Dahabo Omer appointed Executive Director
The BlackNorth Initiative Welcomes Dahabo Ahmed Omer as its Inaugural Executive Director 24 August 2020 The BlackNorth Initiative is pleased to announce it has hired accomplished policy advisor and human…
Kusi-Appiah: Societies work because people work
Part 1: “Societies work because people work.” By Professor Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar, 2019/2020 “So let us get to work.” President Chakwera of Malawi, on Malawi’s 56th Independence day, 2020 Introduction:…
Bylaw officer fired for assaulting Black man
Bylaw officer fired for striking man in Michele Park incident A review concluded with “no dispute” that the bylaw officer “struck the member of the public,” a memo to the…
Russell-Rawlins: Director Peel school board
sm! NEWS Jul 16, 2020 by Karen Martin-Robbins Caledon Enterprise Colleen Russell-Rawlins is the Peel District School Board’s new permanent interim director of education. – TDSB photo The supervisor appointed by the…
Cumberland by-election: Yvette Ashiri
Cumberland municipal By-election Monday 5 October 2020 Meet Candidate Yvette Ashiri An Independent, Progressive Voice for Cumberland Ward Last month, Yvette Ashiri officially announced her candidacy to replace Stephen Blais…
Kusi-Appiah: Remote schooling in the COVID-19 era
By Professor Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar, Carleton University, 2019/2020 COVID-19 – a manifestation of the Anthropocene: In this write-up, I turn my attention to how education programming could be delivered in…
Remembering Abdirahman’s 4th anniversary
Four years after Abdi’s death, group makes another call for police reform Aedan Helmer July 24, 2020 Now four years since the violent death of Abdirahman Abdi, a coalition of…
Cal Lawrence: Anger and the Black Lives Movement
by Calvin Lawrence I have empathy for the Black Lives Matter(BLM) movement. The movement comes from frustration, anger, and being abused as Black people. The defining emotion of all Black People…
Jayde Williams-Priddie: École secondaire Mont-Bleu
Jayde Williams-Priddie Born in 2003 in London, England of Vincentian and Barbadian Heritage, Jayde emigrated to Canada at 18 months and is part of the Class of 2020 from École…
Tabitha Sabiiti: Creating a just world
Together We Can Create a Fair and Just World Where All of Us Can Live Happily By TABITHA KENTARO SABIITI I sit and watch my two kids deeply engrossed in…