yvonne-sam

On March 8, the world celebrated the female gender in observance of International Women’s Day. It was an opportunity to spread awareness about women’s empowerment and gender parity. The...

I hope daily that Black community leaders, so called, would eventually come to the realization, (one which I hold dearly) that no one is going to do for us...

Canada celebrates Black History Month in her own way, while Americans cry: “ Foul Play”. For the first time, in the second year of the pandemic, Black History Month...

February, the month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of Blacks is upon us and this year more than ever, we should think about the purpose Black History Month serves....

Young males are losing touch with an integral element of true masculinity. It is now the general consensus that 2021 sucked, and I am not going to be a...

In this Xmas pandemic we should examine our roles as Innkeepers. The Christmas Story and its accounts of travelling Mary and Joseph, the angelic visits to shepherds tending flocks...

Recent events have left me sort of reeling. Story after story, socially and politically, local and national, has challenged almost all of what I have left in me. I...

On November 1, when I heard the news on the radio that a male had been pepper sprayed at close range by the Montreal police ( SPVM), that he...

On May 8, 1945, World War II in Europe came to an end. More civilians had died in this war than any other war in history.  As the news...

In Canada October 3-9, is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and October 10, 2021 is World Mental Health Day, and although much has been done there is still much more...