Saint Mary's University's Black Inclusion Strategy Working group details systemic racism within the university through a new report. Titled “Understanding the Challenges of the Black Community at Saint Mary’s University”, its been released after two years of research. The working group found a large failure and abandonment of institutional commitments to Black students, faculty and staff. You can find the report on the SMU Black Student Society's instagram page. Rachel Zellars took the lead on this report. She is a Senior Research Fellow at SMU.

A month ago, Harvey Amani Whitfield was appointed the first Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery in Canada -- this is a position he holds at Dalhousie University, and the University of King’s College in Halifax. According to the announcement on the King's website, the position was created to: "...redress historical exclusions and chart a course for a more inclusive and diverse future."

This morning, I dropped in on Professor Whitfield in his office.

The days are cooler, the nights are getting longer, and that means winter sports are back including wheelchair curling. Nicholas Taylor curls out of the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville. He tells host, Jeff Douglas, all about the sport.