5 tips for a smooth school year
Starting a new year of classes and homework can be stressful for parents and kids alike. Fortunately, you can follow these few simple tips to get your family on the right [...]
Diaspora Life
Canada honours civil rights activist Viola Desmond by putting her on new $10 bill
Canada took its currency in a new direction in more ways than one with the redesigned $10 bill. The purple polymer note is the first to feature a woman of colour, and the [...]
Diaspora Kenyans to hold investment forum
An umbrella body representing Kenyans living abroad will next month host a convention in Nairobi where investment opportunities will be showcased. The Kenya Diaspora Alliance [...]
Women’s History Month – Antislavery activist, teacher, lawyer, pioneer newspaperwoman
Shadd Cary’s life (1823–1893) is awash with firsts: The eldest of 13 children, she went on to become the first female newspaperwoman in North America and the first female [...]
Women’s History Month – Canada’s first female First Nations’ surgeon
Doctor Nadine Caron is notable for being the first female First Nations surgeon. Graduating from UBC’s medical school, she completed post-graduate fellowship training in [...]
UN council to discuss report calling on Canada to address anti-black racism
The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a report on issues affecting African-Canadians that makes recommendations to the federal government, including that it apologize [...]
Canada’s Black battalion set sail for WWI and made history
They faced racism and discrimination, and they had to fight a battle at home before they could represent Canada in the First World War. Now families of the [...]
Canadians appear to be more hateful online – CBC Marketplace report
The internet can be a pretty intolerant place, and it may be getting worse. An analysis of Canada’s online behaviour commissioned [...]
Society must work together to end Race wars in America
“We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. He lived this reality and foresaw its perils in future if race [...]
Jeff Koinange joins Diaspora Kenyans to celebrate KUDO Launch in USA
Kenyans in the United States as well as representatives from Canada and other parts of the world converged in Gaithersburg, Maryland on Saturday, May 21, 2016, to celebrate [...]