By Stephen Weir Just as the Caribbean Camera was going to press today, the winner of Canada’s most prestigious annual visual art award was announced. Tim Whiten, a Toronto based sculptor and painter has been awarded the 2022 Gershon Iskowitz Prize. The Gershon Iskowitz Prize is presented annually to an artist who has made an […]
A close reading of Canadian media shows precious little reporting on the efforts by organizations and individuals who are advocating making peace in Russia-Ukraine conflict. In fact, increasingly those efforts are being systematically silenced by the media and government spokespersons, some of whom have met peace efforts with open contempt. Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to […]
Heart & Stroke, along with Brain Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), have announced new awards to support Black researchers in Canada. The Personnel Awards for Black Scholars will aim to promote Black representation within the heart and brain health research community. Heart disease and stroke […]
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surely did not come to the Caribbean leaders’ regular summit empty handed. At the 44th summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last Thursday, Trudeau announced that his country is allotting $44.8 million in aid to the region, intending to focus on new initiatives such as “biodiversity, climate resilience, and disaster […]
Wey [what] you know, you know Wey you see, you see Don’t bother to follow she and bring no news to me. Newsmongers can be dangerous, Maco you too damn malicious. All you people too damn fast Mighty Sparrow In the Caribbean, there is a despicable type called a “Maco” or Maco Man. That is […]
In Ajax – Canada’s Blackest municipality By Greg Frankson A gathering of powerful Black literary voices with the theme “Respect our Canadian BlackLit Elders” happens on the evening of February 26 as a celebration of Black History Month. Featuring the words of four incredible authors published by Dundurn Press (Tanya Turton, Sifton Tracey Anipare, Mary […]
By Carlton Joseph Last week, President Joe Biden delivered his state of the union address to the nation, to a divided congress, where Republicans control the House and Democrats control the Senate. Biden, started by acknowledging that Covid had shut down the country for two years but that since he took office the country, with […]
The late 1960s when Canada opened its door to people of a darker complexion, was also a time when Quebec nationalism was once again very active. Many of those new immigrants who came into contact with Quebec society, either by settling in the French province or by paying attention to its very active nationalist politics, […]
(For the 12.5 million Africans stolen) I stand at Bathsheba where the breakers roll in and brood over the fate of my unknown lost kin. Harsh waves of white water bring a deluge of grief for Black souls overboard, who never neared the reef. There’s a feeling that often gets under my skin, I […]
By Roger Gibbs Long before reggae came to international attention, the popular music of the English-speaking Caribbean was calypso, music whose origins are complex and go back over 200 years. It was in Trinidad & Tobago where this music reached its zenith in the 1950s and 1960s, shaping the social and political discourse in the […]
