Celebrating Black identities, culture, and community The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will showcase an exhibition titled “Feels Like Home” by Sunday School, a renowned creative agency specializing in vibrant depictions of Black identities. It will be Sunday School’s first-ever museum installation and will feature photographs and time-based media that reflect on the theme […]
Listen to this story now By Lincoln DePradine On March 1, on Victoria Street in Toronto, a group of musicians hosted an event titled, “Calypso with Pimento’’. It was a birthday celebration and tribute to Harry Belafonte, the late Jamaican-American performer, actor, humanitarian, and civil rights and political activist. “He made history in so many […]
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority recently hosted its 2023 edition of the Island’s Art Week, which featured an impressive lineup of sculptors, poets, painters, musicians, and dancers. Among these artists was painter, graphic designer, and hairstylist Kwame Delfish, who traveled from Toronto, Canada, to participate in the event. Delfish, who is of Antiguan and […]
Listen to this article now By Sukhram Ramkissoon According to the Federal Court a person whom I will refer to as Ralph sought judicial review of the decision of a Senior Immigration Officer refusing his request for a reconsideration of the refusal of his Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA). The PRRA is an opportunity for people […]
By Margaret Kimberley Black Agenda Report, Executive Editor and Senior Columnist International media [December 2021] reported that the Ugandan government turned over Entebbe airport to a Chinese bank in order to make payment on a loan. “Museveni to surrender Uganda’s only international airport over Chinese loan,” claimed The Guardian. Similar headlines have appeared widely […]
By Stephen Weir Rarer than a church handing out money on Sunday to its congregation, the new play Vierge (virgin) is breaking ground with its black all-female cast and its black female playwright. oh yes, its director is a Zambia-born black woman. The city has a long history of White male dominated theatre, Vierge is […]
The secretary general of Amnesty International Canada has accused Air Canada of racism and discrimination after she was denied boarding for a flight to Mexico City. Ketty Nivyabandi was traveling from Ottawa’s Macdonald-cartier International Airport (YOW) to Mexico City International Airport (MEX) on March 30, 2023 for a work conference. However, Nivyabandi said in a […]
OF THE SEA is powerful work of operatic storytelling flowing with hope and heartbreak, this ground-breaking is brought to life by an incredibly talented and diverse team of creatives. The work is written by Black playwright Kanika Ambrose (Our Place / Anansi and the Great Light, Curtis School of Music), composed by Métis and French-Canadian […]
By Lincoln DePradine The Ontario government has repeatedly said the province needs more workers in some sectors, including the skilled trades. According to the government, “nearly 300,000 jobs are going unfilled daily’’. Now, a plan has been announced to double the number of “economic immigrants’’ to help solve the labour shortage in the Province of […]
By Yolanda T. Marshall Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces Written by Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a Sudanese Canadian writer and host of CBC’s pop culture show, Pop Chat. “Arriving in Canada at age 12 from Sudan, Elamin’s teenage years were spent trying new ways of being in the world and relating to […]
