weekend By Stephen Weir It was the best movie almost no one saw at the opening night of September’s Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF). The good news is that the Bell Fibe TV service is delivering a Christmas present to subscribers and showing the movie on December […]
On Monday, Members of the Liberal Black Caucus held a roundtable with Black media from across the country to share details about new measures from the Fall Economic Statement that the government is taking to make life more affordable, including: – Permanently eliminating interest on Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans – Creating a […]
This is among a number of fellowships, bursaries, and wards aimed a range of communities To celebrate the exceptional work of journalists and news organizations across the country and to provide professional growth opportunities for emerging journalistic talent, The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is now accepting entries for its 2023 awards and fellowships. The deadline for all […]
By Lincoln DePradine The University of Windsor (UWindsor) is about to establish a Black Studies Institute (BSI) that it says “will serve as a hub for Black ways of learning, knowing and being’’. “We’re putting everything together right now,’’ UWindsor’s Dr Natalie Delia Deckard told The Caribbean Camera in an interview on the BSI, which will […]
By Stephen Weir It is a Calypso Christmas present. Roger Gibbs, the organizer of a project which will create a large outdoor mural devoted to calypso at Bathurst and Bloor Streets in downtown Toronto, learned yesterday that the city is providing $25,000 in grant money to make it all happen. Song writer and performer Gibbs is […]
By Tanya Phillipps Toronto Raptors Assistant Coach and Community Ambassador, Jamaal Magloire hosted his Foundation’s annual holiday gala on last at The Tuesday at Don on the Danforth. ‘Mystique’ was an evening of magic, music and diverse BIPOC talent, with proceeds supporting hundreds of GTA families in underserved communities this holiday season. “Our event is […]
By Carlton Joseph International trade is “war,” where nations seek to extract wealth from other nations in a “peaceful” environment. Unfortunately, the environment is not as peaceful as it looks, because strong nations create the parameters for trading that benefit them, and allow them to extract wealth from weaker nations. Eventually, weaker nations are made […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican-born Hugh L. Fraser, a former Canadian Olympic sprinter and retired Ontario judge, has been asked to take a lead role in fixing embattled Hockey Canada, which has had its access to public funds frozen, and sponsors such as Nike, Tim Hortons and Scotiabank have ended or suspended commercial relationships with the […]
