Wale Adesanya: Letter from covid quarantine
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....
Ahmed: Analysing Black Mental Health services
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...
Minority governments better for Black Canadians
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...
Frederick: Pandemic plan should focus on inequities
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...
Sharpe: Canada’s First Emancipation Day
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,...
David Majok: Dear little spirits
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...
Charles Oyima: Isolation
Isolation by Charles-Henri Oyima I’ve been stuck same circle routineFuck it man, i feel like im a fiendI can’t go days without it tell myself well it ain’t leanBut once...
Chinwuba: What I miss most in this lockdown
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...
Browne: Sue our oppressors
Small claims, big results: the power of suing our oppressors By Robin Browne Of all the tools Black employees can use to battle the discrimination they face in their federal government...
Bourne: Ottawa became more Black in 2020
by Kevin Bourne ONWARD AND UPWARD: 11 WAYS OTTAWA BECAME MORE “BLACK” IN 2020 When I first moved to the capital from Toronto, Ottawa was very slow and small. It...