Interdisciplinary Caribbean Artist, Educator and Activist
Shaunasea Brown (born March 19, 1990) is a Jamaican-Canadian and Assistant Professor in Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Her scholarship presents the artistic and intellectual work of Black and Caribbean diaspora women in Canada. Her politics of care extend to her family and community-based networks. I met Brown in 2021/2022 in a […]
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Khalid Romain (born October 18, 1980) is a dual citizen of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada. We crossed paths on social media a few weeks ago. Romain attended secondary school at Trinity College, Moka and Queen’s Royal College in Trinidad and Tobago and went on to pursue higher education at Howard University, Washington D.C. He […]
Continue ReadingBoth the People’s National Movement and the United National Congress have posted photographs of children in the images of campaign engagements. Children in political media is not a problem in itself, some children in the media are children and relatives of candidates, children of prominent community political activists and also children whose parents explicitly authorised […]
Continue ReadingSpoiler alert: Sociological critique of the construction of a white man’s paradise and neo-colonial gaze with reference to the Caribbean “The national bourgeoisie organises centres of rest and relaxation and pleasure resorts to meet the wishes of the Western bourgeoisie. Such activity is given the name of tourism, and for the occasion will be […]
Continue ReadingInterviewer: Mr. Montano, this carnival, it was widely published that thiefin’ a wine could be addressed as an offense under the Summary Offenses Act. This has initiated fiery debates on social media about women and feminists’ attack on “Trinbago culture”. Many women have spoken up demanding a culture of consent. What do you say to […]
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