So you think you know all the countries of the world? Well, where is Vanuatu ? Or the Malvinas? Okay. So you had to scratch your head and think awhile before answering. Well, meet four-year old Isiah McDonald, a geography whiz kid who isn’t stumped for an answer when asked about any country. He can […]
Nobel laureate Sir Derek Alton Walcott, a poet and playwright, died on Friday at his home in his native island of St. Lucia, after a prolonged illness. He was 87. Sir Derek received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1992 after being shortlisted for the honour for many years. In selecting him, the Swedish […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Bocas Lit Fest has announced books by nine writers for its longlist for this year’s OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. The Prize recognises books in three categories—poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction—published by Caribbean authors in 2016. In the poetry category, the judges have named books by three younger […]
MANDEVILLE, Jamaica — A book on music education in the Caribbean and Latin America was unveiled at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) campus here, recently. The book, Music Education in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Comprehensive Guide was formally launched by Dr Raymond Torres-Santos, Professor in the school of music at California State University […]
Grammy award-winning singer Rihanna ( Robyn Rihanna Fenty)has been honoured by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations for her philanthropic work to improve cancer treatment in her native Barbados and in support of education projects. Rihanna who has set up a college scholarship program to help students from the Caribbean further their studies […]
HAMILTON, Ont. – Several outstanding members of Hamilton’s black community were honoured on Saturday evening at the annual John C. Holland Awards presentation at LIUNA Station. This year’s event marked the 21st edition of the awards presentation named after Holland who served as pastor of Hamilton’s Stewart Memorial church known for its connection to the […]
This week’s question: York Region District School Board trustee Nancy Elgie who sparked an uproar in the Black community after she called a Black parent a nigger, wants to decide what her punishment should be for using the racial slur.Enraged citizens called for her resignation from the Board.But instead, Elgie is now proposing that she […]
Ontario Education Minister Mitzie Hunter warns that York Region District school board cannot move forward until trustee Nancy Elgie resigns. Angry York residents had demanded Elgie’s resignation for calling a black parent a nigger. The parent, Jamaica-born Charline Grant said that during a public meeting last November, Elgie used the racial slur which was […]
Ontario’s education minister Mitzie Hunter has ordered an “urgent review” of the York Region District School Board which she said failed to adequately address governance and equity issues. In a statement issued last Thursday, the minister said she has appointed two people to conduct the review: Patrick Case, a law professor and former trustee with […]
Editorial At the end of a public meeting in November last year (2016), a school board trustee in her 80’s referred to a Black woman as a “nigger”. What are we to make of that incident and the way that it was dealt with by the relevant authorities? In matters of race relations, Canadian society […]
