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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia March 15, 2019 — Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden, an inter-disciplinary scholar, working at the intersections of health science, social science and humanities, was named Dalhousie’s James Robinson Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, last month. The ...

By Sam Olukoya Contributing Writer LAGOS, Nigeria, March 12, 2019 (IPS) — Nigeria is mourning, along with the rest of the world, after the downing of Ethiopian Airlines Flight, which claimed all of the 157 lives onboard. The fatalities included ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator In 2015, when Justin Trudeau swept into power, not only did he revive the Liberal Party, but also became an instant global superstar. Yes, he was not just simply Canada’s new Prime Minister, ...

By Veronica Strong-Boag Guest Writer First in 1921 and now in 2019, the resignations of women cabinet ministers have exposed the limits of Canadian liberalism. Suffragist Mary Ellen Smith, the first female cabinet minister in the British Empire, resigned from ...

By Victor Carrington Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 5, 2019 — Last month, on Saturday, February 23, the universe paused, stood at attention, and saluted a soldier, as the “Last Post” was trumpeted in The Wexford Presbyterian Church, in Toronto, ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario February 27, 2019 — Members of the Board of Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC) — an organization that supports the election of Black Canadians to public office — met with Prime Minister, Justin ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator The truth has always been a loner and also the uninvited guest in any dialogue. However, even in the face of all accompanying negativity and alienation, the need for its appearance exists. Some ...

By Daniel McNeil Guest Writer In 1971, the Yale professor, Robin Winks, wrote that Black Canadians wanted “nothing more than to be accepted as quiet Canadians”. In The Blacks in Canada, Winks claimed that Black Canadians were “unlikely to organize ...

By Michael J. Armstrong Guest Writer There was much speculation throughout 2018 about Canada’s soon-to-be-legal cannabis market. But only recently has data become available that shows what cannabis consumers really want, and actually buy. For example, Statistics Canada recently released ...

By Cheryl Thompson Guest Writer How does a 100-year-old racist stereotype still impact Black women in North American institutions? When I was a PhD student, a white, female professor was interested in my research, even though I was not her student. ...