A Vancouver School Board committee is calling on the district to hire an expert to create a policy for responding to “hate-motivated crimes and/or actions.” The full board will discuss this matter at its meeting on Monday. But parents are complaining that the process demonstrates the district’s failure to act quickly in response to instances […]
by Gwyn Chapman Jodi Kovitz’s leadership, vision and intentional actions is the answer to fulfilling Canada’s promise to all its citizens; to give all people from all races, backgrounds and experiences, an opportunity to have a seat at the table, to be a part of realising the full potential of this nation and its people. […]
By Gwen Chapman The Annual Move “The Dial Global Summit” was recently held at Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto. The event was the work of Jodi Kovitz, a former lawyer, passionate, with a big heart, great vision, and determination to follow her dream – a global initiative to empower women and girls in the areas of […]
New Democrat MPP Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) will put forward a motion today in the Ontario Legislature calling on the Doug Ford government to commit to an independent, transparent investigation into anti-Black racism allegations at the Peel District School Board and a properly funded action plan to address its findings. “Anti-Black racism in schools is, […]
He was the first black dramatist to have his work performed in the West End, and he championed black writing through his theatre company Mustapha Matura, who has died aged 79, was the pioneering Trinidadian dramatist who became the first black playwright to show in the West End and who co-wrote the first black sitcom […]
Despite some progress, Barbados still has some way to go regarding race, class and unity, says a veteran church leader. Using himself as an example, Bishop Dr Gerry Seale, presiding bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies, delivering the sermon during the annual National Service of Thanksgiving last Monday, alluded to examples of […]
Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco — The Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Morocco (ECS Embassies) extends its warmest congratulations and highest regards to Mr. Terry Gregory Lovell for his recent academic accomplishments while pursuing his undergraduate studies at Groupe Miage, a private education institution in the Kingdom of Morocco. Mr. Lovell’s […]
Kuba Shand-Baptiste We’ve come a long way from the days of telling children that they should be seen and not heard. Once a display of insubordination, in 2019 the audacity of piping up at the dinner table or offering unsolicited opinions is no longer considered a punishable offence for a child. Thankfully, that much-needed […]
Fewer Canadian immigrants became citizens in 2016 than 1996, according to a new study released by Statistics Canada, though more recent developments may be addressing some of the issues at play. The citizenship rate among recent immigrants was just over 75 per cent in 1996, but declined to 60 per cent in 2016. “There are […]
by G.Anthony Abraham Most of us approach poems as one is supposed to approach a captured animal. From the side, not head first. Cautiously, we move through a world of angles and obliques, quietly. As the reader, we calm the text, ease it out of its origins, and consume it at a distance. Howard Queeley’s, […]
