All posts on September 29th, 2020
Navigating the new normal in the classroom
Sabrina Jafralie: “it’s as if it’s our first year of teaching…” Egbert Gaye Sabrina Jafralie carries her passion for teaching on her sleeves. In the 20 years that she has been a Quebec Ethics and Religious Culture teacher at Westmount High School, hers has been a respected voice on a range of issues faced by English-speaking students and educators in the province. Many of these issues, such as Bill 21, the religious symbol law and the absence of adequate teaching material relating to current social justice debates, continue to be relevant but with the spectre of COVID-19, Jafralie says it’s …
Educators respond to the COVID-19 challenge
Rosie Awori – LJI Reporter Many of Quebec’s almost 250,000 teachers found themselves clamouring after the directive to go back to school for in person learning was issued by the provincial government. Some educators had welcomed the return to school but most underscored that it needed to be done in a safe way. “I love teaching but with how the situation is, it’s not anything that I’ve ever envisioned teaching under these circumstances.” Sabi Hinkson, science teacher and family coordinator at Loyola High school speaks to the CONTACT on her experience on the re-opening of schools. “We were all …
L.Teez’ ‘Index to My Inner Thoughts’: Inspired Musings and Poetry
By Rosie Awori (LJI Reporter) Lee or L.Teez as he is known on stage, reckons that his heritage and background set him up for success in the music industry. Coming from rich musical cultures, a French-Canadian father of Algerian Kabyle descent and a Jamaican-Chinese mother; his music and insightful lyrics reflect his distinct identity and unique worldview. The rap purveyor is making inroads in the music industry in Montreal and across the world. On September 18, he released his 2nd E.P, ‘Index to My Inner Thoughts’ a masterful collage comprised of his musings, thoughts and poetry inspired from his last …
Covid-19: The second wave is here
Contact Staff Quebec again has the dubious distinction of being home to the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country as Canada stumbles into the second wave of the dreaded pandemic. Since September 18, the province has been recording positive cases numbering more than 400 with a high of 586 on September 20, as the virus rampages through communities causing both provincial and federal governments to start contemplating another complete shutdown. On September 23, as Canada topped more than 1,000 for the seventh day in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on national television to advice Canadians against …
Protest continues in Breonna Taylor Case
Protesters are again on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky and across the US seeking justice for Breonna Taylor after a grand jury failed to bring homicide charges against the police officers who burst into her apartment and shot her multiple times on March 13. Breonna Taylor, a The 26-year-old Taylor was at home with her boyfriend Kenneth Walker when three officers, Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove burst into her apartment. The officers knocked before forcing entry, but how the officers announced their identity before forcing entry is in dispute. Thinking they were intruders, Walker drew his guns and …
MICHAEL JACKSON WAS ON TO SOMETHING
Each Black life involuntarily extracted… or sacrificed is an investment in the lengthy process of Black liberationFor weeks, some Black and other people who care about us have been in an an-ticipatory state regarding the Brionna Taylor matter, not the least of which was the $12 million settlement (for her life awarded her family) for her brutal murder by Louisville, Kentucky police, but murder charges against the perpetrators. It was a veritable extended state of anticipatory anxiety as people awaited the outcome the extended verdict into the Bonnie and Clyde-type slaughter of the 26-year-old described in one article as “an …
Former Montrealer Sekou Alleyne takes the helm at T&T’s IPA
Contact Staff Former Montrealer Sekou Alleyne, has climbed closer to the top of the career ladder at Trinidad and Tobago’s flagship investment promotion agency (IPA), InvesTT. He was recently named president of the state-owned organization, which is tasked with the mandate of boosting local and foreign investment into the country’s economy. Alleyne, a strategic business development professional, who earned an MBA at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business, has been with InvesTT from its inception in 2012 and moved easily through the ranks serving as manager of Investor Sourcing and as vice-president of Investments. According to the agency’s …
MCGILL SHINES LIGHT on the med-school application process
Applying to medical school: A webinar for Black students on the pre-med journey Gemma Raeburn-Baynes University students as well as parents, teachers, professors, and members of the community who are interested learning more about the application process to secure a place in one of Canada’s leading medical schools are invited to a free online information session on October 7, The free webinar: Applying to medical school: a webinar for Black students on the pre-med journey is an initiative of McGill University’s Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE) Office, the Admission Office, and the Supporting Young Black Students Initiative (SYBS) and …
Meeting new challenges in on-line music streaming
Soca Sessions ready to help Are you a Dj from Montreal that enjoys playing Soca? Well, Soca Sessions invites you to submit one of your Soca mixes to be aired live on CKUT 90.FM. As we gear up for another lock down in Montreal, radio listening booms while Facebook will be stopping all Dj live streaming on October 1. The radio industry in general has seen its own online streaming figures reach record highs as listening habits changed during lockdown. People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio. That’s why the Soca …