By Gerald V. Paul Dr Deborah Persaud, a Guyana-born doctor, hailed as one of the best and brightest AIDS researchers in the field today, is at the centre of world media attention as she contributed towards the cure of a U.S. baby with AIDS with very early treatment. This is the first account of an […]
By Gerald V. Paul One of the co-writers of the 2008 Roots of Youth Violence report is calling for the creation of a permanent czar-like bridge builder who could sit above the more than a dozen ministries and have a stake in youth: Stemming the tide of imprisonment by race. This is a part of […]
By Gerald V. Paul Newly minted Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell will grace Toronto for a community meeting with the Diaspora. And the Grenada Consulate is extending an invitation to everyone to attend to nationals and friends to a public meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Mitchell on Friday, […]
By Jasminee Sahoye A Jamaican farm worker, who was injured on three separate occasions, the last leading to an amputated leg, had a rare opportunity to share his concerns during a consultation on the temporary foreign workers program with federal ministers of Citizenship and Immigration and Human Resources last week. Winston Morrison, 37, who worked […]
Some 500 youths across the GTA are now knowledgeable to help others bring about positive changes with respect to gender-based violence and community safety. With funding through organizations such as the Status of Women, the City of Toronto and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) ended a three-year project working […]
Advocates representing foreign migrant workers are peeved over a recent move by the federal government to eliminate the special parental benefits for these workers, who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually to Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI). In December 2012, Human Resources Minister, Diane Finley announced that EI benefits will be eliminated for migrant workers. This […]
On February 22, 2013, Susan Truppe, Member of Parliament for London North Centre and Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women, officially announced that the Government of Canada building located at 451 Talbot Street, London, Ontario, will be named the Richard Pierpoint Building in recognition of the heroism of this intrepid Black Canadian soldier. MP Truppe […]
Toronto “Super Agent” Jay Brijpaul wowed real estate professionals from across North America when he spoke to them on selling real estate in today’s market at the platinum Elite Money Maker super conference held in Arlington, Virginia from Feb 15th to Feb 17th . The Guyana-born Brijpaul, one of North America’s top performing realtors, was […]
By Gerald Paul William Hubbard was Toronto’s first Black – and first visible minority – councillor, but he saw himself first as an able and respected municipal politician. Hubbard made history as the first Black elected to public office in any major Canadian City, as Col. John Prince, a leading member of Ontario’s Legislative Council […]
By Gerald V. Paul A black York Police officer is being investigated for not properly reporting racial slurs hurled at him while breaking up a party in 2011. Among the taunts faced by Officer Damien Muirhead is one in which someone at the party said, “I would love to see that guy hanging from a […]
