Posts tagged 2022

On the evening of Saturday, April 30, the Blue and Gold bordering Neptune’s broken Trident flew in its glory at Centre Communautaire Sarto Desnoyers in Dorval as hundreds of Bajan joined by friends and supporters from across the city rallying around the flag in a celebration of the new Republic of Barbados at a Gala Cocktail Soiree themed Bim Spring. The event, one of the first in the community following the COVID-19 lockdown, bubbled as the roomful of Montrealers enjoyed wall-to wall music with calypsonian Rupee’s “I’m A Bajan” substituting as the theme song of the evening, with ample servings …

What comes to mind when you think about your attitude? Did you have a bad attitude in 2021? Be honest! If so, how did that work for you? The thing about it is, 2022 could end up feeling a lot like 2021 and we can’t control that but what we can control is our ATTITUDE. Have you ever been around people with a bad attitude? How did that make you feel? Have you been around people with a positive attitude? Do you remember how it felt being around that person? What do you want people to feel like when they …

Most people were hoping Christmas 2021 would be a return to a semblance of normality: traditional Christmas and a return to what we’ve come to know and celebrate as the annual “festive season.” In effect a reprieve, or reward for the one COVID-19 denied us in 2020. But it wasn’t to be; the pandemic simply changed its name and hung around. Christmas 2021 simply came and, well, we’re living its aftermath. Given the over twelve months of pandemic inculcating we were forced to endure in the first round of COVID-19 — Christmas cancellation, imposed political directives, including respecting health/scientific protocols …

Rosie Awori (LJI) The Quebec Board of Black Educators (QBBE) is inviting all Montrealers to place a special mark on Saturday, February 19, 2022 as the date will gather for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of an organization that have impacted the lives of so many in this city, across Canada and around the world. For five decades the QBBE has been providing supplementary courses at its summer schools or throughout the year by tutorials to assist students to navigate the Quebec education system, which at times can be treacherous to Black students. Over the years the DaCosta Hall and BANA …