This Black History Month consider watching Kuljeet Kaila’s recommendation of 5 iconic stories that showcase the issues and the people that are part of the fight for equality.
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How the Underground Railroad Succeeded Thanks to Lack of Immigration Law
The Underground Railroad is often in the spotlight during Black History Month, but there is one little-discussed aspect that allowed the railroad to function and enabled Thornton Blackburn, his wife Lucie, and many other Black slaves to seek refuge in Canada: the fact that the country did not have a formal immigration law until 1869.
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Recognizing the Importance of Multicultural Media
The Canadian Ethnic Media Association recognizes and awards the important role multicultural media has in broadening our perspective.
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Kathleen Wynne takes Heat at Black Community Leaders Debate
Throughout, the premier stuck to her talking points that the Liberal government has taken these issues “head on” and that “more needs to be done”
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Accents Celebrated at Shakespeare Reading
Four hundred years ago, on April, 23, 1616, William Shakespeare passed away. His plays are so special that today we can critically reflect on any topic when reading, staging, or watching them: social inequality, politics,…
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Freedom School: Educating Youth on Black Liberation
A campaign to collect books and other resources to enhance educational opportunities for black children in Toronto is gaining support, while the Black Lives Matter Toronto continues to challenge anti-Black racism in the city. A book drive took…
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Blacks make up Montreal’s largest visible minority. According to the 2011 census, 147,100 live in the city. Why, then, are there so few in our media? As far back as the 1930s, black journalists in…
View More Why Quebec—and Canada—Needs More Black Voices in MediaMLK Would Be Proud of Canada: Grégoire-Trudeau
To some people, Canada seems like the land of American civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams. But a group of race relations activists in Ottawa contend that this belies the truth, and that…
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Carding Ban Clouded By Doubt
It could be resistance or defiance of civilian oversight bodies, or just plain stubbornness. Either way, police organizations have been slow to change their culture around the strongly-opposed practice of carding. However, in Ontario, the…
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Challenging Stereotypical Portrayals of Black Men
“Soulful.” “It’s just the truth, it’s one of my favourite plays.” “I look forward to seeing more from the writer and what he does in the future.” Those were just a few of the sentiments…
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