Billing itself as Canada’s oldest Black theatre company, Black Theatre Workshop will launch its 50th anniversary season online on January 15, 2021 at 3pm ET. It starts with the annual Discovery Series which features a reading of a new work in development. This year’s play is Sanctuary by Lydie Dubuisson, a playwright and director who has just been appointed the company’s artistic associate. Dubuisson participated in the company’s mentorship program
Black, trans and metal-lover artist is awarded Canada’s indie music prize
January 26, 2021
The 2020 Polaris Music Prize was awarded on Monday night to Montreal-based Gothic rap singer Backxwash. Her self-produced album God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It was selected over nine other contenders as Canada’s best album of the year. A jury of 11 music critics from across the country met online to cast their votes. The Polaris Music Prize has been awarded every year since
BHM: A socioeconomic portrait of Blacks in Canada
February 27, 2020
Canada’s official statistics gathering agency, Statistics Canada has just Released two studies on blacks in Canada as part of Black History Month. One deals with diversity of the black population in Canada, while the other looks at education, labour, and resilience. Using the latest census, the Stats Can study on diversity shows some 1.2 million Canadians list themselves as being black or about 3.5 per cent of the total Canadian
CBC Report: Racism in Canada thrives and pretending otherwise nourishes it, say people who live it
February 26, 2020
A Toronto-based journalist who walked away from a columnist gig at a major newspaper after protesting the controversial practice of police carding has written a book on anti-black racism. Read More…
CBC Report: Breaking the black stereotype: CBC Manitoba live chat to tackle myths
February 26, 2020
CBC Asks: What does it mean to be a black man in Winnipeg? What presumptions are made about women of color? Rob Wilson is a black man who drives a nice car and that, he says, was enough to subject him to a curious traffic check while on the road in south Winnipeg. Read More…
CBC Report: ‘It reminds us of who we are’: 5 songs to play during Black History Month
February 25, 2020
A big part of any culture is music, and during Black History Month, CBC asked Josephine Watson and Clinton Davis, both of Moncton, to share their favourite songs. Read More…
CBC Report: 7 works of Canadian nonfiction to read for Black History Month 2020
February 20, 2020
It’s Black History Month. Check out these seven recent works of nonfiction by black Canadian writers. Read More…
Author Desmond Cole on the Black experience in Canada
February 17, 2020
Toronto resident Desmond Cole, is an activist and journalist. He wrote an article in 2015 about the many times he had been stopped by police and interrogated on the street. The article in Toronto Life was a spark that brought both himself and his concerns into national prominence. But he says, that hasn’t stopped either police or the public’s general attitudes against black people. His book is an expansion on
CBC Report: The Photograph (and 10 more Black love stories to watch this Valentine’s Day)
February 14, 2020
Black Light is a weekly column by Governor General Award-winning writer Amanda Parris that spotlights, champions and challenges art and popular culture that is created by Black people and/or centres Black people. This Valentine’s Day, there’s more to celebrate than a reduction in chocolate prices. A new Black romance film opens in theatres, and a Canadian filmmaker is at the helm. Read More…
CBC Report: 3 takes on Black History Month in N.L.
February 14, 2020
February is officially recognized as Black History Month in Canada — a designation made in 1995 following a motion introduced by the first black Canadian woman elected to Parliament, Jean Augustine. In Newfoundland and Labrador, a search of the provincial government’s website for Black History Month turns up no related results. Read More…
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