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Why Quebec—and Canada—Needs More Black Voices in Media

NCM Anonymous February 7, 2016 No Comments African Canadians Black black community Caribbean diversity John Delva Journalism journalism schools media Multiculturalism visible minorities

by John Delva in Montreal Blacks make up Montreal’s largest visible minority. According to the 2011 census, 147,100 live in the city. Why, then, are there…

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Commentary

End Carding: Time for Police Chief to Get on Board

NCM Anonymous June 9, 2015 No Comments Bill Blair Black Black Men Black Youth Blacks carding Charter of Rights and Freedoms John Tory Mark Saunders Patrick Hunter race Racial profiling racialized communities racism rights Toronto Toronto Police Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Patrick Hunter (@pghntr) in Toronto A huge wave, represented by about 50 high-profile Canadians, rocked Mayor John Tory’s proverbial boat this week. The “wave”…

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Commentary

Ending Police Carding Is Just Step One

NCM Anonymous June 8, 2015 No Comments Black Black Men Black Youth Blacks carding criminalize criminialization desmond cole John Tory Priya Ramanujam racial Racial profiling racialized racism Say Word Toronto Toronto Police Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Priya Ramanujam (@SincerelyPriya) in Scarborough “I’m afraid for my son to grow up.” The words come via a 23-year-old woman, who sits with her…

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A Black Chief of Police for Toronto

NCM Anonymous April 26, 2015 No Comments AfricanCanadians Bill Blair Black black community carding Jamaican Mark Saunders Patrick Hunter Racial profiling racism Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Patrick Hunter (@pghntr) in Toronto The largest municipal police service in Canada has a new chief. A first for the City of Toronto, Mark Saunders…

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Economy

Crafting Your Professional Identity When You Are “The Other”

NCM Anonymous March 25, 2015 No Comments Black Muslim Ottawa professional workplaces Young Professionals

Faiza Hassan, a trainee lawyer in Ottawa, reflects on the importance of professionalism for young professionals from Black and Muslim backgrounds navigating workspaces where there…

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Commentary

Ontario’s Teaching Diversity Gap

George Abraham November 1, 2014 No Comments Black diversity EDUCATION Equity racialized Somali TDSB Toronto

By Tana Turner (@DiversityMusing) in Toronto This year is the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, that desegregated…

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Politics Top Stories

Toronto’s Black Community Demands Change from New Mayor

George Abraham August 31, 2014 No Comments Africentric Black Chow Ford John Tory Mayor police carding social housing TDSB Toronto

by Priya Ramanujam (@sincerelypriya) in Toronto It is vain to talk about a community without understanding the issues of the community. Benn Adeoba, a candidate…

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LOOKING IN: Proposing their way out of Ghana

George Abraham July 16, 2013 No Comments Africa Black Canada Diaspora Ghana UBC Visa white

by Jessica M. Campbell “Sssstttt.” I looked back. Unlike in Canada, a forceful push of breath through open lips and locked teeth is socially acceptable…

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