CALGARY—This year’s International Women’s Day was marked by the biggest interview of the decade: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, later joined by Prince Harry, spilled some scalding hot royal tea. What this interview revealed, besides that the Firm is racist, is the...
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An open letter to federal Black employees
Mar 3, 2021 | The Hill Times
Dear federal Black employees, Thank you for your words of encouragement and support and for trusting me with your own stories. Your humanity is not to be negotiated and your voices are never to be silenced. Unfortunately, to work in the public service means as Black...
Mar 2, 2021 | Bad + Bitchy Podcast
Robyn Doolittle joins Erica to discuss the results of her latest investigative report, The Power Gap, for the Globe and Mail. The series searches for answers to why there is a lack of representation of women in decision-making positions. Read it here:...
Mar 1, 2021 | Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92-all-in-a-day/clip/15827494-being-black-public-service Erica Ifill, a member of the Federal Black Employee Caucus and a policy analyst at Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), shares her experiences with...
The royal tea? Black women are never allowed to be part of the club
Feb 24, 2021 | The Hill Times
CALGARY—It’s possible that we’re starting to see the beginning of the end of the modern version of the British monarchy. Abolitionists are laughing in schadenfreude. Last week was a week from hell for the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas who are at the apex of British society and...
Feb 23, 2021 | Bad + Bitchy Podcast
Black Lives Matter - Toronto co-founder and co-host of Sandy and Nora Talk Politics podcast, Sandy Hudson, joins Erica to deliver a sermon on social justice. Find Sandy and Nora Talk Politics here: https://sandyandnora.com/ Find Sandy Hudson here:...
Black History Month has turned into HR blackface
Feb 17, 2021 | The Hill Times
CALGARY—Instead of organizations creating positive, inclusive environments to celebrate Black History Month with their employees, what has transpired is nothing less than an onslaught of microaggressions that would leave anyone disillusioned and depressed. Many...
Cross-country COVID response too easily swayed by political winds of change
Feb 10, 2021 | The Hill Times
CALGARY—The Weeknd walking deliriously through a candescent, mirrored hallway in his Superbowl halftime performance is a metaphor for Canada’s COVID response. The incompetence delivered as a train wreck is breathtaking and frankly, globally embarrassing, yet easy to...
Feb 9, 2021 | Bad + Bitchy Podcast
Erica interviews Celina Caesar-Chavannes on her new book, Can You Hear Me Now? which is a memoir of her life, especially of her time in federal politics as Member of Parliament for Whitby in Justin Trudeau's first Liberal government. Read Erica's review of Can You...