Starting a business can be hard. Startup capital, asset management, and just attracting customers; are all obstacles new small businesses must learn to overcome on…
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Why Quebec—and Canada—Needs More Black Voices in Media
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…
View More Why Quebec—and Canada—Needs More Black Voices in MediaCourageous and Masterful Explorations of Otherness – An interview with H. Nigel Thomas
The celebrated author, academic, and essayist, H. Nigel Thomas, says:“I write because reality mystifies me, and my temperament pushes me to explore it via my imagination.…
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PULSE: The Caribbean – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
While Caribbean, black and ethnic media as a whole may never be mainstream, they offer a fundamental contribution to racial discussions in Canada by bringing…
View More PULSE: The Caribbean – What You Didn’t Read in the MainstreamCricket in Canada: Over 200 Years Old
Cricket is often viewed as an exotic or foreign sport in Canada, but the truth of the matter is that the game has been played…
View More Cricket in Canada: Over 200 Years OldOur Homegrown Pigmentocracy
A couple of years ago, I was interviewed by student Nayani Thiyagarajah at Ryerson University for a video documentary entitled Shadeism. I spoke about shadeism…
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A.P is an engineer who worked in India for many years. He migrated with his wife to Canada twenty years ago. Both are highly educated,…
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