The COVID-19 pandemic revealed some alarming statistics for the Black community in terms of health and wellness. In an effort to strengthen members of the Black community’s health, the Black Scientists’ Task Force (BSTF) will hold a Black Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday, January 21st at Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas Street East Toronto, from […]
OTTAWA — Former governor general Michaelle Jean was among dozens of high-profile signatories to an open letter issued last week calling for international help for Haiti. The letter in French, with the title “Taken hostage, Haiti is dying” argues that Haiti needs help to avoid becoming a failed state. The signatories include Senegalese President Macky […]
If you reach for the ice cream scoop every time things get tough, you’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, 38 percent of adults admit that they’ve overeaten or eaten unhealthily because of stress. Just about half of them regretted it later. But the first thing you need to know about emotional eating […]
Six institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Haiti, México and Perú will receive research grants for topics related to Tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections in advanced HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and Human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1), which may cause a type of cancer. These grants of around 30,000 dollars are provided as part of the […]
A retired London, Ontario, teacher and vice principal is travelling to her native Nigeria this week for the grand re-opening of her childhood elementary school. Liz Akano runs a non-profit called Educate the Children, where she has been raising money for nearly two decades to rebuild the school. “I went home to visit my home country in Nigeria […]
Receives $55,700 OTF Grant to Rejuvenate Community Organization On Saturday morning as the participants of the Durham Educational Mentoring Program (DEMP) were gathered for their last session of 2022 at Pickering High School, the impact of the $55,700 Resilient Communities Fund grant that DEMP received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) was highlighted. Tom Wall, […]
Around 1,000 people in Canada looking for a stem cell donor Canadian Blood Services is urging Black Canadians to help diversify its blood donor and stem cell registry base. But one expert says that call needs to include an acknowledgement of historical harm that Canadian Blood Services itself has done to the Black community. There are […]
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 […]
Santa Claus and the Toronto Raptors mascot were greeted by the children gathered at the annual Advocate for Etobicoke Youth’s (AFEY’s) annual Children’s Christmas party which was held at the Woodbine Banquet Hall in Etobicoke on Saturday evening. Three hundred children from the north Etobicoke area received gifts from the jolly fellow in the red […]
Injured migrant farm workers from the Caribbean and Mexico are calling on the Workplace & Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) to end the practice of “deeming.” In a letter delivered to the Board last Friday, the workers, formerly employed through Canada’s temporary foreign workers program, noted that “deeming allows the WSIB to cut the benefits of […]
