Shana Seifert: Create your own hair oil in 4 easy steps
by Shana Seifert I love making things with my hands. There is something so satisfying about having a creative idea and being able to manifest it with material and hand…
Adeola Onafuwa: How USoup is promoting the growth of Ottawa’s African businesses
by Adeola Onafuwa Written by Adeola Onafuwa Resourcefulness, brilliance, and togetherness are some of the attributes making the nucleus of the African diaspora. However, for all its promises, it often appears that…
Pat Harewood: Parenting ABC’s: Episode 1 – The Beautiful Human Family
Planet Zees: Parenting ABC’s: Episode 1 – The Beautiful Human Family By Pat Harewood A six-year old stopped me in the park this summer. I was helping my son,…
MacAndrew Clarke: Quebec law on face coverings – An unjust law
“AN UNJUST LAW IS NO LAW AT ALL” by MacAndrew Clarke On Wednesday, October 18, the Quebec government passed the “Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and, in…
Shana Seifert: The Answers are in Your Roots
by Shana Seifert When I see a black girl or woman walking down the street flaunting her natural hair, I try to give her a shout out. I Love seeing it,…
MacAndrew Clarke: Genesis
Genesis by MacAndrew Clarke Perhaps I could begin, with how I used the pen/ or where these poems been, and why I kept them in/ what Lauryn Hill…
Ewart Walters: Blacks at Canada’s 150th year
Blacks at Canada’s 150th Year By Ewart Walters The federation of former British colonies Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, came into being on July 1, 1867 with the semi-independent…
Robin Browne: All Eyez On Me – Review
All Eyez On Me – Review by Robin Browne The Tupac Shakur biopic, All Eyez On Me, though not perfect, deserves credit on a number of fronts, starting with the…
Robin Browne: National monuments ignore the economic reasons behind slavery and the Holocaust.
Monumental Omissions by Robin Browne National monuments ignore the economic reasons behind slavery and the Holocaust. On Wednesday, May 17, the Government of Canada unveiled the winning design for the…
Ewart Walters: Don Meredith, Stephen Harper and the Senate
Don Meredith, Stephen Harper and the Senate By Ewart Walters Don Meredith is gone. Mike Duffy remains. Pamela Wallin remains. The Senate remains. We too remain – a Black…