OPINION • EDUCATION How back-to-school excitement turned into anxiety for Ontario parents like me OPINION: Politicians can pretend that everything is back to normal - but public education is still in crisis Written by Nam Kiwanuka Aug 28, 2024

Image of a Black baseball player Adam Bunch @TODream.. •2023-04-15 1. Toronto helped create baseball's colour barrier. So here, 76 years after Jackie Robinson finally broke it, is a thread about the leading role Toronto played in making it.

Image of Amanda Gorman I was honored by the opportunity to perform my newest poem, "This Sacred Scene", at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A huge thank you to @KamalaHarris for having me-lam so grateful. And finally, thank you all for watching, and for your kind words and support You can share your voice by registering to vote and voting this November at whenweallvote.org #dnc2024 Dismiss

Shared 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.

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- #theamandagorman

I think they’re worth #Amplifying

Hear this Black History in the East End

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Toronto New plaque honours black community that helped 'forge the identity' of Leslieville Many families escaped slavery and settled in the east-end Toronto neighbourhood CBC News • Posted: Nov 19, 2019 10:18 PM EST | Last Updated: November 19, 2019 Pamella Houston and Paulette Kelly with the Ontario Black History Society spoke in front of the new plaque on Tuesday. (CBC)

Image of Mary Ann Shadd on a Canada postage stamp

#HearThis continues on Aug 23rd with ‘The Story of Lincoln Alexander’ by #RosemarySadlier; on Aug 24th ‘What is the Underground Railroad’ by Tura Cousins Wilson and Aug 25th ‘Walking with Mary Ann Shadd Cary’

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