Canada recognizes 4 Black historic designations
Government of Canada recognizes Black history in Canada with four new historic designations From: Parks Canada News release These new designations illustrate some of the collective and personal experiences of Black…
Top tips for at-home learning
(NC) Although kids are slowly returning to school this fall, learning doesn’t have to be restricted to the classroom. In fact, a survey completed in the spring found that parents…
Carleton cancels Police internships
Faculty cancels internships with Ottawa police, RCMP, Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre Stu Mills · CBC News ·Aug 12, 2020 Professor Jeffrey Monaghan, with the university’s Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice,…
Healing project for Black community
Winnipeg project offers healing touch for Black community By: Julia-Simone Rutgers Black Winnipeggers who are looking for community support will once again have a place to share and learn with one…
Obituary: John Lewis: Civil rights icon
18 July 2020 John Lewis: Civil rights icon and congressman dies aged 80 Rep John Lewis, a leader in the civil rights movement and later US congressman, has died at…
African Freedom School launched
‘We want to guide our young people’: African Nova Scotian Freedom School to launch in August Noushin Ziafati Jul 07 The first of its kind in the province, a group of…
Racist poster at National Defence
DND launches investigation over racist workplace poster Supervisor who put up flyer with racial slur in 2016 suspended last week, CBC News has learned Amanda Pfeffer · CBC News · Jul 06, 2020…
I am Inuk and Black
Comprehending my identity as an Inuk Jamaican woman ‘It’s time I understand what it means to be Black and understand my father’s family’ by Miali-Elise Coley-Sudlovenick Contributed by Miali-Elise Coley-Sudlovenick…
Racism in Waterloo
Waterloo Region’s history of anti-Black racism has come to light By Victoria Rodney Wed., July 8, 2020 In many ways, Waterloo Region is ahead of the curve with respect to its…
School Board disciplines trustee Blackburn
Trustee Donna Blackburn banned from committee meetings, asked to resign Ryan Patrick Jones · CBC News · Jun 30, 2020 The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) formally disciplined Barrhaven/Knoxdale-Merivale trustee Donna Blackburn Monday for…