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Maybe you haven’t heard the name Shawn Desman in a while. The 40-year-old R&B crooner behind hits like Electric, Shook and Get Ready — known to some as Canada’s answer to Justin Timberlake in the early and mid-2000s, an energetic performer and dancer with a smooth, sexy sound — hasn’t released …
Read More »Why Hockey N.B. is hiring a Black drag performer to lead workshops on respect
Normand Hector poses for photos with Saint John Sea Dogs players Nico Laforge, left, and Vincent Despont at the Memorial Cup event in June. (Submitted by Normand Hector) When Hockey New Brunswick started tracking all complaints of discrimination last year, organizers expected to get just a few. Instead, 29 allegations …
Read More »The Woman King, Black Ice and Hollywood’s changing depiction of Black history
Viola Davis didn’t approach The Woman King like just another film. The Oscar winner took on the role of Nanisca, a general of the true-to-life all-women Agojie warriors, while also producing the film alongside her husband. But as it followed a little-known story in an African kingdom — fronted by …
Read More »The renaissance of Hogan’s Alley: Deal struck to revive Vancouver’s historic Black neighbourhood
For decades, Hogan’s Alley served as a hub for Vancouver’s Black community before city planning in the 1970s led to the displacement of a once-vibrant neighbourhood. Now, a recent agreement with the City of Vancouver will provide a community land trust to the Hogan’s Alley Society for the land bordered by Main …
Read More »Free legal aid now available to all Black students in Ontario schools
Haweya Farah’s family is in a dispute with her 10-year-old brother’s Ottawa-area school and its school board, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO). The fifth grader has been in a specialized-language program without the consent of his parents, Farah said. Often families like Farah’s don’t know where …
Read More »Deborah Cox, Kardinal Offishall, Jully Black to perform at Black Academy Legacy Awards
Deborah Cox, Kardinal Offishall and Jully Black are among the group of musicians set to appear at the inaugural Legacy Awards. Founders of The Black Academy — the Canadian initiative to celebrate Black talent behind the awards, launched in 2020 by brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James — announced the …
Read More »Renters in Black Diamond, Alta. struggling to make ends meet, report says
About two years ago, developer Peter Sutherland put up a small mixed-use building in the core of Black Diamond, Alta. On the ground floor is a bike shop, a real estate office and a market; above are three apartments. To Sutherland’s surprise, the apartments were snapped up before the building in …
Read More »Co-op has ‘shut down’ pleas to remove black mould from his Mississauga home, father of 4 says
A Mississauga man says he worried his family is getting sick because of black mould growing in their co-operative townhouse — and he says the co-op board isn’t moving fast enough to remove it. Steven Tomat, his wife Maria Valeria Hernandez and their four children live in a co-op managed by Springfield Co-operative Homes, located …
Read More »Black Lives Matter YYC celebrates Emancipation Day, but says fight for freedom is not over
Black Lives Matter YYC hosted its second annual Emancipation Day Picnic Saturday at Calgary’s Lougheed House, but one organizer says the fight for freedom is not over yet. Adora Nwofor, president of BLM YYC, says while many Albertans may celebrate Aug. 1 as Heritage Day, Emancipation Day should be more …
Read More »New graduate program in Black health at U of T addresses ‘a life-and-death matter,’ creator says
Advocates say the launch of a new master’s program in Black health at the University of Toronto is an exciting step in the right direction to make health care accessible and equitable to Black communities. The program can help the next generation of health providers improve outcomes in Black communities that are …
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