Category: English
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Reflections of a Retired Canadian Public Servant
Warning: might include expressions of gratefulness and praise for the Canadian Science and Technology System. In a few days, I will begin official retirement from the Canadian Public Service, following three decades working primarily at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the federal granting agency that supports discoveries and innovation in Canadian universities,…
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Who supports foreign invasion of Haiti, why?
For several months now, there has been incessant diplomatic activity to justify a U.S. invasion of Haiti albeit, this time, with black face. As described in my letter published October 17, 2022, due to problematic racial undertones of the conflict at hand, decision-makers in the US, Canada and Europe would prefer that Rwandan President Paul…
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What is urgent and necessary in Haiti
The author asks CARICOM member states to support the Haitian people in their struggle for sovereignty. Ottawa, June 6, 2023 Dear Leaders of CARICOM, I greet you in the name of each common ancestor whose bones remain restless at the bottom of the Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans. I hope this brief note finds you in…
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Below Zero in Haiti, 20 Years into The Ottawa Initiative
In January 2003, Haitians were in the midst of planning celebrations for their bicentennial liberation from the white slavers of Spain, Britain, and France. Famous Black actors, activists, and intellectuals like Danny Glover, Dr. Molefi Asante, and South African President Thabo Mbeki, together with progressive minds of all shades and origins, were making plans to…