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about 3 years ago
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Liberals pledge $300 million to support Black-led community organizations in 2021 federal budget

Part of the funding will be to endow a philanthropic fund dedicated to supporting Black-led charities and organizatio...

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over 3 years ago
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These archivists documenting Muslims in Canada are collecting everything from grocery lists to 8-...

The Muslims in Canada Archive, created by University of Toronto researchers, is working to document Canadian Muslim h...

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over 3 years ago
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What do you need to consider as Ontario’s stay-at-home order takes effect? For starters, don’t ov...

The Star asked experts about what both everyday people and leaders in government need to consider in the fight agains...

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over 3 years ago
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Brandon Gonez leaves CP24 and aims to ‘push the envelope further’ with launch of his own YouTube ...

The popular Toronto broadcaster, who became known for peppering news segments with Jamaican Patois and jokes, premier...

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over 3 years ago
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Black communities have long faced barriers to mental-health care. These organizations are working...

Pathways to Care, a five-year research project currently underway, is in the midst of studying ways to create better ...

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over 3 years ago
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Jail guards involved in Soleiman Faqiri’s death ignored restraint training guidelines, court docu...

A former managing guard who was present at the time of Faqiri’s death said she would have never combined pepper spray...

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over 3 years ago
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‘The people make the festival.’ Regent Park Film Festival aims to keep its community traditions a...

The community film festival kicked off Thursday and runs until Nov. 29 screening films produced by Black, Indigenous ...

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over 3 years ago
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Students strike to stand up against racism in York Catholic schools

The alumni-run group Students Speak Up YCDSB organized a student walkout in response to racism in the board’s element...

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over 3 years ago
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How an Indigenous land-based learning approach to STEM could help students across Canada

The InSTEM program aims to connect students to STEM through traditional Indigenous teachings. Amid the COVID-19 pande...

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over 3 years ago
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These Black women are sharing their scars to help others prepare for breast cancer surgery

Uncovered: A Breast Recognition Project from Michelle Audoin and Rethink Breast Cancer launched in October 2020 to hi...

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over 3 years ago
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How does technology keep up with ever-evolving language on race and identity? We asked people who...

Even as the term racialized becomes more common, it’s a toss up if it can be typed out free of a crimson spell check ...

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over 3 years ago
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Video campaign shows how much Black history is taught in Ontario schools. Not much

The Ontario Black History Society launched its new video campaign #Blackedouthistory to show what would be left to te...

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over 3 years ago
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‘Everyone deserves to have their voice out there.’ How the Reel Start youth program is working to...

Reel Start founders Adrienne Slover and Evan Goldberg started the program to introduce youth from under-represented c...

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over 3 years ago
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University of Ottawa professors just can’t stop using the N-word. Student and faculty outrage is ...

Over the weekend 34 professors signed a letter disagreeing with how a white professor who said the N-word in class ha...

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