Jamaica Needs Your Help
The May-June 2002 flood rains have devastated Jamaica. With over 9 deaths, 300 homeless and $80 million in losses, Jamaica needs your help. Below are a list of organizations across North America you can contact to donate items and/or money. Please contact us if there is an donation effort in your city and it is […]
Dis & Dat: Women making history in Jamaica
The year 2002 is already shaping up to be a watershed year in Jamaica. In the first instance, for the first time in the country’s political history, four political parties will be contesting the upcoming general elections, with not just one but two of these political parties headed by women! For anyone who knows Jamaica’s […]
Support the Second Annual Jamaicans.com Book Drive
Support The Second Jamaicans.com Annual Jamaica Book Drive.The next three months, (March- May 2004) Jamaicans.com is holding a book drive to benefit the Allen-Shaw Foundation which provides children in rural Jamaica with knowledge through books and cutting edge computer technology. Our goal is to collect 100 children’s books by May 31, 2004. Donated children’s books […]
Book Review – Going For Gold
Review by: Artley F. Edwards, Adjunct Professor, Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. “Going For Gold” is an up-to-the-minute, play-by-play, behind-the-scenes triumphant staging of the World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Kingston, Jamaica, July 2002. In just 84 pages of print and well-positioned photographs, Royale Davis manages to capture the essence of the World […]
Toronto Online Resources
Toronto (General Information) CBC Toronto http://www.toronto.cbc.ca Profile Canada http://www.profilecanada.com/ Globe and Mail Newspaper http://www.globeandmail.com Toronto’s Official Site http://www.toronto.com Toronto Star Newspaper http://www.torontostar.com Toronto’s Jamaican and West Indian Community Overview of History of Jamaican Community Blackcanada.com http://www.blackcanada.com/GTA_6.htm Black Canada.com http://www.blackcanada.com/urban_toronto.htm Black Pages http://www.blackpages.ca Canadian Reggae World http://www.canadianreggaeworld.com Jamaican Restaurants in Canada (Toronto) http://eatjamaican.com/canada/toronto.html Reprints and Archives […]
Jamaican Resources in Toronoto
Jamaican Consulate General303 Eglinton Avenue EastToronto, OntarioPhone: 416-598-3008 Jamaica Tourist Board303 Eglinton Avenue EastToronto, Ontario416-482-7850 Jamaica Trade Commission303 Eglinton Avenue EastToronto, Ontario416-598-3393 Jamaica Weekly Gleaner – Star1390 Eglinton Ave WestToronto, Ontario416-784-3002
Jamaican And West Indian Organizations
The Jamaican-Canadian Association995 Arrow RoadNorth York(416) 746-5772 Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations3000 Don Mills RoadNorth York416.498.9934 / 416.498.1227http://www.ajaacanada.com Black Business and Professional Association(416) 504-4097http://www.bbpa.org Black Film and Video Networkhttp://www.bfvn.org Caribbean Association of Peel440-B Britannia Rd EMississauga, ONL4Z 1X9URL: http://www.caribpeel.orgEmail: [email protected] Canadian Caribbean Association of HaltonURL: http://[email protected]: 905-257-0908Fax: 905-257-9148 Caribbean Chinese Association(905) 294-8379http://www.caribbeanchinese.ca Markham African Caribbean […]
Jamaican And West Indian Events Calendar
February Black History Month March Canadian Reggae Music Awards April Reel World Film Festival (featured Super Bob produced by Jamaican-born Devon Haughton and starring some of the most talented Jamaican actors living in Toronto) Harry Jerome Awards Angus Glen Caribbean Golf Tournament June Metro International Caravan (usually has a Jamaican pavilion) July Caribbean Day Festival […]
Jamaican/Caribbean Media
Newspapers Canada Extra(Published by the Gleaner Company of Jamaica)1390 Eglinton Ave, WestToronto(416) 784-3002 Obsidian TheatreA collective of Jamaican and West Indian theatrical performershttp://www.obsidian-theatre.com Pride Newspaper5200 Finch Avenue EastScarboroughM1S 4Z3(416) 335-1719 Share Newspaper416-656-3400http://www.sharenews.com RADIO FLOW 93,5 Urban FM 105.5 FM – CHRY Joy 1250 – Caribbean Gospel and Christian Programming
Jamaican Writers
Brown, Rosemary. Being Brown : A Very Public Life. Christiansen, J, Robinson, J and Thornley-Brown, A. West Indians in Toronto: Implications for Helping Professionals Cooper, Afua Breaking Chains and Red Caterpillar On College Street Gairey, Harry, A Black Man’s Toronto, 1914-1980 : The Reminiscences Ford-Smith, Honor, Lionheart Gal Silvera, Makeda ,Remembering G and Other Stories, […]