As the Caribbean Diaspora and the Black community work toward a Caribbean / Black children’s aid society, those organizations in Ontario are stressing that change is coming via high-level training for child protection workers with the goal of having them certified by a professional college. Starting in May, this new “authorization” process takes the form […]
Ontario has launched a new youth employment program to help people age15-29 plan their careers, prepare for the labour market and connect to job opportunities. “Our government has launched better coordinated, more targeted and more effective employment and training programs to ensure that all people, particularly our youth, have access to evidence-based services that will […]
Let’s be clear: Black Lives do Matter. Witness the contribution Black people the world over have made to the prosperity we all enjoy today. But we as people of colour have real reasons to grumble. We are facing challenges. We want to participate fully in the life of our country, Canada. Think about the economic […]
In our name, our various levels of government have created an entrenched and scandalous tradition of exploiting workers in at least two economic sectors: one is the tertiary education sector which includes both the universities and the community colleges; and the other is the not-for-profit sector. I said “in our name” because governments manage our […]
The Caribbean Diaspora came, sang their hymns and choruses and Bob Marley’s One Love as thousands in Toronto said farewell to former mayor Rob Ford yesterday, including a joyful moment at St. James Cathedral when his daughter Stephanie, 11, told mourners, “He’s the mayor of Heaven now.” Ford’s funeral procession wound from City Hall where […]
Canadian-born of Guyanese and Jamaican parents, Patricia J. Jaggernauth is among the 15 Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) 34th-annual Harry Jerome Awards recipients announced last Tuesday. The formal presentation is slated for April 23 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building. Jaggernauth, the recipient of the media award, seen since June on CP24 as […]
“I am honoured that The Illegal has been chosen as the winner of Canada Reads 2016. Clara Hughes was more than a passionate and ardent defender. She also became a friend and helped my wife Miranda Hill, friends and me raise funds to get ready to bring a refugee family to Hamilton,” said author Lawrence […]
Rangy Nanan, the former Trinidad and Tobago off-spinner and captain, died March 23 in Trinidad. He was 62. Nanan made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 1973 and represented his country for nearly two decades during 1973-91. He played in 94 first-class matches taking 366 wickets and also scored 2,607 runs with one century and nine half-centuries. Despite […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Horrified by news that their teacher Keston Mahabir had been abducted in broad daylight, students of Keston’s Educational Institute wept as they waited on news of his whereabouts. Fearful of hearing the worst, some students spent hours offering moral support to Mahabir’s siblings at their home at Pitiman Trace, McBean […]
Continuous sitting for more than three hours can take a serious health toll on our bodies and it has recently become a prevalent public health topic and target for intervention, according to a new study. The study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that sitting for more than three hours per day […]
