In recognition of her sterling leadership in education, social services and health care in the public and private sector, York University will confer an honorary doctorate on former provincial cabinet minister, Mary Anne Chambers,
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Hundreds of graduates of the four-decade-old African Canadian Heritage Association’s (ACHA) curriculum-based community program have carved out successful professional careers. Rakiya Henry is well on her way to joining the disti
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The City of Mississauga has a population of nearly 713,500. Among them is Jamaican-born community worker, Elvenia Gray-Sandiford, who was named 2013 Mississauga Citizen of the Year last week.   For the past 23 years, th
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Unless community organizations are willing to change the way they do business, they will lose their relevance and the ability to attract young members, says former Barbados consul general Kay McConney.   McConney was th
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Long-serving St. Kitts & Nevis Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor has broken his silence for resigning from his ministerial post last January.   A parliamentarian for the past 24 years, Condor stepped down two days af
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Canada has stepped up to the plate to enhance Caribbean students’ access to post-secondary education.   While on a seven-day, seven-country Eastern Caribbean tour last week, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs with
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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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