Growing up, we used to live in predominantly white people’s towns where we were often the only black family, perhaps except for a handful of others, in the region. In school, I was often the only black student in class or perhaps even the whole school. Race and color didn’t really bother me growing up…
Category: Diversity
Pillars of Democracy – Freedom
How important is privacy to you? I know a strange question to ask, especially living and a free and democratic society, such as Canada, where we enjoy a considerable amount of privacy thanks to our laws namely our Charter. So let me ask you another question; how important is freedom to you? Yes, another strange…
Pillars of Democracy – Justice
Celebrations and Milestones March 17, 2017 – Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin received the first-ever Simone de Beauvoir Institute Prize and delivered a lecture on the importance of the courts in Canadian democracy as part of the Social Science Research workshop series at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec . In receiving her Prize she made a…
Indentity Politics
2017 we watched the NDP Leadership Race of four hopefuls; Jagmeet Singh, Guy Caron, Charlie Angus and Nikki Ashton. Although the winning title, “Leader of the New Democratic Party” was awarded to Jagmeet Singh, one cannot turn a blind eye to Nikki Ashton’s formidable performance not only for what she believed would be right for…
The Law of Consent
Anyone reading this I challenge you to think of a time when something very precious of yours was taken away. Perhaps by brute force or lightly and subtlety. Perhaps you were touched in an inappropriate way; sexually or forcefully causing physical harm. Perhaps someone trespassed on your property and stole some things or damaged a…
The Law of Consent – Indigenous
“Everyone has the right to live in dignity and safety to maintain and practice their identity and culture. Under international human rights law, states are obligated to do everything they can to ensure that rights essential to individual and collective well-being, such as the rights to education, health, livelihood, and the right to live…
Encryption – It’s a Numbers Game!
Growing up, we watched Sesame Street almost every day and although I preferred to watch the Muppet Show, there were certain segments of Sesame Street, I certainly enjoyed that wasn’t on every day; Cookie Monster counting his cookies before he gobbles them down, “The Count”, always finding new ways and new things to count; and…
United We Stand (Part II) – The Canadian Dream
Go to: United We Stand – Part I, United We Stand – Part III Illegal Immigration. Un-invited guests. Go back home! Immigration, illegal or not, it is a problem faced by many countries, including our own, around the world creating mass amount of fear, hysteria, xenophobia and down right hate. Yet when you take…
Do We Really Need a Women’s Political Party? Electoral Reform (Part III)
“Women have all the power,” my best friend always used to say, “too bad they don’t know it!” Go to: Part I – Party, Part II – Female Leadership Second-wave feminism in Canada relied on successfully pressuring multiple access points within the legislative, bureaucratic and judicial structures of the federal state. Today these boundaries of…
Modern Day Canaanites – Black and a Woman (Part III)
Go To: Part I – Sacred Hair , Part II – Sovereignty This is a beautiful song from Indie Arie where she sing about finding her identity, self esteem and heritage through her hair. She went through many stages, and hairstyles, that helped give voice to her self expression. Her ultimate challenge came when…
