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Emerging leaders learn from each other
By RON FANFAIR
They came from business, government, labour and community backgrounds in the Caribbean bringing a variety of experiences and conversations to the leadership agenda.
A total of 120 emerging leaders, the majority from the Caribbean, spent the last two weeks in Canada with local counterparts sharing and learning from each other and developing cross-cultural leadership skills in the Scotiabank-sponsored first Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders' Dialogue (CCELD).
Community ‘family meeting’ urged
By RON FANFAIR
Media practitioner and diversity specialist Hamlin Grange has issued an urgent call to action to radically empower the Black community, charging Tropicana Community Services Organization (TCSO) - which has served a broad cross section of the city for the past three decades - with convening a forum to address the troubling issues facing the community.
TCSO is Canada's largest Black social service delivery agency.
Diversity awards honour Sherona Hall, Bill McMurtry
Growing up in one of the city's designated priority neighbourhoods exposed Emmanuel Muamba to some of the unique challenges that the mainly low-income residents face.
Cuts to social service programs and the denial of job opportunities to area youth based, he claims, on the neighbourhood they live in are some of the challenges that the Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School graduate said he has seen in his 14 years residing in the Trethewey community.
Hotel housekeepers take a stand
By PAT WATSON
Here is why it matters that hotel workers came forward last week to tell the news media about the hazards of working as a maid in hotels, including the problem of sexual harassment. They are low-wage, low status workers who are nevertheless a vital part of the smooth operation of any hotel. Yet they are accorded little protection. Hotel housekeepers are almost entirely immigrants and women of colour. When things go wrong on the job many do not come forward because they feel they will not have the full support and protection of their employers.
Dionne Brand wins one of poetry’s richest prizes
By RON FANFAIR
Trinidad & Tobago-born novelist and poet Dionne Brand has won one of the world's richest poetry prizes.
The City of Toronto Poet Laureate captured the prestigious $65,000 award last week for her collection - Ossuaries - which is a narrative of a woman living an underground life, fleeing from past actions and regrets in a perpetual state of movement.
Brand was stunned when she was announced as the Canadian winner.
"Are you sure?" she inquired when her name was announced.
Scott Griffin founded the prize 11 years ago to encourage excellence in poetry.
Soul-healing at the Muhtadi International Drumming Festival
By MURPHY BROWNE
I had looked forward to the weekend of June 4 and 5 being a wonderful and enlightening weekend. It was the first weekend of Black Music Month 2011. Preparing to write this article I attended several music related events on the weekend beginning with the 12th Muhtadi International Drumming Festival on June 4. I got there too early and not much was happening so I went to a bookstore on Eglinton Avenue West where there was an all day celebration of Afro-Peruvian culture. My main reason for doing so was to learn more about the Afro-Peruvian singer, Susana Baca.
CAG has a good claim
Hi Arnold:
Down here in the boondocks we get so little news other than the exploits of Rob Ford and the like.
It seems to me that CAG has a good claim under the intellectual properties laws for Caribana.
I don't know who is on those boards but if they are all in favour of continuing Caribana, no matter what it's called but Caribana is what it is known as far and wide and that should be kept. Why don't the CAG and the FMC join forces to fight the a-holes at Silly Hall.
Mike Hamilton
RyeHi
e-mail: mhamilton51@cogeco.ca
The new name for Caribana ‘sucks’
Re: Remember Caribana's roots - Share, June 2, 2011
First, I must say that I loved this article. It really ticks me off that Scotia and its fellow hustlers would have the nerve to take over Caribana, rename it, the whole nine.
People from the Caribbean have made such a large contribution to this country and this whole Scotiabank takeover is like a "box" (Yes, that's right. Box!!) in the face.
I remember seeing Caribana organizers on TV looking a little nervous because they didn't have much funds to work with. I remember thinking, "How come Caribana's broke, when there are so many businesses that benefit?"
Horoscope for June 12 to 18, 2011
By EUGENIA LAST
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A personal or professional contract can leave you feeling low and at a financial loss on the 12th and 13th if you allow someone to coerce you into a bad deal or you act impulsively. You'll have a much clearer picture of what's being offered on the 14th and 15th. Size up the situation and make your move based on what you observe, not what you are told. Don't let someone's uncertainty or change of plans mess up your schedule on the 16th and 17th. Demands will be made if you waffle. Don't let a difference of opinion affect a relationship. Lending a helping hand or volunteering your services on the 18th will also lead to meeting new people or hooking up with old friends.
CAG will fight for ‘its property’
Dear Editor:
Thanks for the stand you've taken on CARIBANA. Share couldn't have said it any better.
This fight is far from over, and CAG, the legitimate and legal owner of the CARIBANA Trademark and Festival, is encouraged by the support that your paper is generating.
The African Canadian Legal Clinic has stepped forward to assist the CAG in this fight for this extremely important symbol of our Black and Caribbean contribution to this city. Black Youth Taking Action (BYTA) has also joined us, and we are sure that other community-minded and just people will come on board as well.
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