Desirée Zagbai – LJI The death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Black man who police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot, sparked protests and riots in Ferguson Missouri. The demonstrations...

  Our Contact staff, contributors and alumni are constantly making ripples in society. It gives us great joy to celebrate our very own Yvonne Sam, who was recently honoured...

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...

As the vaccination period (flu) draws near, it should once again be brought to recall that vaccination is unique among de facto mandatory requirements in this modern era, requiring...

Kidole kimmoja hakivunji chawa this Swahili phrase translates into one finger doesn’t kill lice. This simply means that unity births power and force that results in change. In the...

Nompumelelo Moyo Nowadays, racial profiling headlines pop up with alarming frequency of Black people going on with their business: shopping driving, walking, only to have the police officers called...

Over the years and especially since his death, great things has been said, written, and awarded to Montreal’s Black Community leader and Activist, Mr. Dan Philip. All of which...

This past Monday, April 1, the city mourned the passing of civil rights advocate Dan Philip, at the age of 88. Dan Philip, former president of the Black Coalition...

“We must confront the uncomfortable truths of our history in order to create a more just future. It is only by acknowledging the past that we can move forward.”...

James Brown would run into confrontations with the police later on in his life in the late 80’s and thanks to a drug habit that would dominate the latter...