Black Excellence Award in Thunder Bay
New students aims to inspire, show representation New $500 bursary awarded to students of visible Afro-Caribbean descent aims to inspire future generation Olivia Levesque · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 Two community…
Saint John mural honours Black heroes
ByTravis Fortnum Global News March 1, 2021 A pair of portraits honouring two of Saint John’s Black history heroes was unveiled this weekend in the city’s north end. Depicted on…
Students create BLM shirts
Ottawa high school students create Black Lives Matter shirts that can be worn at school Students at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Ottawa created Black Lives Matter clothing that…
Winter: Keep your family safe and healthy
Tips to keep your family safe and healthy this winter (NC) After a long, challenging year, experts are predicting a hard-hitting winter. If you’re worried about how to keep your family safe and healthy during a good-old-fashioned Canadian winter –…
Feds deny Somali centre funding
Minister calls reason for rejection ‘completely unacceptable’ Priscilla Hwang · CBC News · Jan 20, 2021 68 comments Leaders of a Somali organization in Ottawa say their relationship with Employment and Social Development…
James appointed ACB Mental Health Coordinator
Monday 18 January, 2021 Michelle James. has been appointed African Caribbean and Black Mental Health Coordinator with Somerset West Community Health Centre This is a new position, to meet…
Gorman lights up Biden’s inauguration
Amanda Gorman makes history as youngest known inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has written poems for historic occasions. Now she has made history herself. Gorman, 22, became the youngest known inaugural poet…
Black Theatre Workshop joins NAC
Black Theatre Workshop named inaugural Co-Curating Company for NAC English Theatre DECEMBER 9, 2020Sean Fitzpatrick On Wednesday, December 9, National Arts Centre English Theatre, in partnership with Black Theatre Workshop, announced an unprecedented…
Being Black in Japan
Being Black in Japan: Biracial Japanese talk about discrimination and identity By Simon Denyer DECEMBER 24, 2020 TOKYO — From an early age, Japanese children learn the importance of conforming and fitting…
Black civil servants sue Canadian government
Black civil servants allege discrimination in proposed class-action lawsuit against Ottawa Jason Ho, Adrienne Arsenault · CBC News · Dec 03, 2020 Black civil servants allege discrimination in government lawsuit 11 hours agoVideo1:58Current…