Game changer! That’s a word Michael Coteau, Ontario’s Minister of Children and Youth Services, has been using regularly these days. Coteau optimistically views the new approach to dealing with systemic racism in Ontario as a “game changer.” And in a recent interview with the Caribbean Camera, he spoke about “the new approach” with the introduction […]
Black people in Canada are at greater risk than others of developing chronic medical conditions that can be traced to lifestyles, lack of proper nutrition, employment and physical activities. So says Liben Gebremikael, the Ethiopia-born Executive Director of TAIBU Community Health Centre in the Malvern neighbourhood in Toronto. (TAIBU is a greeting in Swahili which […]
Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly told a gathering at the TAIBU community health centre in Toronto on Thursday that Canada’s strength is founded on ” our respect for rights and freedoms, on our welcoming open society and our diverse multicultural character.” And she said there is no better time to reflect and build on this […]
Greg Fergus, the Liberal MP for Hull-Aylmer, Quebec, tells a story of what it was like as a black person growing up in white Montreal. Speaking at the Malvern Presbyterian church in Toronto on Saturday at a celebration to mark Black History Month and the 150th anniversary of Confederation, he recalled an incident when he […]
Neethan Shan, well known in political circles in Toronto’s Caribbean community, won Monday’s byelection for city councillor in Scarborough- Rouge River Shan who came to Canada from Sri Lanka as a refugee, is a former teacher and school board trustee. He had the backing of the NDP and will be the first Tamil-Canadian to serve […]
By Judy Pham Three candidates from Toronto’s Caribbean community are among 29 now in the final phase of campaigning for city councillor in the byelection in Scarborough- Rouge River. Advance polls open this weekend. The three from the Caribbean community are Jamaica-born Bev Dixon, a retired social worker, Kevin Clarke, a community activist and interim […]
More than 1,600 concerned citizens in York Region have signed a petition demanding public school board trustee Nancy Elgie resign for calling a black parent ” a nigger.” The parent, Jamaica-born Christine Grant said that during a public meeting last November, Elgie used the racial slur which was reported to be heard by several […]
Anthony Joseph, president and publisher-editor of The Caribbean Camera, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the award for Excellence in Media by the African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACAA) organization of Toronto. The selection committee of the ACAA chose Joseph for the award for the ” achievements and accomplishments he has attained” as president […]
Scarborough’s first black-owned barber shop will close its doors for the last time on Saturday December 31. ” It’s going to be a very sad day for me and for so many of my loyal clients,” sighed Worrell Molligan, in announcing the closing of Conrad’s Barber shop at 3601 Lawrence Avenue East. The Trinidad-born barber […]
This week’s question: Should a judge who enters his courtroom wearing political paraphernalia such as a Donald Trump baseball cap be removed from the bench? Aneesa Oumarally The fundamental values that underscore our judicial system is that judges are independent and impartial. This means that even though every human being possesses a certain […]
