Toronto orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu, leader of the health-care task force of the Black Opportunity Fund, says a new survey confirms unpublished public health data that vaccine hesitancy is higher among Black Canadians than among white or non-Black racialized people. “There’s a 20-point gap with respect to the rate of vaccination in Black Canadians […]
Our lifestyle can have a big impact on how we feel. When we don’t take care of ourselves, we can experience a number of problems, including sleep difficulties, fatigue, low energy, trouble concentrating, and increased tension and stress. These problems can leave us vulnerable to anxiety. Making healthy choices will help you feel better. Remember, […]
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic for a second year, the Cayman Islands is marking a year without local transmission of the disease. The country, amongst only a handful worldwide, achieved this milestone on last Sunday, July 11. After the first case was reported in the Cayman Islands on March 13 […]
Small team of BIPOC clinicians will visit schools, mosques, cultural centres afternoons and evenings Jaleesa Bygrave says that while growing up, there weren’t any mental health supports tailored for youth who were Black, Indigenous and other people of colour (BIPOC). Now a mental health worker herself, she’s part of a new mobile mental-health program […]
If type 2 diabetes were an infectious disease, passed from one person to another, public health officials would say we’re in the midst of an epidemic. This difficult disease is striking an ever-growing number of adults, and with the rising rates of childhood obesity, it has become more common in youth, especially among certain ethnic […]
Police Const. Alex Dunn was sentenced to one month for assaulting Dalia Kafi — a young Black woman who was handcuffed at the time. December, Kafi said she was still dealing with the trauma of the assault. Kafi had been working at a meat plant in Red Deer and said in December she was focused […]
By Lincoln DePradine Black Canadians, who have been among those most severely impacted by the Coronavirus, are also facing limited access to COVID-19 vaccines or are hesitant at getting inoculated against the deadly virus. Community-serving agencies such as the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) and CAFCAN – a not-for-profit agency working with African-Canadian children, youth and […]
The past year has sent us reeling through a vast range of emotions: worry, stress, boredom, as well as hope, empathy and optimism. According to the second wave of our study conducted with researchers from the University of British Columbia, almost half of people (48%) in Canada reported feeling worried and anxious during the second […]
In a measure of its ambitious efforts to be vaccine self-reliant, Cuba has named one of its homegrown jabs Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti. In the verse, the young hero, Abdala, heads to war to defend his fatherland, full of patriotic fervor no matter how strong […]
By Lincoln DePradine Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda are two examples of developing nations battling the Coronavirus pandemic and that are in need of vaccine support, says Dr Akwatu Khenti, chair of Toronto’s Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, saying he was tired of receiving calls about COVID deaths, last […]
