16 Nov 2024

Category: New This Month

New This Month

Canada’s first Black mayor 

How Saint-Firmin Monestime made history as Canada’s first Black mayor   Published on Feb 13, 2019 by Claude Sharma   In 1964, Saint-Firmin Monestime made history when he became the first Black…

Trudeau apologizes for ‘racial profiling’ 

Trudeau draws protesters in Halifax as he apologizes for racial profiling incident on Parliament Hill By Alexander QuonOnline Producer/Reporter  Global News           Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, second…

Canada’s revamped Food Guide 

Canada’s revamped Food Guide has finally caught up with scientific evidence   LESLIE BECK, RD THE GLOBE AND MAIL   Three years ago, when the federal government asked Canadians about…

Shiloh Centre receives Governor General’s award 

Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots Oral History Project Recipient of the 2018 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming November 8, 2018 The Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots…

Black public servants shatter their own ceiling 

  Federal Black Employee Caucus hosts inaugural symposium in Ottawa Idil Mussa · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2019    Greg Fergus, MP for Hull-Aylmer, says the public service should reflect the diversity…

Affording the retirement you want 

Affording the retirement you want   (NC) Whether retiring is part of your five-year plan or something of a longer-term dream, it’s never too early or late to start thinking…

Gates: Poorest women our priority 

    Why the world’s poorest women must be our priority Published on December 11, 2018 Melinda Gates Melinda Gates Influencer Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation and wife…

CPHA: Racism is a public health issue 

    Racism is a public health issue in Canada—it’s time to speak out   DECEMBER 17, 2018   Ottawa, Ontario The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), in collaboration with…