The time to celebrate Calgary’s most distinguished Black people has arrived! The Calgary Black Chambers Society is proud to announce the 2021 Calgary Black Achievement Awards (CBAA) sponsored by CIBC, highlighting Black professionals’ contributions to our great city of Calgary. After such a challenging year, the time is right to recognize those within our community …
So where does the Calgary Black Chambers stand? After the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police, people finally realize something needs to be done to equalize the equation, to make things more equitable for our black and indigenous peoples. I’m happy to see groups across Canada springing up left and right …
There are multiple health benefits I have experienced in addition to losing weight. All the above applies even during this period of quarantining. Akin Akinsipe I am not a personal trainer by any means but I love fitness and really like sharing what I know about the topic. The opinions in this write up are …
Healing, harmony, and unity between groups occur as we interact more with and become better educated about one another. Clarence Wynter The Calgary Black Chambers (CBC) is a non for profit (NFP) society collaborating with our Calgary multicultural black professional community engaging with greater understanding, for sensitivity, experience, values, history, and lifestyles from groups that …
Mental health is top of mind for our members, our families, and especially our friends in the health care field; helping our members both deal with the virus and its second level effects is now the top priority of the Calgary Black Chambers. Jon Cornish I’m not sure you’ve heard but coronavirus affects black people …
Regardless of the teams I’ve played on or games we’ve won and lost, the one thing that stayed consistent is the brotherhood of football . Akwasi Antwi Playing sports has always been a big part of my life. As an African, soccer is a birthright so it’s no surprise that I started playing soccer then …
I love helping people, and I believe strongly that the success of someone can be measured by the number of people he or she has helped succeed. Now in the corporate world, I have access to successful individuals who have gone through the process of building a business and career from the ground up.