TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) — The Indo-Caribbean Canadian Association (“ICCA”), earlier this month, conducted a successful “Books for Back Home Book Drive” that resulted in “a record number of donations”, which was shipped to Guyana and Trinidad and ...
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Feed SubscriptionBrampton’s United Achievers’ Club Elects New President
By Michael L. Van Cooten Publisher & Editor BRAMPTON, Ontario (Monday, June 27, 2022) — Joyce Temple-Smith was elected as President of the United Achievers’ Club (UAC), at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), held June 18, for a two-year ...
Read More »Why Critical Race Theory Should Inform Schools
By Carl E. James and Vidya Shah Guest Contributors Some parents have been raising concerns about the teaching of critical race theory in public schools in the United States. Recently, these specious claims have been showing up in Canada too. School boards ...
Read More »Anti-Black Racism Exists In Ontario Child Welfare Service Delivery, New Report Reveals
TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 22, 2022) — Black families in Ontario are more than twice as likely as White ones, to be referred to, and investigated, by child welfare agencies, according to a new, groundbreaking report released, last Friday. Titled ...
Read More »New BLAC Report Shows Ontario’s Police Services Almost Always Win Human Rights Applications Filed Against Them
TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 22, 2022) — The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) has published a report, Access Obscured, which analyzed human rights applications, filed against police services in Ontario, between 2017 and 2020. The study found that almost 270 ...
Read More »Toronto Police’s Race-Based Data Findings Alarming, But Not New: NDP Black Caucus
TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, June 16, 2022) — Two members of the provincial NDP Black Caucus — MPPs Jill Andrew (Toronto—St. Paul’s) and Laura Mae Lindo (Kitchener Centre) — today, chastised the findings of the Toronto Police Service’s race-based statistics on ...
Read More »Toronto Police’s Race-Based Data Shows Over-Policing Of Black Community
TORONTO, Ontario (Friday June 16, 2022) — Toronto Police Service (TPS) Chief, James Ramer, issued an apology, yesterday, to Black, Indigenous and racialized people, who are over-represented in use-of-force incidents and strip searches. Speaking at a news conference at police ...
Read More »Toronto Police Seeking Help To Locate Missing Woman
TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 15, 2022) — The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is requesting the public’s assistance to locate a missing woman. Tanisha McPherson, 43, was last seen on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 10:50 a.m., in the Leslie Street ...
Read More »Humanitarian Extraordinaire, Kamala-Jean Gopie, Receives Global Service Award From University Of Toronto
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday, June 15, 2022) — Educator and philanthropist, Kamala-Jean Gopie, says an award from her alma mater, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, is very special for ...
Read More »Toronto School Renamed In Honour Of Beloved Retired Head Librarian, Dr. Rita Cox
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Wednesday June 15, 2022) — Queen Victoria Public School in Parkdale, Toronto, has been renamed Dr. Rita Cox-Kina Minogok Public School. In a letter to the community, dated May 26, Dr. Debbie Donsky, ...
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