Photo above: Left-right: Dionne Brand, Savitri Persaud, recipient of the Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies, and Patrick Taylor, Professor of Humanities and of Social and Political Thought, York University. Photo credit: Neil Armstrong. By Neil Armstrong ...
Read More »Category Archives: National News
Feed SubscriptionSome Events In Toronto For The Christmas Holidays
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer Christmas Carols seem to be everywhere — on radio, television, online, and in shopping centres – and apart from the usual Christmas concerts and church services, there is a lot more that Toronto has ...
Read More »PM Appoints Three African Canadian MPs As Parliamentary Secretaries
Photo above is of Grenada-born Caesar-Chavannes. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor OTTAWA, Ontario — Last Wednesday, Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, appointed 35 Parliamentary Secretaries, including three African Canadians — Whitby Member of Parliament, Celina Caesar-Chavannes; Emmanuel Dubourg, MP for ...
Read More »Kamala-Jean Gopie Cops Award Named After Toronto’s First Black Councillor
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Correspondent TORONTO, Ontario — Kamala-Jean Gopie, a longtime advocate for human rights and social justice, is the recipient of the City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations. The award, which was established in ...
Read More »HeadMatters Organization Successfully Launched
Photo above of the the late Omotayo Morrison’s family (l-r): Barrington, father; Bandele and Anike, sisters; and Modupe, mother. Photo by Roy’s Creative Photography. WOODBRIDGE, Ontario — The inaugural gala and fundraiser for Omotayo HeadMatters Organization (HeadMatters) was held Last Saturday ...
Read More »New Canadian PM Meets US President
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,left, and US President, Barack Obama, talk, animatedly, with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, prior to an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines, on November ...
Read More »Africentric School Report Highlights Successes — And Major Challenges
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — A new study, the Africentric Alternative School Research Project: Year 3 (2013-2014) Report, has highlighted some of the successes of the school, in spite of major challenges. The report has ...
Read More »Ontario Black History Society Gets New President
TORONTO, Ontario – The Board of the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) has appointed Jamaica-born Nikki Clarke, as the organization’s new President, replacing its former top executive of 22 years, Rosemary Sadlier. At a Board meeting, on November 9, Kathy ...
Read More »Canada’s First Somalia-born MP To Be Guest Speaker At Caribbean African Canadian Social Services Organization Launch
TORONTO, Ontario — Ahmed Hussen, the newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the York South-Weston riding, and who is the first Somalia-born Canadian citizen to be elected to Canada’s House of Commons, will be the special guest speaker at ...
Read More »African Canadian Legal Clinic Poll Reveals More Money Needed For Social Services, Not Policing
TORONTO, Ontario — A poll commissioned by The African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) confirms that Ontarians want less money spent on policing and greater transparency from police services across the province. The poll, which was conducted in partnership with Mainstreet ...
Read More »