BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Ministry of Education in Barbados is looking at introducing hand held scanners and random spot checks at a secondary school where a 16-year-old student was stabbed to death by a 15-year-old on the compound last week. And other schools could also be in line for those measures. The disclosure was made […]
By Lincoln DePradine When junior Ontario government minister Vincent Ke showed up in Scarborough to announce more than $269,000 in funding for a program of Tropicana Community Services (TCS), the organization’s executive director Raymund Guiste called it a “great day’’. The Pre-apprenticeship Training Program, overseen by the Employment Centre of TCS, prepares youth, between the […]
By Stephen Weir Andre Newell doesn’t mind if you slam him. In fact the Toronto entertainment and events promoter says he has a stage you can stand on while you give him your best shot! For the past 8-years Andre and his cousin, actress Oluniké Adeliyi, have been staging Monologue Slams here in Toronto, […]
“Think and Live Your Business Growth” Dear Esteemed Entrepreneurs: You are cordially invited to participate in the “Think and Live Your Business Growth” workshop series, discussion, business clinic, and networking event to be held on November 21, 2019 at George Brown College. Join us in celebrating, supporting, recognizing and amplifying the voices of entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship […]
By Stephen Weir Author André Alexis is the toast of English Canada. Last Tuesday in Toronto the Trinidadian Canadian won the prestigious $50,000 Writer’s Trust fiction prize for his English language novel “Days by Moonlight”. This is the fourth time Alexis has been nominated for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and second time he […]
By Lincoln DePradine Former educator and retired politician, Zanana Akande, is urging African-Canadians to avoid attempts at dividing the community, and appealing to them to unite in the fight against anti-Black racism. “The collective is still extremely important,’’ Akande said last Saturday in Scarborough at a fundraiser of the Second Chance Scholarship Foundation Inc. The […]
JAMAICA, Kingston – Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is looking to provide alternatives to incarceration for non-violent persons primarily with substance use and/or psychiatric disorders. He said the Ministry has made recommendations for the development of a range of interventions in this regard. Dr Tufton noted that an audit of […]
The University of Western Ontario has launched a working group to address issues of racism and oppression on campus. The launching of the group was announced last week in a letter published on the university’s newspaper website after a student had called out Professor Andrew Wenaus for saying the word ” nigger” in class. […]
Trees that help keep soils fertile could slow or stop deforestation in Brazil’s “arc of destruction”. A project using inga trees hopes to show smallholders that they can earn a decent living from the land. Inga trees, known as ice-cream bean trees, fix nitrogen into the soil, boosting productivity levels. Scientists hope the scheme will […]
By Lincoln DePradine Erna Brodber experienced prejudice as a Black person growing up in Jamaica. She decided to do something about it, using her academic training to become a sociologist, social activist, an intellectual worker and award-winning author, whose work addresses the history, memory and identity of the African Diaspora. Dr Brodber, whose PhD. is […]
