Windsor librarian and author hits it out the park

Windsor librarian and author hits it out the park

By Stephen Weir Last week it was all home runs for Biblioasis, a Windsor publishing house and bookstore when it launched a new book about the Chatham Coloured All-Stars baseball team. Almost 100 years after becoming the first-All-Black team to win a provincial championship, the All-Stars’ story is now being told by an award-winning author […]

Twelve-year-old girl becomes youngest university graduate in Canadian history

Twelve-year-old girl becomes youngest university graduate in Canadian history

Twelve-year-old girl becomes youngest university graduate in Canadian history At the age of 12, Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis of the Ottawa Valley made history by becoming the youngest university graduate in Canadian history. On Saturday, she proudly donned her black graduation gown and walked onto the stage to receive an Honours Bachelor’s degree in biomedical science […]

‘Walk With Excellence’ was a testament to the power of community collaboration

By Stephen Weir It is a given, it never ever rains on the annual Walk of Excellence. True to form, this past Tuesday morning was bright and sunny, and the air was filled with excitement as the annual parade commenced in North Toronto. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the event, organized by the […]

Sickle Cell Scholarship Award celebrates 10th Anniversary

Sickle Cell  Scholarship Award celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Dotty Nicholas Sickle Cell Scholarship Award is celebrating its 10th anniversary, honoring the memory of Walter Clement Noel, a young Black West Indian dental student who played a significant role in the understanding of Sickle Cell Disease. In 1910, Dr. James B. Herrick described the peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood cells found by […]

Dudley Laws honoured at awards presentation

Caribbean Camera’s publisher Anthony Joseph among the awardees By Lincoln DePradine It’s been 35 years since the nationally known activist group, Black Action Defense Committee (BADC), was formally established, and members have recommitted themselves to continuing the work of the organization and are being encouraged and supported in their effort. “BADC has done a lot […]

Tribal Carnival kiddies play mas

Tribal Carnival kiddies play mas

By Rebecca Kerr Pictures by Rebecca Kerr It was a busy weekend for mas in the city as Tribal Carnival kiddies launched their presentation “Once Upon Time”. Eight-time section leader, 8-year-old A’dria LaPierre presented her section Play Mas with A’dria’s for 2023, “Lil Red”. This year’s presentation, a take on the fairytale Little Red Riding […]

Four female principals to lead this year’s Walk With Excellence

Four female principals to lead this year’s Walk With Excellence

Four female principals to lead this year’s Walk With Excellence 2023 10th Annual Walk With High School Graduates The Walk With Excellence (WWE) is an annual event organized by the Blackhurst Cultural Centre, formerly A Different Booklist Cultural Centre; the local Jane Finch/BlackCreek High Schools; York-TD Community Engagement Centre (CEC); and the Toronto District School […]

Carnival Nationz’s Juniors held its band launching on Saturday

Carnival Nationz’s Juniors held its band launching on Saturday

By Stephen Weir Photos by Gilbert Medina Carnival Nationz, one of the Toronto Caribbean’s top Mas Band dedicated to creating an unparalleled carnival experience, held a well-attended junior carnival band launch on Saturday, June 3. The costume show and party titled “Lil Nationz: Around the World 1n 100 days Let’s Go”, took place from 3 […]

Our children are in good hands

Our children are in good hands

By Yolanda T. Marshall Latoya A. Belfon is a talented self-published author/illustrator of over fifteen books, a McGill University graduate, an educator, a goals coach and a motivational speaker. She empowers other women to meet their goals and is a co-founder of Empowered Women in Lit, an online platform to promote diverse authors and anti-bias […]

Refusal of family humanitarian application overturned

Refusal of family humanitarian application overturned

  By Sukhram Ramkissoon Recently a Bangladeshi family was successful in having the Federal Court of Canada overturn their negative humanitarian and compassionate decision rendered by a senior immigration officer and ordered that the matter be re-determined by another officer.The facts of the case concern — a mother, her daughter and son, all Bangladeshi citizens. I will […]