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The scary world of precarious work
I can recall the exact moment when it hit home how outright scary the modern world of work can be. I was teaching part-time at... -
Toronto Election 2018: A personal letter to John Tory on his betrayal of Black communities
Dear John, it’s been a while. The last time we connected was at that semi-clandestine meeting you hastily arranged at City Hall with members of... -
The Legalization Issue: Canada’s cannabis shame
Amid makeshift vendor stalls, drumming, roasted corn and plenty of sunlight, participants at the Afro-Indigenous Food Security Festival at Downsview Park last month gathered to... -
Torontos history of gun violence: a vicious cycle of missteps, intransigence and bad policy
You only have to consider the history of official responses to Torontos gun violence to understand what Einstein meant when he said that insanity is... -
Learning to be a Black man without knowing my father
Several years ago, I was wrapping up a vacation in my mother’s homeland of Barbados when a phone call interrupted my packing. It was my... -
Unsolved: Cracking Toronto police’s colour-coded murder problem
It’s said that homicide is so heinous a crime, so brutal an affront to civil society, that whenever or wherever it occurs, the state is... -
The case for reefer reparations
The war on drugs has had a devastating and disproportionate effect on racialized groups, particularly young Black men. While research has shown that Black people... -
The coming storm over anti-Black racism in education
Over the past six months, I've been working on a research project focused on improving literacy in the Kingston-Galloway-Orton Park (KGO) community of Scarborough. It's... -
Why Nancy Elgie’s resignation is no victory for the Black community
It took over 80 days, hordes of angry parents, a petition with more than 3,000 signatures, several newspaper editorials, two cabinet ministers and the province's... -
Black History Month: the old playbook on fighting racism won’t do
Black History Month (BHM) events have perplexed me for more than 30 years. It’s as though they’re completely impervious to change. On the one hand... -
Bringing the noise: Black Lives Matter Toronto’s remarkable 2016
It’s impossible to reflect on 2016 and not acknowledge Black Lives Matter-Toronto (BLM-TO) as one of the city’s most significant change-makers. The Toronto-based chapter of... -
Letter to an immigration detainee: youre not alone
Dear Immigration Detainee,Im writing to update you on whats been happening regarding your increasingly urgent struggle for human rights while youve been held in jail.... -
Chasing George Elliott Clarke
I’ve been chasing George Elliott Clarke ever since I was a first-year student at York University trying to make sense of my life and identity as... -
John Tory fails Black Lives Matter test
On Saturday, April 23, 20 other members of the black community and I were invited to City Hall for a private meeting with Mayor John... -
Peter Sloly’s story is a study in supersonic career mobility
When I was growing up, a black kid in Toronto, the idea of becoming a police officer was anathema, like a wilful decision to play...
