There is a call for the preservation of local and indigenous languages across the region. This call was sounded when some 25 Guyanese were recognised by the Guyanese Languages Unit of the University of Guyana for successfully translating emergency and COVID-19 related messages in several languages. These 25 persons would have translated public health […]
Each year the Canadian Ethnic Media Association presents juried awards to journalists for excellence in their fields. The competition is open to all media professionals, in any language, whether or not they are members of the Association. The Canadian Ethnic Media Association is undertaking its 43rd Annual Awards for Journalistic Excellence this year with a […]
Advance voting for the 44th federal general election begins on Friday, September 10 and continues on Saturday, September 11, Sunday, September 12 and Monday, September 13. Advance polls are open across the country from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (local time). Electors may vote at their assigned polling place only. This is different from the […]
The home of clothing merchant Felix Pierre Genel collapsed before he could flee outside as a powerful earthquake shook southwestern Haiti. He was dug out of the rubble that same day with a broken arm and was among the somewhat fortunate ones who promptly received medical care at a local hospital. But even so, he […]
Mayor says it was not an attempt to erase history but to deliver social justice. A statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, which stood on one of the main avenues of Mexico City, will be replaced by one of an indigenous woman. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the bronze likeness of Columbus would be […]
Imagine seeing a conversation online one day where someone said they have never seen a woman fly a plane. It was at that moment Kyana Bubb, an air traffic controller in Grenada, decided she needed to change that with her children’s book: “The Adventures of Xola and Sage: Women in Aviation.” Kyana says at first […]
When Raven Khadeja, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter NL, saw yet another social media post recounting a racist incident in the province, she said, she was appalled, disgusted and concerned — but not shocked. Last week, a Black Memorial University student recounted their experience of blatant racism while on a staycation in […]
The initiative draws on African-based wisdom traditions: sankofa, a word from Ghana's Akan language that means people must return to their roots to move forward; and ubuntu, a South African philosophy that says "I am because you are."
Young Edmontonians of African heritage who are being released from jail, fleeing domestic violence or getting off the streets now have a culturally appropriate place where they can rebuild their lives. The stabilization home offers a place to live and around-the-clock care, to help young people move past chronic homelessness, historical trauma, systemic racism, […]
The family of a 24-year-old Ottawa man who represented Canada at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games said police have recovered his body from Lake Ontario. Nkusi was born in Kigali, Rwanda, and grew up in the Orléans area of Ottawa, his family said. He was a University of Ottawa alumnus with a finance degree […]
Born in the UK of a Carriacou, Grenadian father and a British mother, Michael Coteau was previously elected in 2011 as the Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Don Valley East. He has now moved to federal politics, and is running in the Don Valley East seat as the Liberal Party candidate in the […]
