By Stephen Weir On Saturday, although A Different Booklist Bookstore in downtown Toronto wasn’t filled, a warm group of adults and children gathered to hear a reading by American author Deborah C. Mortimer and Canadian artist Ken Daley. The duo shared their delightful children’s book, “Summer Island.” In describing her 2023 illustrated book, the former […]
By Lincoln DePradine Ontario, beginning next year, is introducing curriculum changes for kindergarten students to make the province and Canada a “global leader’’ by “emphasizing literacy and math skills in the classroom’’, education minister Stephen Lecce has said. “We, as Canadians, have to do better. We need to be the gold standard. And, it is […]
Thе English рublіс school board in Windsor-Essex іѕ apologizing tо the Blасk соmmunіtу following thе rеlеаѕе оf a third-party report that was critical оf its асtіоnѕ tо stop аntі-Blасk rасіѕm. Thе Greater Essex Cоuntу Dіѕtrісt School Bоаrd (GECDSB) іѕ also launching a five-year strategy tо tасklе thе issue. Thаt plan wаѕ informed by fееdbасk […]
Logo Design Competition with $5,000.00 prize up for grabs Thanks to Canadian Tire Corporation and a $15K grant from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities’ Sport Relief Fund, the Ontario Schools Cricket Association (OSCA) has provided 50 schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) free cricket equipment to introduce and teach the game in […]
The Peel District School Board says it has fired a school council chairman in Caledon, Ont., after he posted an Islamophobic tweet last week. Ravi Hooda made the comment in reply to Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who announced a by-law would allow mosques to play daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers during Ramadan. Brown said […]
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres and singer Alicia Keys give him US$20,000 for college. Texas student of Trinidadian descent, DeAndre Arnold, who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school’s dress code, is gaining the support of some celebrities as well as US$20,000 for college. DeAndre Arnold, 18, appeared on an episode of “The Ellen […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Health, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has appealed to his Canadian-based fellow alumni to work more closely together to “do more” for Jamaica. Dr. Tufton who was Head Boy at Manchester High school in Central Jamaica, suggested that members of the school’s alumni association in Toronto should adopt a community health clinic “back home.” […]
Margaret Lazarus, a Superintendent of Education with the Durham District School Board, warned parents at a Black Educators Network conference in Ajax on Saturday that unless they realize what their responsibilities are, their children will be “going nowhere.” “We need to understand that our children are losing right now and I believe that they are losing […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – More than 30 species of fish, plants and other creatures that may have been undiscovered until recently, have been found in Guyana’s Kaieteur National Park. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) made the disclosure last week as it launched its Kaieteur-Upper Potaro Biodiversity Assessment Survey Report, following the second in a series of three […]
President and Vice Chancellor of Brock University, Dr Gervan Fearon, called on scholarship recipients at the Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto on Saturday night to” define objectives” not just for themselves but “for the next generation.” Dr. Fearon who was born in England of Jamaican parents, was the keynote speaker at the Jamaican Canadian Association […]
