This weekend the Montreal Vegan Festival kicks off, featuring vibrant flavours, meaningful discussions and innovative vegan experiences from across the globe. This year’s festival welcomes Lloyd Rose as the spokesperson—a homegrown...

Desirée Zagbai (Local Journalism Initiative) Almost a decade after his passing, Stanley G. Grizzle’s legacy continues to live on. The Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC) has launched a new podcast project,...

Edwin Ayoung, better known as Crazy, was born in 1944 at Maraval Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad, one of eleven children to a Chinese Trinidadian father and an Afro-Venezuelan mother. Whenever...

Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill Launched in October 2023, the Dr. Esmeralda Thornhill Black Feminist Speaker Series each year brings to the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, to Concordia University, and to Montreal, Black...

The other day, I was thinking, what would my life look like if I did everything I wanted to do? Have you ever taken the time to ask yourself “what if”?...

We are only a few weeks away from the month of December and the heart of the Christmas season, or as Caribbean people may say “Parang Season”. However, Soca lovers have...

Dr. Alwin Spence It is no use pretending and distancing ourselves from the all-important ‘one of a kind’ election in the United States. Yes, as our neighbour to the south, Canada...

I was invited to do a presentation to a group of lovely ladies several weeks ago and one of the questions they had was about detoxification. It was a topic of...

Everyone seems to want to tell parents what they feel is the correct way to raise children, while at the same time telling them every child is different. Far too many...

As we approach Remembrance Day on November 11th, our hearts turn toward the countless men and women who have served, sacrificed, and given their lives in defense of our nation. For...

Eunice Afflick Schobug Eunice Afflick Schobugh, a God-fearing woman, departed on Sept. 25, 2024, leaving behind three children: Millicent Redway Douglas, Beverley Grant, Clive Grant; son in laws Montrose Hinkson and...

Desirée Zagbai – LJI The death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Black man who police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot, sparked protests and riots in Ferguson Missouri. The demonstrations became an...