Empowering Black Excellence: GemStar Circle of Excellence Program for Montreal’s Grade 11 Scholars

Empowering Black Excellence: GemStar Circle of Excellence Program for Montreal’s Grade 11 Scholars

By: Gemma Raeburn-Baynes In a remarkable initiative to uplift the future leaders of our community, Playmas Montreal Cultural Association...

‘Mama Hawk’ properly feted for her 80th.

‘Mama Hawk’ properly feted for her 80th.

On Saturday, April 29, a cross-section of Montrealers joined by friends and family from away, gathered at Maison Le...

My Path: Connecting Academia to Community

My Path: Connecting Academia to Community

Dr. Tanya Matthews My research focuses on issues in the Black community, and my hope is that my findings...

Janice and her life of service to McGill and her community

Janice and her life of service to McGill and her community

Service continues to be central to Janice Farray’s life Of the close to 50 years that she has been...

Fabienne Colas Foundation’s annual Fade to Black/ Fondu au noir festival returns for Black History Month

Fabienne Colas Foundation’s annual Fade to Black/ Fondu au noir festival returns for Black History Month

Fabienne Colas has long established herself as a powerhouse in the arts and entertainment industry. It’s an easy designation...

Laureates and events highlight BHM 2023

Laureates and events highlight BHM 2023

Michael Farkas president of the Black History Month Roundtable, which organizes and coordinates activities to mark the celebrations points...

BHM coin commemorates No. 2 Construction Battalion

BHM coin commemorates No. 2 Construction Battalion

The No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canada’s first all-Black military unit is being commemorated for Black History Month by Royal...

Dr. Clement Ligoure’s House in Halifax

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...

From the sidelines to the Frontlines: Black Nurses

From the sidelines to the Frontlines: Black Nurses

“Racism is not a system that can be reformed. It must be dismantled” Canada has historically constructed its identity...

Caribbean man who changed Canada’s exclusionary immigration laws

Caribbean man who changed Canada’s exclusionary immigration laws

Donald Willard Moore (1891-1994), was a community leader and civil rights activist who fought to change Canada’s exclusionary immigration...