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Recently, more than 1,000 scientists, engineers, many of them leaders in the Big Tech industry including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Evan Sharp, Chris Larsen, and Gary Marcus, signed an...

The presage Black police officers have to negotiate and reconcile on two historically distinct strivings… to be “blue” and to be “black” — in one “dark body. Before arriving...

First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak...

From time immemorial the construct of race has always been used to gain and retain power, and to create dynamics that separate and silence. The Oxford English Dictionary’s first...

On March 8, International Women’s Day will be celebrated as a global day honoring the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and also marks a call to...

Despite current data showing that physician diversity does improve patient care, and reduce health care disparities, the current demographics of the profession fail to reflect the population of Canada...

Here we go again! The world watched in shock, awe, disgust and consequent mistrust at the beating in Memphis of an unarmed male, Tyre Nichols at the hands of...

“Racism is not a system that can be reformed. It must be dismantled” Canada has historically constructed its identity in opposition to the United States, taking pride in being...

In my undying quest to care let me share a growing fear. In like manner as there is a special bond between fathers and daughters, the converse holds true...

Donald Willard Moore (1891-1994), was a community leader and civil rights activist who fought to change Canada’s exclusionary immigration laws. Donald Moore was born at Lodge Hill, St. Michael’s...