KENYA TO LEAD IN SECURITY MISSION TO HAITI
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KENYA TO LEAD IN SECURITY MISSION TO HAITI

Rosie Awori and Guest Commentary – David Ongoma In 1804, Haiti made history as the first Black nation to gain independence from France through a remarkable uprising by its...

The social cost of racism
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The social cost of racism

In June 2015, in Ottawa, Mr. Deinsberg St-Hilaire fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident in which the victim, Andy Nevin, died. For nine days, Mr. St-Hilaire hid from...

STEM is the FUTURE– So Let’s  Get More Black Kids Involved
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STEM is the FUTURE– So Let’s Get More Black Kids Involved

If we do not move with the times, sadly we will find ourselves left far behind As students return back to school, and become settled in their individual seat...

Harry Belafonte: A Giant of A Man
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Harry Belafonte: A Giant of A Man

If there’s a way to describe Harry Belafonte and his impact on the world as an entertainer and a civil rights activist, it might be: “he was for real.”...

Artificial Intelligence and the future of humanity
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Artificial Intelligence and the future of humanity

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...

Premier Francois Legault has mastered the politics of division
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Premier Francois Legault has mastered the politics of division

Following his Easter Monday tweet claiming Catholicism as part of this province’s heritage, Quebec Premier Francois is doing his very best to be seen as an equal opportunity offender...

Black Police Officers: To be blue and Black
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Black Police Officers: To be blue and Black

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...

SILENT COVENANTS
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SILENT COVENANTS

In his book Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform, Dr. Derrick Bell suggests that policies related to issues of race in...

Haiti needs real help not an invasion
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Haiti needs real help not an invasion

So far, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding his own by not giving in to pressure from Untied States President Joe Biden, to draw Canada into a military intervention...

Black History Month 2023: Je me souviens !
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Black History Month 2023: Je me souviens !

Black History Month (BMH) 2023 has come and gone. Let’s remember, lest we forget! On February 1st, the City of Montreal and the Service de police de la Ville...