Merry Christmas from the Caribbean Camera
Harvard names Claudine Gay as new president
Claudine Gay has been elected as Harvard University’s 30th president, the school announced last Thursday. Gay, the founding chair of Harvard’s Inequality in America Initiative and the dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 2018, is the school’s first Black leader and the second woman to be appointed its president. The daughter of […]
Think of us all as fellow-passengers bound on the same journey
By Oscar Wailoo With the temperature plunging and Christmas all about, only the willful could find an escape. ‘Tis true that the commercial side of Christmas could be a burden, most of all on the poor and needy, yet it need not be that way. After all, it’s not Christmas per se that is the […]
Woman who suffered gender-based violence granted protection in Canada
By Sukhram Ramkissoon A 41-year-old woman, who I will refer to as Norma (not her real name) is a citizen of a tiny island in the Caribbean measuring only 389 square kilometers and a population with slightly over 100,000 citizens. Norma was recently granted refugee protection in Canada as a person who was a victim […]
“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire So well-known is the name Julian Assange that even those who don’t usually pay attention to such matters would have heard his name somehow. Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, has had his freedom taken away and now languishes in a British jail after he published leaked documents that expose American war crimes in a […]
After Christmas, Etienne Charles invites you to jam with him at T&T Carnival
By Stephen Weir While Toronto Caribana revelers have put away their mas costumes and glitter and brought out their Christmas decorations, Trinidadian music man Etienne Charles wants Caribbean Camera readers to come dance with him in the streets of Port of Spain in a couple months. That’s right, forget about winter holidays, suddenly it is […]
US employing trade as the primary weapon against China
By Carlton Joseph International trade is “war,” where nations seek to extract wealth from other nations in a “peaceful” environment. Unfortunately, the environment is not as peaceful as it looks, because strong nations create the parameters for trading that benefit them, and allow them to extract wealth from weaker nations. Eventually, weaker nations are made […]
Sizzla’s burning of plaques causes furore in Dancehall land
The entertainer burned two plaques presented to him in commemoration of American rapper and producer DJ Khaled’s Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum certification for the albums ‘Grateful’ and ‘Father of Asahd’. The Jamaican artiste is featured on both albums, and his tirade has been the subject of much talk since the firework. […]
Twelve gifts of health and wellness
By Dr. Virginia Nsitem As we approach the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, many of us start will start thinking about our New Year’s Resolutions. Below is a list of 12 important wellness goals that you can incorporate into your life now, as an early gift to yourself for Christmas. Stop the […]
Fired due to racial profiling
Carl Luberisse didn’t anticipate a short drive to the depanneur would lead to racial profiling, hundreds of dollars in fines and the loss of his job. While on a lunch break this September from his job as a forklift driver at Bveggie in Laval, Quebec, the 41-year-old decided to get chips at the nearest convenience […]