Anticipation builds for an upcoming Black History Month event at Centennial College’s Story Arts Centre on Friday Feb. 23rd. Students and faculty eagerly await what promises to be a captivating journey into black culture, history,…
Quentin VerCetty drew inspiration from Star Wars to create his depiction of Alexander, the first Black Canadian member of Parliament.
Does the annual observance of Black History Month have any impact on the mental health of the Black community?
Black Diamond Ball, annual fundraiser, celebrates Black History Month by supporting Black youth and Black-owned businesses.
The Harbourfront Centre is hosting Kuumba, a month-long celebration of Black History Month.
Rich Pearson learns more and more about the music he performs, especially this time of year.
When he recently sang Paul McCartney’s lyrics, “Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see; all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free,” he realized the song wasn’t about birds at all.
“(McCartney) was thinking about the civil rights movement at that time he wrote it; he wrote it at the 68,” Pearson said.
At first, the racial slur his former boss made about him didn’t bother him. It had been 17 years since Hamlin Grange had worked with him at the Toronto Star. That’s when another working colleague, John Miller, told him about the derogatory remark.
“My wife knew something (had) changed inside me,” Grange said. “She said I looked vulnerable, as if I’d lost something. … She was right.”
This was a defining moment in Grange’s career. He went on to report and anchor on Global TV and CBC TV, and eventually to co-create DiversiPro Inc., a company dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion.
When people of African descent are routinely included or affirmed through school curriculum, books and the media, there may no longer be a need for Black History Month, some black leaders say.
On Tuesday CTV’s Marci Ien hosted a night dedicated to some of the country’s most empowering black women.
Felicien, born and raised in Pickering, is a two-time former Olympic hurdler and was the first female Canadian athlete to win gold at the World Championship in Athletics in Paris in 2003.