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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...

Joel DeBellefeuille Starting your day with some simple errands, you notice a police car a few cars back. Immediately, you begin going through the “familiar mental checklist”: Do I...

West-Can Folk Performing Company is excited to announce our participation as invited international guests in the annual Cultural Explosion event hosted by Belmont Freetown Cultural Arts & Folk Performing...

Submitted by: Allison Saunders On July 13, 1954, twelve children from the Negro Community Center tragically drowned in a boating accident near Île Bizard. This year marks the 70th...

This year we gather for the 32nd annual Echoes of a Proud Nation Pow-Wow! It is with great joy and pride that we come together to celebrate and honor...

Brian Smith Originally Greenland District, Manchester, Jamaica, Ivyline Fleming first touched the shores of Montreal in 1959 as part of a federal government plan in which eligible black women...

Marjorie Villefranche CEO of Maison d’Haïti   For 2 years now, Haiti has been facing a multi-dimensional political, economic, health and security crisis. This crisis particularly affects vulnerable populations,...

Anne Janice Farray As a tribute to and in celebration of her nation’s 50th Anniversary of Independence, Theresa “Cloe” Henwood is holding her annual Tea Poetry & Wee event...

By Desirée Zagbai It is a gloomy Tuesday evening, and the sound of laughter is echoing throughout the basketball court. The players at St. Raymond Community Centre are excitedly...

On May 5th Union United Church will welcome their long awaited Minister, Rev. Rolanda Taylor. She will be working on a part-time basis. On her first Sunday, she will...