Road March contenders bring excitement to T&T’s Carnival 2023
Entertainment

Road March contenders bring excitement to T&T’s Carnival 2023

After two long years, finally Trinidad & Tobago Carnival aka ” Mother of all Carnival” is here. This year Carnival falls on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 of February....

Medical Schools as Racialized Institutions
Obituaries

Medical Schools as Racialized Institutions

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...

Dr. Clement Ligoure’s House in Halifax
Special Features

Dr. Clement Ligoure’s House in Halifax

There’s a little house on North Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia standing today as a rental property but for Black Haligonians is a repository of history that must be...

Soca overload for T&T Carnival 2023
Entertainment

Soca overload for T&T Carnival 2023

This article is my second wave of Carnival updates as Trinidad and Tobago and the world prepares for “The Mother Of All Carnivals,” which takes place February 20th &...

“… And Then Comes Rock Steady”
Entertainment

“… And Then Comes Rock Steady”

As we enter Black History Month for 2023, we continue to examine the evolution of popular music in Jamaica. In the last edition of The Community Contact, we looked...

Getting Ready For The  “Mother of All Carnivals”
Entertainment

Getting Ready For The “Mother of All Carnivals”

We have been blessed with another year to be the best version of ourselves. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit,...

Much Respect to The Black Man… The Black Stalin
Entertainment

Much Respect to The Black Man… The Black Stalin

Let me first and foremost wish all the Community Contact readers and Soca and Reggae lovers a Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New year. As most of us are fortunate...

Obituaries Jan 6, 2022
Obituaries

Obituaries Jan 6, 2022

Catherine Clemencia JOSEPH 1952 - 2022 Our community lost a loyal and dedicated supporter and worker with the passing of Catherine Joseph in early December 2022, after a courageous...

An Apology and Positioning Concordia University for a future free of institutionalized racism
Community News

An Apology and Positioning Concordia University for a future free of institutionalized racism

“Today, we must recognize how institutional racism manifests itself, not just historically, but in the current reality of our education systems, including higher education.” The words of Graham Carr,...

Culture stalwart Nato is 80
Community News

Culture stalwart Nato is 80

He is Neville Millett Brown but almost everyone calls him Nato, a nickname he acquired in his native Trinidad for no real reason. Here in Montreal where he has...