PAT WATSON   A drive through a Parkdale neighbourhood with a friend one evening in January 2009 turned into a wrenching police encounter for Dr. Clem Marshall. The experience is one that is all too fami
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When the Association of Black Law Enforcers (ABLE) emerged just over two decades ago, it was frowned upon by White and even some Black uniformed and civilian members as another minority activist group advocating on behalf of disgr
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York University has cancelled its Emerging Global Leaders Program (EGLP) for high school students.   Barbadian students started participating in the three-day May retreat in 2004, while Jamaicans joined the program seve
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Listening to Dominican student, Aaronia Stedman, tearfully relate the impact the University of the West Indies (UWI) Toronto scholarship has made in her life was a powerful reminder of the need for organizations to raise funds to
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While on his first visit to Jamaica last November to speak at the inaugural Disability Friendly Awards gala organized by the Jamaica Council of Persons with Disabilities, Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor, David Onley, met several i
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During Mary Anne Chambers’ three-year term (2000-2003) as a Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) member and vice-chair, the chief of staff and surgery was Dr. Naresh Mohan. Dr. Rosemary Moodie headed the paediatrics department and
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Former Governor General Michaëlle Jean will deliver the keynote address at the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) inaugural international conference at Brock University later this month.   The theme of the three
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CARLISLE BAY: Radisson, one of the world’s best-recognized hotel brands, has announced the opening of the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados, set in picturesque Carlisle Bay.   The beachfront resort, w
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As a teenager nearly four decades ago, Malvern Collegiate Institute student council president, Fred Upshaw, started a revolt when his high school imposed mandatory uniforms.   Feeling that the council should have been c
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Established a decade ago at the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, the Stephen Lewis Foundation has made a profound impact in several African countries, including Kenya, where there has been a decline in HIV prevalence in
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