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Canada, COVID, and Police Brutality: The Experience of the Black Community

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Protests are sweeping across the United Sates due to the public murder of African American George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Cities have risen up in response. The federal government and US states and municipalities have responded with tremendous use of force to shut down demonstrations and silence protestors thereby, denying them their First Amendment rights. In my country, one response to the “Floyd Rebellion” is to ask “Could it happen here in Canada?” This question not only underlines Canada’s feigned innocence and ignorance but also its hypocrisy. Police brutality against Blacks happens here—over and over again.

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Source: Moore Institute

Adrian Harewood on three decades of fighting systemic racism in media

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Adrian Harewood is the co-anchor of CBC Ottawa’s 6:00 news and host of the network’s Our Ottawa newsmagazine. He is also one of the few on-air journalists to have been consistently outspoken about the public broadcaster’s deep-rooted deficiencies with regard to race and representation, well prior to this month.

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Source: Canadaland

Dancing around the white saviour complex

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An interview with South African-born professional ballet dancer Siphesihle November. The young Second Soloist from the National Ballet of Canada discusses his amazing journey from the Zolani township to inspiring a new generation on a global stage.

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OCAD U hires five new permanent faculty in recognition of the international decade for people of African descent

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OCAD University’s Faculty of Design is pleased to announce the hiring of five new tenure-track faculty members who self-identify as Black peoples of African Descent (including Africans and African heritage people from the Caribbean, North America and Latin America), as a special program under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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Source: OCAD University

Johny Pitts wins Jhalak prize for 'beautiful' history of black Europe

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Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak prize for his debut book Afropean, an examination of life in black communities across Europe.

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Source: The Guardian

In Conversation: Desmond Cole and Téa Mutonji

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The two writers on media representation, anti-Black violence, and true liberation. I sat down with Desmond Cole at the Penguin Random House office in Toronto, where we talked about anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and what it means to be free.

Source: The Walrus

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Canadian student named first black valedictorian in Princeton University's history

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Princeton University has named its first black valedictorian in the school's 274-year history.

Nicholas Johnson, a Canadian student majoring in operations research and financial engineering, has been named valedictorian of Princeton's Class of 2020, the university announced in a news release.

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Source: CTV News

Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango dies after contracting coronavirus

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Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango died on Tuesday after contracting the new coronavirus, his representatives have confirmed.

The 86-year-old Cameroonian, best known for the 1972 hit "Soul Makossa", is one of the first worldwide stars to die as a result of COVID-19.

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Source: Yahoo News

Peel board review team finds ‘racism and discrimination’ and slams administrators for inaction

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The reviewers detail how racism disproportionately impacts Black students, from lower enrollment in academic classes to higher suspension rates — and often for dubious reasons such as “wearing a hoodie,” do-rags or even hoop earrings, says the reviewers’ report, obtained by the Star.

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Source: TheStar.com

Black stories. Black voices. Black spaces. This is media by and for Black Canadians

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Black-owned media helped shape the identity of CBC on-air personality Nana aba Duncan as a Black woman; it planted the early seeds for her foray into journalism.

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Source: TheStar.com