It recently emerged, based on official statistics released by the Canadian government, that Nigeria produced the second highest number of refugee claimants in Canada in 2017, second only to Haiti. Nigeria is presently on course to overtake Haiti in 2018.

Haiti, which wa...

This article was published in The Edmonton Journal on September 15, 2016.

As one of the many black Canadians who call Edmonton home, the recent shows of unbridled racism toward fellow black Canadians in the city come with worrying signs.

I admit I’ve never been called th...