Category: Guest columnist

BLACK LOVE – A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER by Hector Addison “There has been this unbroken history of struggle for liberation for hundreds of years, but Black people managed to…

“Telling the monarch to leave ‘home’ is not an easy task.” by *Akrasinana January 2022—————————————— “…whenever I speak about history I am told to get over it and keep quiet…

Wednesday 15 December 2021 Today is Day 11 in Quarantine Hotel after returning from my recent trip to Nigeria. All is well and I tested Negative with 3 PCR tests….

Ililli Ahmed This paper was written as a tribute to a dear friend, an incredible student, and a magnetic community leader. May he rest in peace. Introduction The disregard towards…

By Robin Browne September 5, 2021  Federal election polls currently predict a minority Liberal or Conservative government on Sept. 20 and that’s good for Black Canadians as minority governments have a history…

We reached out to members of our Toronto advisory council asking them to write about issues of importance during this federal election. This is one of those columns. Recent discussions in my…

The Floyd Effect: Taking Stock on Canada’s First Emancipation Day by Richard D. Sharpe, Director, Equity, Anti-racism, Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of Justice Canada On August 1, 2021,…

Dear little spirits In reverence I stand to validate that your souls were not discovered but existed in whole Ripped from loving arms, hidden and condemned by the cruelty of…

by Ifeoma Chinwuba 30 April, 2021 The Coronavirus pandemic has brought about a lockdown in my city, Ottawa. People miss their former lives; the ability to travel far and wide…