“I can’t speak for here but I know for a fact that in the United States, there’s a high correlation between low income, poor literacy, drop-out rate and jail,”...

Fabienne Colas has long established herself as a powerhouse in the arts and entertainment industry. It’s an easy designation for the woman who created and manages seven festivals in...

Nompumelelo Moyo (LJI) Simeon Pompey is a well-respected educator and community worker whose commitment to those in his charge and to those around him has earned him recognition and...

By: Dr. Jenilee-Sarah Napoleon, psychologist, Montreal Children’s Hospital Mental health stigma is a significant barrier for many. However, research has found that individuals from oppressed and marginalized communities are...

Eleven year old, Chloe Fontin is looking straight in the face of promising career on the runways. After spotted on her first modeling gig at the Montreal Kids Fashion...

Michael Farkas president of the Black History Month Roundtable, which organizes and coordinates activities to mark the celebrations points to the laureates of this year’s BHM calendar as a...

The No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canada’s first all-Black military unit is being commemorated for Black History Month by Royal Canadian Mint with a special Fine Silver Coin. In a...

There’s a little house on North Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia standing today as a rental property but for Black Haligonians is a repository of history that must be...

Submitted by Nicole Robertson-Allen You hear the music as you walk up the steps to the front entrance of the building, the musicians’ skillful fingers dancing across the instruments,...

Malian- born French superstar Aya Nakamura released her album DNK on January 27 and in a record three days, it had topped charts around the world. This is her...