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By Tony Silva Guest Contributor Sexual identities and sexual behaviours don’t always match because sexuality is multidimensional. Many people recognize sexual fluidity, and some even identify as “mostly straight.” Fewer people know that some men and women have same-sex encounters, yet ...

By Shalima Mohammed Guest Contributor Richard Cantillon (1680-1734) — reputed as the founding father of modern economics — brought the role of the entrepreneur to the attention of scholars. He viewed the entrepreneur as one, who bears the risk of establishing ...

By Annan Boodram Contributing Columnist Recent calls, by Guyana’s Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, for women to get out of abusive relationships; and Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, for men to refrain from preventing women from leaving ...

The following statement was issued by BADC, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 TORONTO, Ontario — The Black Action Defense Committee Inc. (BADC) is alarmed and outraged at the cavalier behavior of Vancouver police in, allegedly, mistakenly, arresting Justice Selwyn Romilly, one ...

Re: Roger Gibbs’s letter in Pride News Magazine on May 14, 2021 (The Toronto Caribbean Carnival: Outdated Arts Development Approach? – Pride News) Editor: Gibb’s article is interwoven with fact and fiction. His blend of fact and fiction may lead ...

Re: Roger Gibbs’s letter in Pride News Magazine on May 14, 2021 (The Toronto Caribbean Carnival: Outdated Arts Development Approach? – Pride News) Editor: Thanks for sharing an ex-FMC (Festival Management Committee) board member’s perspective. The author appears not to understand the ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist During these past months, the media has succeeded in spreading confusion, which has permeated every aspect of people’s lives. To rise above the intensity of the daily news cycle and to take stock as to ...

By Dr. Eleanor Wint Guest Contributor Many people of colour (POC) have, at one time or another, thought, or said out loud, “Is it because I am Black?” When I was growing up, I never asked myself that question. I ...

Editor: The Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC), also known as, Caribana, at its core, is a festival of masquerade or street theatre. The steelpan and calypso/soca components of TCC, though artistically very significant for the festival’s unique brand, command far less ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (Wednesday, May 12, 2021) — Despite COVID-19, remittance flows remained resilient in 2020, registering a smaller decline, than previously projected. Officially-recorded, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached $540 billion in 2020, just 1.6 percent ...