Bill Gates will leave his day-to-day role at Microsoft June 27, 2008 to dedicate more time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Together with Melinda, who is also increasing her presence at the foundation, Bill will...
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OTTAWA – On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an historic formal apology on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 to former students of Indian Residential Schools and sought forgiveness for the students’ suffering and for the damaging impact the schools had on Aboriginal culture, heritage and language.
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Montreal – On Tuesday, May 27, 2008, the Steering Committee for an Afrocentric School in Montreal makes its presentation at the EMSB Public Hearings on Focus-Schools. The presenters, Reverend Darryl G. Gray, Latoya Morgan, Vladimir X Delva and Dan Philips, will also table the 70+page proposal document tonight. Limited copies will be available for the media.
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Montréal – The adoption by the government of basic texts in order to define open secularism and typically Québec-style interculturalism are two of the priority recommendations in the final report of the Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences (CCPARDC). The report, which Commission Co-Chairs Gérard Bouchard and Charles Taylor made public on Thursday, May 22, 2008 also recommends additional measures to combat discrimination and promote reconciliation in the realm of accommodation practices. Recourse to the citizen route and concerted adjustment should be emphasized instead of the legal route from the standpoint of reasonable accommodation.
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the return of TASTE: Choco-Electro with its fourth, and more tantalizing than ever, installment. On the menu: Complimentary artisanal chocolate all night long; five live electronica acts, one DJ set and live visuals on the dancefloor. And for the more debaucherous types, we introduce beds for horizontal indulgence, turning the SAT into pleasure central on May 2, 2008.
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OTTAWA - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights moved one step closer to becoming Canada's newest national museum when the Act to Amend the Museums Act received Royal Assent on March 13, 2008.
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