ST. ANDREW, Jamaica (Tuesday, December 7, 2021) — Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Emina Tudakovic, presented a cheque for JA$21 Million — aimed at bolstering the empowerment of Jamaican women — to Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia ...
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TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, December 6, 2021) — The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAS of Toronto) has appointed Marlon Merraro, as the Chair of its Board of Directors, even as it thanked previous Board Chair, Margot Trevelya — whose 2-year ...
Read More »Black-Canadian Entrepreneurs Recover And Thrive With Enabling Loan Fund
ONTARIO, Canada (Friday, November 26, 2021) — For Black-Canadian entrepreneur, Andrews Baah, being approved for the Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund (BELF) was a lifeline that allowed his business to “spring forward and be successful”. “This loan means a lot,” remarked Baah, ...
Read More »PACE Canada Donates 1000 Teaching Devices To Kindergarten Students In Jamaica
TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, November 16, 2021) — Ontario-based PACE Canada (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education) donated 1000 onetab teaching devices to the National Education Trust Jamaica Limited (NETJL), last Thursday. NETJL will distribute the tablets — which contain ...
Read More »Canadian-Funded Sustainable Agriculture In The Caribbean (SAC) Project Launched; Aims To Benefit 12,000 Youths, Women And Marginalized Men
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, October 28, 2021) — The Ottawa-based World University Service of Canada (WUSC) hosted a virtual exercise, on Tuesday, to launch its five-year Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) project, aimed at benefiting 12,000 women, youth (both female ...
Read More »Reputed Toronto Gynecologist, Dr. Francis Bainyin Sam, Passes Suddenly, But Peacefully And Painlessly In Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (Wednesday, October 13, 2021) — Dr. Francis Bainyin Sam passed away suddenly, on Monday, October 4, at the age of 84. He died without suffering, painlessly and peacefully in Accra, Ghana, where he always wished to live out ...
Read More »New Head Of Equity And Diversity At Memorial University Of Newfoundland, Dr. Delores Mullings, Teared-up About Appointment
By Alyson Renaldo Guest Contributor When Memorial University-tenured professor of social work (and friend), Dr. Delores Mullings, phoned to tell me that she had accepted the inaugural post of Vice Provost of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, on August 27, we ...
Read More »Dr. Krissy Doyle-Thomas Studies If Pain Can Be Detected In Autistic Children — By Just Looking At Their Brain
By Stephen Weir Guest Contributor HAMILTON, Ontario (Friday, September 17, 2021) — A new peer-reviewed study — by Canadian researcher and professor, Dr. Krissy Doyle-Thomas, titled, “Investigating Sensory Response to Physical Discomfort in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Near-Infrared ...
Read More »Black Scientists’ Task Force Recommends Proposals To Try To Reverse Systemic Racism In Healthcare Practices
By Lincoln DePradine Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, September 2,2021) — A call was made, by a group of Black health professionals, for the conducting of a “systematic public health education campaign’’, focusing on Black residents of Toronto, and other ...
Read More »Who Is Erin O’Toole? The Answer Is Key To The Conservatives’ Election Chances
By Brian Budd Guest Contributor After Justin Trudeau triggered what will surely be one of the most unique elections in Canadian history, candidates across the country are campaigning against the backdrop of COVID-19. Trudeau and the Liberals are hoping to ...
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