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By Celina Caesar-Chavannes and Alex Marland Guest Contributors There are many ways politicians and bureaucrats can show leadership in response to calls to democratize Canadian politics. Specifically, there are a lot of things men can do, particularly heterosexual white men. As the ...

OTTAWA, Ontario Tuesday, March 16, 2021) — Canadian national home sales set another all-time record, last month, according to statistics, released yesterday, by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Home sales, recorded over CREA’s Canadian Multiple Listing Service (MLS®), climbed ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Thursday, March 4, 2021) — Building Black Businesses in Canada, a new study — conducted by the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC), a national, non-profit, bilingual organization — that examines the needs ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Although there has been the annual celebration of Black History, since 1995, when former federal Minister and MP, Dr. Jean Augustine, introduced the motion for the Canadian Parliament to recognize February as the designated month, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Monday, February 22, 2021) — The credentials of Canada’s new Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mark Berman, was accepted, last week, by the Community’s Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, who said the ceremony reflects the strong and enduring bonds ...

“The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it — at no matter what risk. This is the only hope society has. This is the only ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist It is heartening to note that, amid the doom and gloom of the previous months, Canada celebrates February as Black History Month, as we embrace this year’s theme…. The Future is Now. During this month, ...

By Funké Aladejebi Guest Contributor Toronto’s Africentric Alternative School first opened in 2009 after years of advocacy and then months of heated public debates and criticism about the meaning and significance of the school. For some, the school represented a push ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Although the majority of Canadians are under the belief that the country is exemplary when it comes to inclusion, the cold, hard truth is that Canadians still have a long way to go, towards achieving ...

SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick and ATHABASCA, Alberta – The challenges, faced by two waves of Black immigrants from the United States in the early 19th and 20th centuries, come to light in a pair of stamps, issued this month by Canada ...