Go to...
Google Translate Limitations Disclaimer
The electronic translation service on the 吃瓜黑料网 website is hosted by Google Translate, a third party service. The 吃瓜黑料网 does not guarantee or warrant the reliability, accuracy or completeness of any translated information.
The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 100 languages, but does not capture all languages or dialects.
The basic translation goal is to capture the general intention of the original English material. Before you act on translated information, we encourage you to confirm any facts that are important to you or may affect any decisions you make.
The 吃瓜黑料网 is committed to equity and community engagement, and by providing this tool, we are making our information more accessible to families whose first language is not English.
听
Welcome to the News section of the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement. Here you'll find the latest news stories.
In the News
Vet Strategy (August 22)
TVO (August 3)
Share News (April 11)
Caribbean Camera (March 28)
Jamaica Gleaner (March 11)
Ron Fanfair (March 5)
Toronto Star (March 4)
CBC (February 13)
CBC (February 7)
CBC (February 1)
2023 News Articles
2022 News Articles
2021 News Articles
On Saturday, October 26, 2024, the 吃瓜黑料网’s Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement hosted the Third Annual Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Conference at Toronto Metropolitan University. This in-person event was a powerful celebration of Black youth leadership, social change, and academic achievement, where Black students presented the research they developed during the Black Student Summer Leadership Program (BSSLP).
Learn More about the Third Annual YPAR Conference
The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement hosted a screening and conversation on November 30th of Steadfast: The Message and the Messenger which tells the story of Jean Augustine's journey from Happy Hill, on the small island nation of Grenada, to being the first Black woman elected to Canada's House of Commons and the first Black woman to serve in Canada's federal Cabinet.
Learn more about the Screening with the Hon. Jean Augustine
First-year York University student Awwal Abass has achieved so much since graduating from Westview Centennial Secondary School and it all stems back to his participation in Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Abass recently finished his participation in YPAR in 2021 and is currently studying Law and Society at York University in the faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
We were able to catch up with Abass and ask him a few questions about YPAR and its impact, click below to hear what he had to say!
Learn More About YPAR's Impact On This Westview Centennial Graduate
The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement is thrilled to have launched the Life Education Program at the 吃瓜黑料网 for the 2022-2023 academic year. Initiated and led by Social Worker Ryan Fuentes and aligned with the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement mandates, the purpose of the program is to provide students with culturally relevant and responsive mentorship spaces that help to identify and facilitate Black-affirming healing practices and strategies to address stigma, anti-Black racism and racial trauma within educational institutions.
Learn More About the Life Education Program
The YPAR Conference, Using Student Voice to Inform School Policies and Practices is the first of its kind in the country. It allowed what 13 Black-identifying students have researched and transformed it into an exciting opportunity for them to present their research and findings to 吃瓜黑料网 staff and education partners. Throughout the conference they were able to share their experiences, perspectives and realities with attendees surrounding Pathways and Transitions, the Black identity in K-12 education, and equitable learning opportunities for Black students
Learn more about the YPAR Conference: Using Student Voice to Inform School Policies and Practices
This summer, 吃瓜黑料网 graduates Elizabeth Agyei from SATEC @ W.A. Porter CI and Ruth Abdi from East York CI, learned about community health care through their involvement with the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP). Agyei and Abdi were given this opportunity by enrolling in the 2022 Black Student Summer Leadership Program (BSSLP). Both young women identified a passion in public health.
Learn More About Black CAP and the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement
Nathaniel Cato-Simms is one step closer to his dream as an auto mechanic through the Black Student Summer Leadership Program. The Black Student Summer Leadership Program offered by the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement provides registrants with paid summer learning opportunities, mentorship and training. During the program, students are matched with a for-profit or not-for-profit organization, representing a variety of employment sectors, and relevant to the students’ field of interest.
Learn More About the Black Student Summer Leadership Program
The Intuit “Lead with a Cause” Social Innovation Challenge, which launched in November 2021, asked secondary students to answer the question: How can your team help underrepresented (i.e. Black, Latinx, female, etc.) business owners access equitable opportunities to entrepreneurship and small business ownership? After months of planning, prepping and prototype building, Grade 11 student Lenecia Walters and her team of students from Georges Vanier Secondary School recently took home second place in the Intuit “Lead with a Cause” Social Innovation Challenge. The team competed at a regional and national level against nine school districts from across Canada and the United States to make it to the final round.
Learn More About the Intuit “Lead with a Cause” Social Innovation Challenge
Read More Stories
The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement focuses on听improving the academic outcomes and experiences of belonging for Black students. The Centre of Excellence strives to support meaningful engagement and advocacy of caregivers and communities, improve communication about Black student success and provide guidance with system navigation.
Location: 2239 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON, M1P 2P7
Office phone number: (416) 396-2351
Email: cebsa@tdsb.on.ca