The Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) will launch a six-month mentorship program for Black youth across Canada on November 11 and 12. Noting that there are thousands of Black youth who are eager to access networks, resources and information that will accelerate their career and personal development, BBPA President Nadine Spencer said that the […]
In Pfizer and Moderna’s trials, for example, individuals with only a cough and positive lab test would bring those trials one event closer to their completion. Yet Doshi argues that vaccine manufacturers have done little to dispel the notion that severe COVID-19 was what was being assessed. Moderna, for example, called hospitalisations a “key […]
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Ontario’s civilian police watchdog, is probing the circumstances of the death of Anthony Aust, a 23- year old man who fell from his 12th floor apartment last week during an Ottawa police drug raid in which tactical officers used a controversial ” dynamic entry” to search the apartment. The SIU […]
After seven months in operation, Community Strong, a grassroots organization which has been providing weekend meals to shut-in seniors in the Greater Toronto Area, has ended its food delivery service. Its last meals went out on Thanksgiving Day. Recipients were told several day before that the community meal initiative was coming to an end. But […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Research finds that blue-light glasses improve sleep and workday productivity During the pandemic, the amount of screen time for many people working and learning from home as well as binge-watching TV has sharply increased. New research finds that wearing blue-light glasses just before sleeping can lead to a better night’s sleep and […]
York University’s Schulich School of Business has partnered with A Different Booklist Cultural Centre in Toronto to launch an” introduction to business ” certificate program. for Toronto’s Black community. The webinar program which if free of charge, covers topics that range from marketing and accounting to leadership and human resources management and concludes with […]
OTTAWA — Some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Monday. A $35-million program first announced at the end of July will subsidize farms’ purchases of personal protective equipment and sanitary stations and it will help to cover extra costs […]
“Sesame Street” has always pressed for inclusion. Now it’s going further — teaching children to stand up against racism. Sesame Workshop — the non-profit, educational organization behind “Sesame Street” — will later this month air the half-hour anti-racist special “The Power of We” and hopes families will watch together. The special defines racism for younger […]
A new publication from researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney advises daily washing of cloth masks to reduce the likelihood of contamination and transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Cloth masks must be washed daily at high temperatures to be protective against infection, a new analysis from the Kirby Institute at UNSW […]
Come Monday, we will observe Thanksgiving , mindful of the fact that we are still in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanksgiving 2020 will not be the same as in previous years as we make the necessary adjustment to the ” new normal.” Yet we have a lot to be thankful for. […]
