Black Theatre Workshop is proud to present Rendez-vous With Home written and performed by Djennie Laguerre, and directed by Dayane Ntibarikure. Rendez-Vous with home is the story of sisters Josephine and Suzette, who are sent by their mother on a trip to Haiti to bury their father, a man they barely knew. Josephine, who has scant memories of her […]
Opinion: After the Sexual Harassment Epidemic—What’s Next for future generations? By Yvonne Sam There are Weinsteins everywhere, but only in certain industries is there a Weinstein effect. Now for the sake of the coming generation we must from here on inspect how we teach sexual respect. It is blatantly apparent that the time of reckoning […]
Opinion: Democracy and Justice for Dogs, but Send the Muslims and Blacks Back Where They Came From!!!!!! By Dr. Clarence S. Bayne There is an increasing tendency in Quebec for the far right and the vote hungry political leaders to offer Quebec society a scented rose with the serpent of systemic discrimination and racism […]
Meeting of Black Community Forum with Culture Montreal By Dr. Clarence S. Bayne President of BCRC Present: Chair of the Secretariat of Black Community Forum, Editor of Semaji, Administrative Coordinator of BCRC, Artistic Director of Black Theater Workshop, General Manager of Black Theater Workshop, Union United Church Representative, Black Writers Guild Representative and Coordinator […]
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[gview file=”https://bcrcmontreal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/EN_CFP_QUESCREN-ACFAS_2018_ENG.pdf”] The ‘English Boss’ and Company Towns: Quebec’s English-speakers in the industrial economy, then and now Call for Papers Deadline for abstracts: January 18, 2018 Date of Event: May 9-10, 2018 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
By Ashlie Bienvenu With the holidays right around the corner I’m sure everyone has had the opportunity to hear the carolers in the streets, or holiday music on the radio. So, for this issue, we will be looking back to a famous musical figure, Portia White. White, an Afro-Canadian from Nova Scotia, was admired […]
By Yvonne Sam (Chairman of the Rights and Freedoms Committee) Originally Published in Huffington Post, November 27, 2017 The cancellation of systemic racism hearings means that there will be no focus on understanding the perilous effects of the problem on visible minorities’ well-being. After Québec Solidaire MNA, Amir Khadir, tabled a 2,662-signature petition in […]
By Dr. Clarence Bayne The Black Community of Montreal has recently (November 2017) lost a leader that played a key role in the settlement of the large influx of Black immigrants to Montreal in the period 1960 to 2000. Carl (Lamumba) Whittaker. He was one of those immigrants that came to Montreal from Barbados, […]
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