By Warren Clarke and Nadine Powell Guest Writers The first meeting of what would later become the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took place in 1905 in Fort Erie near Niagara Falls, Canada. Legendary thinkers such ...
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By Stephen Leahy Contributing Writer ONTARIO, Canada, Feb 8 2019 (IPS) — Canada introduced a new healthy eating food guide in January 2019 and, for the first time, the meat, dairy and processed food and beverage industries were not involved. ...
Read More »Canadian National Pays 5,000 Barbados Dollars Fine, Then Forfeits US$15,000
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – A 63-year-old Canadian national was fined BDS$5,000, after he pleaded guilty to attempting to leave the island with US$15,000, without the permission of the Exchange Control Authority. Magistrate, Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell, had also given ...
Read More »Black And Racialized Student Achievement Gaps Are A Red-Alert
By Vidya Shah Guest Writer Toronto public schools have major and rising student achievement gaps, based on race and income, according to a recent landmark report. One of the biggest blocks to closing these gaps is educators’ understanding of why these ...
Read More »Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, Called Upon To Seriously Reflect Diversity In The Judicial System
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Once again the issue of diversity in the judiciary system has reared its intractable head; this time with a call coming from one of its very own. On January 31, 2019, Nova Scotia’s ...
Read More »Canada Blocks Guyana Opposition Presidential Candidate From Entering Country
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2019 (CMC) – Canada has informed the presidential candidate of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Irfaan Ali, that he should consider not travelling to the North American country at this time, as a result ...
Read More »Ontario Association Of Children’s Aid Societies’ First Black Chief Executive Officer Begins Tenure
TORONTO, Ontario January 29, 2019 — Nicole Bonnie, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ (OACAS) first Black Chief Executive Officer (CEO), started in her role as head of the organisation, last week. Bonnie, who is also the first Black ...
Read More »Recently Appointed Jamaica-Born Canadian Senator, Dr. Rosemary Moodie, Celebrated In Birth Country
By Garfield L. Angus Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica January 24, 2019 — Jamaican government representatives, as well as other dignitaries, recently celebrated the appointment of Jamaica-born, Dr. Rosemary Moodie, to the Canadian Senate. Dr. Moodie, who has made significant contributions ...
Read More »This Year’s Durham Black History Month Celebration Influenced By Black Panther Movie
AJAX, Ontario January 23, 2019 — The Regional Municipality of Durham’s twelfth Annual Black History Month Celebration, themed “Afrofuturism: Achieving Wakanda Today”, will be held on Saturday, February 2, in Ajax, Ontario. A term coined in the 1990s, Afrofuturism reflects ...
Read More »Guyana Government Accuses Canada Of Complicity In Seeking To Overthrow Democratically-Elected Administration
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 11, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government has accused Canada of complicity in “an attempt to overthrow” a democratically-elected government, as the fall out continues from the December 21 motion of no confidence that toppled the David ...
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