Andria Babbington, president of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, is calling on Torontonians to stand firm and united in response to the United States government’s newly imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. “People are scared right now, and...
TORONTO: Dr John Carlos — the American Olympian who, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City joined his teammate, Tommie Smith, in raising their black-gloved fists at the medal podium for the men’s 200-metre dash to signal their defiance of the...
TORONTO: The Canadian government has commemorated the national historic significance of the West Indian Domestic Scheme, 1955-1967, at a special plaque unveiling ceremony at Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto. The event brought out many,...
Clovalyn Wilson is usually giving awards, so it was a different experience for her to be on the receiving end of a community award at the Peel United Cultural Partners’ 24th Black History Month concert in Brampton, Ontario, in Canada at the weekend...
Wes Hall, chairman and CEO of Kingsdale Advisors, a shareholder advisory firm, has been included in the newly launched 19-member Prime Minister’s Council on Canada-United States (US) Relations announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the...
TORONTO: The Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) awarded three individuals for remarkable contributions to community building at this year’s Black History Month celebrations held under the theme ‘Legacy and Resilience: Celebrating the Black...
Two Jamaicans – the late community advocate Louis March and Angela Robertson, executive director of the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre – are among six individuals honoured by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) with illustrated...
The reckoning with racism in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the United States in May 2020, was also felt in Toronto, Canada. It resulted, a month later, in the establishment of ‘No Silence on Race’, a non-profit organisation...
TORONTO: The chairperson of the board of Canada’s largest public transportation system says its 2025 operating and capital budget is a massive step in the right direction for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Jamaal Myers, who was elected the...
Jamaican-Canadian author, educator and folklorist, Tania Hernandez, also known as ‘Miss Tania Lou’, has launched a new book about Jamaica’s cultural icon, Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately known as ‘Miss Lou’. On a cold winter weekend...
A Jamaican-Canadian author, historian, poet and educator, who is recognised for her study of black Canadian life and her role as a mentor and academic, has been appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia – the highest honour in the province. This week,...
TORONTO: For the past 16 years, the Rhema Foodbank of Rhema Christian Ministries has been supporting families’ grocery needs on a weekly basis. During the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons it offers pre-packaged grocery bags to families...
TORONTO: A Jamaican-Canadian philanthropist has been supporting educational, economic, and development projects in a community in Malawi for the past seven years. In 2016, Kamala-Jean Gopie was visiting Cape Town, South Africa when she met Happy,...
Black Artists’ Networks in Dialogue (BAND) – a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting, documenting, and showcasing the artistic and cultural contributions of black artists and cultural workers in Canada and internationally – has published...
The endowed Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University in Toronto, recently held an appreciation gathering to thank those who have supported its mission and to showcase its work from 2021 to 2023. Dr Carl James,...
TORONTO: Five individuals of Jamaican heritage were among 14 honoured at the 16th annual Viola Desmond awards and bursary ceremony organised by Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada. Camara Chambers, Ashley Jane Lewis, Faith-Ann Clarke, Chelsi...
TORONTO: The 25 individuals who were appointed to the Order of Ontario for 2023 and three from previous years were invested with their insignia at an investiture ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on Monday. Among them were six...
A Jamaican-Canadian who is the second highest-ranking black woman in the Toronto Police Service (TPS) is appealing a tribunal decision to demote her. In September 2023, Stacy Clarke pleaded guilty to seven charges – three counts of breach of...
TORONTO: Her three-year term officially began on October 10, but five days later Jamaican Canadian Donette Chin-Loy Chang, an international communications leader, public affairs strategist and philanthropist, was installed as the sixth chancellor...
TORONTO: Online applications are now open to prospective students for the first cohort of the MD programme at Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU’s) new School of Medicine, which will be situated in Brampton, Ontario, a diverse and rapidly...
TORONTO: When the curtain closed on the inaugural Reggae North Music Awards (RNMA), many reggae artistes and lovers of the music left the Rose Theatre in Brampton, Ontario, thinking that they were a part of the beginning of something special. Mark...
Jamaica’s minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, last week provided Jamaican Canadians in the greater Toronto and Hamilton area with an update of national developments. Speaking at a diaspora town hall on...
TORONTO: A medical doctor, who is the new chairperson of the women’s committee of the Jamaican Canadian Association, has urged seniors to share their stories with generations to ensure that their wisdom, lessons of their lives, and “strength of...
An international centre for contemporary arts, culture and ideas in Toronto recently celebrated the 105th birthday of Louise Bennett-Coverley, Jamaica’s culture icon. Titled “Celebrating Miss Lou: A Life of Poetry, Music, and Love,” the event...
TORONTO: When 70 Black and Caribbean students start their post-secondary education this year, they will receive help with their tuition costs through scholarships totalling over CAD$80,000. Two organisations, the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA...
