Efforts to Acquire Name Places for Dan Philip, Noel Alexander & Oscar Peterson

Efforts to Acquire Name Places for Dan Philip, Noel Alexander & Oscar Peterson

On November 17th, 2025, representatives of more than a dozen community and diaspora organizations converged on the headquarters of...

Kristara: queen of the squared Circle

Kristara: queen of the squared Circle

Meet Kristara known in the wrestling world as “The Sweetest Pea” a Montreal-born professional wrestler who’s steadily etching her...

Finding Healing in Nature, Building  ºCommunity Through Routes to Rootz

Finding Healing in Nature, Building ºCommunity Through Routes to Rootz

For Jamillah Jean, the journey that led to founding Routes to Rootz was deeply personal. What began as a...

Heading home after Hurricane Melissa

Heading home after Hurricane Melissa

CTV News Montreal 5 p.m. Anchor Maya Johnson travelled to Jamaica to see the devastation and document the relief...

A well deserved break for Dr. Alwin Spence

A well deserved break for Dr. Alwin Spence

After decades of sharing his thoughts, opinions and lessons learned with the community, Dr. Alwin Spence is taking a...

“Freedom Is a Constant Struggle” Fred Anderson Writes the Story He Couldn’t Leave Untold

“Freedom Is a Constant Struggle” Fred Anderson Writes the Story He Couldn’t Leave Untold

In a conversation with the CONTACT, that moved from Montreal’s Black media legacy to the backroads of Mississippi, author...

Laura Ramjit needs our support

Laura Ramjit needs our support

For more than 15 years, Laura Ramjit, of Trinbagonian heritage, has been a familiar and vibrant presence in the...

Harlem of the North: Exploring the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz

Harlem of the North: Exploring the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz

  The play ‘Harlem of the North’ is an original Black theatre production. It tells the story of a...

How Latoya Belfon Built LabWorks into a Home for Writers

How Latoya Belfon Built LabWorks into a Home for Writers

When Latoya Belfon sat down to write her first book in 2020, her only goal was to learn how...

Black Theatre Workshop Brings Our Place to the Stage

Black Theatre Workshop Brings Our Place to the Stage

This November, Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) returns to the Segal Centre for Performing Arts Studio with Our Place, a...