By Lincoln DePradine Canadians of African descent are being encouraged to engage in advocacy to ensure fair and equal treatment in navigating healthcare and other sectors of society. “These are systems; they are complicated, they are complex and they are fraught with cracks through which people fall,’’ said lawyer Raymund Guiste, executive director of Tropicana […]
Project led by Dr. Karen A. Scott MEMPHIS, Tenn – Black mothers die in hospitals at nearly four times the rate of White mothers _ an appalling disparity that has persisted for decades despite state and national quality improvement initiatives, clinical safety innovations, and technological advances. These shocking statistics and outcomes persist regardless of patient […]
Diabetes is a disease in which your body either can’t produce insulin or can’t properly use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone produced by your pancreas. Insulin’s role is to regulate the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Blood sugar must be carefully regulated to ensure that the body functions properly. Too […]
After not being able to find a local salon that could care for her hair, Adanna Amechi decided to take matters into her own hands. After three salons told her they couldn’t provide the style she was looking for Amechi was inspired to start The President Braids to improve hair care options for people […]
Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN) hosted its Annual NexGen Builders Mentoring Program Retreat at Polonia Park, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Preceded by an early morning breakfast reception, the retreat provided mentors and mentees an opportunity to deepen their connections with a full day of team building activities and inspirational speakers. Funded primarily by the Province of Ontario and […]
When Princess Jibrin told her mom she was interested in following her path and pursuing a career in nursing, she says the response was a mix of excitement and caution. She will work some 14-hour days, Jibrin’s mom, a recently retired critical care nurse in Hamilton, Ont., told her. She will see things that take […]
Black Scientists’ Task Force speaks on back-to-school essentials By Lincoln DePradine Education and health among Black children and adults are being addressed in a joint program to be launched at an open house later this month. The program will include the distribution of backpacks to elementary and secondary school children in an initiative spearheaded by […]
By Yolanda Marshall Alison Isaac is a Caribbean-Canadian writer and educator based in Canada. Her first children’s book, Kookumbah, revolves around Sasha’s having a tough time settling into her new school while trying to make her Caribbean mother conform to what she regards as the ‘norms’ of their new country. Her attitude […]
By Lincoln DePradine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Toronto Tuesday, meeting with Ontario Premier Doug Ford for discussions that focused heavily on healthcare. Shannon Whitteker, cultural press secretary in the Office of the Premier, told The Caribbean Camera that the two leaders not only discussed “the current pressures on the healthcare system’’, but also […]
by Lincoln DePradine The COVID-related societal lockdown of two years ago and accompanying government-mandated measures, such as mask-wearing, may have been lifted. But an African-Canadian biologicals specialist and pharmaceutical industry veteran is warning against complacency with the Coronavirus, which has killed more than 44,000 Canada. Worldwide, COVID-19 has infected 601 million people, and is responsible […]
