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By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, October 19, 2020) — The mental health diagnosis of Black-Canadians appears daunting. The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has reported that members of the Black community may experience racism, discrimination, violence ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Over the last few months people, the world over, have been seriously affected by the ravages of the coronavirus and its mind-boggling detriment to the lives of everyone, regardless of culture, age, education, or financial ...

By Gloria Blizzard and Gillian Turnbull Guest Contributors Music has been significant for many during COVID-19 isolation, and in these same months Black musicians have amplified the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement. While pop or hip hop music are genres ...

By Bruce Newbold Guest Writer With an aging and slow-growing population, Canada depends on immigration for economic and demographic growth. But the COVID-19 pandemic has effectively closed our borders and virtually halted the entry of immigrants. Troubling new evidence about Canadian attitudes, ...

In Canada, whenever racism faces denial, history goes on trial By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist In the aftermath of the senseless murder of 46-year-old, African-American, George Floyd, the collective eye became fixed on race relations in Canada. The oppressive system ...

By Vershawn Ashanti Young Guest Contributor When the University of Waterloo, where I teach and research, issued a statement to the media saying that the university “unequivocally believes that there is no place for the use of the N-word in class, ...

By David MacDonald Guest Contributor Around the world, people are protesting the continued display of public monuments that normalize, and even revere, racist leaders and events. Protesters beheaded Christopher Columbus, pitched Edward Colston into the sea, pelted Cecil Rhodes with excrement, ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor BRAMPTON, Ontario June 24, 2020 (PRIDE) – “For too long, brilliant, innovative, hard-working Black Canadians, with so much to offer, have been overlooked and excluded, just because of the skin they are in. This has ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor OTTAWA, Ontario June 23, 2020 — Deborah “Debbie” Owusu-Akyeeah, a first-generation Ghanaian-Canadian, is the new Executive Director (ED) of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD). Owusu-Akyeeah, who will officially start in her ...

By Robert Diab Guest Contributor The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off an explosion of protests around the world. The spark that lit the fire was the video of his slaying. Some doubt that cameras are effective in ...