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When Canadian Jamaican filmmaker Chris Strikes learned about a 1985 dispute in Toronto that called into question whether an iconic Jamaican food favorite could be called a patty or not, he was shocked. His disbelief led him to document the debate in his 2022 film entitled “Patty Vs Patty.” The film tells the story of a Jamaican family who migrated to Toronto and established a thriving business among customers asking for “coco bread and patty” and the unique legal debate that followed.
A Taste of Home
Immigrants to foreign countries face many challenges as they work to adapt to new surroundings and customs, but one thing that often brings them comfort is finding familiar, traditional foods of their home countries. In 1985, when Michael Donaldson and his family migrated from Hopewell in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, to Toronto, they realized they could make a good living by establishing the Kensington Patty Palace, a bakery where they offered Jamaican products to customers happy to have a taste of home.
Business Thrived
When Michael took over the bakery while his parents were visiting Jamaica, he had no shortage of customers, many of whom asked for “coco bread and patty,” as the signature product allowed them to enjoy some familiar cuisine from the home island. As Davidson said, “A patty represents our tradition.” He noted that the patty was very familiar to Caribbean nationals in Toronto who flocked to his bakery to savor the patty and other baked goods. His business thrived.
Then, One Day …
One day a Canadian food inspector visited his shop with an order to “cease and desist” the illegal sales of the patty, claiming the bakery was misleading the public as its product misrepresented a Canadian food. According to Canadian authorities, a “patty” is defined as “shaped lean beef,” and since Davidson’s patties did not meet the standards established by Canadian law, she ordered that he change the name of his product within three months. She even suggested alternative names, including “Canadian turnover,” “meat pocket,” “Caribbean pie,” or “ground beef patty.” Davidson was not impressed. “It’s like calling a donut a sugar circle,” Davidson said.
A Very Public Case
So Davidson presented the case to his customers, some of whom suggested the big franchises that sold burgers were behind the effort to take away his business. Many theories concerning sabotage arose until finally Davidson took his case to the “Patty Parliament” in Ottawa. At this point, the media began to cover the issue, which was presented to the public via major Toronto newspapers and television outlets. Davidson continued to provide his fresh-baked products to his clamoring customer base and then brought the matter to the attention of Jamaica’s consulate and Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga. Eventually, the Canadian authorities and the Jamaican baker compromised. A decision was made to distinguish the Canadian patty from a Jamaican patty. Davidson calls his product a “Jamaican patty,” and his business continues to flourish. It has even expanded to a second outlet in Scarborough.
Enter the Filmmaker
Filmmaker Strikes discovered Davidson’s story on Instagram and was compelled to unearth the incident and explore how it came to be. His film, “Patty Vs Patty” was completed in 2022 and was nominated for that year’s Best Short Film award at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards. The film won a Best Short Documentary award at the 11th annual Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 as well. Stikes is now hoping that his documentary will be among the finalists for an Academy Award in 2024. He has previously had his film screened to high acclaim at international film festivals in Cannes, France; London and Manchester in England; Toronto, Halifax, and Hamilton in Canada; and Los Angeles, California.
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Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica are being honored and celebrated by The Pitch Fanzine, a powerful and influential platform and movement within the U.K. creative industries, founded by Jamaican industry leader Sherry Collins.
From Saint Ann, Jamaica to London
Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, Sherry Collins, 43, award-winning founder of The Pitch Fanzine, emigrated to America at age 13 and then on to England, where Sherry’s twenty-year career grew from being a runner on commercials and film sets, through producing music videos, commercials, and short films with major London production companies, to becoming one of the most influential leaders in the U.K. advertising creative industry.
Jamaican Xavier Murphy, Founder of Jamaicans.com, Maverick of Business; Sizzla Kalonji, Reggae Artist, Music Producer, Philanthropist, Global Ambassador, and Founder of Sizzla Youth Foundation, Maverick of Music; Tami Tsansai, Writer, Journalist, Mental Health Advocate, Author, Maverick of Mental Health; Ramona Williams, Behaviour Change Communication Officer, Maverick of Health; Oliver Samuels, Actor and Comedian, Maverick of Comedy; Carole Beckford, Founder of Carole Beckford and Associates, Maverick of Sports; Dushyant Savadia, Founder and CEO at Amber Group, and Ambassador and Special Investment Envoy for Technology for the Government of Jamaica, Maverick of Technology; and Jody Brown, Teacher of the Year, Maverick of Education.
Free Jamaica and Free The World
Sherry created The Pitch Fanzine platform in 2015 to challenge inequality, discrimination, and the lack of diversity in the creative industries. Sherry later created the movement, Free Jamaica and free the world, sharing stories of her life lessons learned age 6-13, growing up in Jamaica’s garden parish, while leading The Pitch Fanzine’s network of inclusive super creative people to Jamaica to collaborate, share knowledge and create job opportunities in the advertising, film, animation, theatre, and music industries.
Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica
Sherry’s magazine, Pitch, champions and showcases outstanding creative talent doing good for their communities and the world. Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica are being celebrated with their own Pitch magazine cover, feature interview sharing their stories, promotions on The Pitch Fanzine’s platform and socials and in Sherry’s Wednesdays at 2:30pm Newsletter, shared with her network.
Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica have been selected by Sherry on the following criteria, after a three-year search:
Mavericks are original and talented people dedicated to their craft.
Mavericks are respected by those around them, whom they influence to up their game.
Mavericks are always carving out new paths and new ways of doing things.
Mavericks are recognized as unique by their family, friends, and community.
Mavericks glow with positive energy while being humble.
Mavericks are kind and selfless.
Mavericks are always looking to support those around them.
Mavericks are leaders of the world.
Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica will be offered the opportunity to collaborate with Sherry and The Pitch Fanzine’s network of inclusive super creative people on creative projects, initiatives, and campaigns uplifting the Jamaican people.
Pitch Mavericks of Jamaica, Part 2, will be published in 2026. Mavericks will be celebrated and offered opportunities in the creative industries.
Visit The Pitch Fanzine platform to learn more.
Photo – Pitch Fanzine
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descent to serve in a British Cabinet and as Leader of the House of Lords (2003–07).
Baroness Amos worked initially for Local Governments in London and then from 1989 to 1994, headed the Equal Opportunities Commission. In August 1997, she was made a life peer by the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair. Baroness Amos served as; the government’s spokesperson for social security, international development and women’s issues (1998-2001), a Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Britain’s Overseas Territories, and the Commonwealth, Consular and Personnel Affairs. In May 2003, Baroness Amos was appointed International Development Secretary, thus becoming the first black woman to serve in a British Cabinet. Following the death of Lord Williams of Mostyn in September 2003, Amos was named Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council, a post she held until 2007. She later served as British High Commissioner to Australia (2009–10) and as head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2010–15). She became Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. In 2015 and 2019, she was elected to become Master at the University College, Oxford; becoming the first woman to hold the post and the first black person to head a college at the University of Oxford.
Baroness Amos sits on a number of international foundation boards including the MasterCard Foundation, UN Foundation and International Peace Institute.
Baroness Amos is the first person of colour to be appointed as a Companion (Knight or Lady) to the Garter. (Haile Selassie I, the late Emperor of Ethiopia, was a royal member of the Order) and was installed in June 2022. The Order of the Garter is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain, established by King Edward III nearly 700 years ago. The Order includes The King, who is Sovereign of the Garter, several senior Members of the Royal Family, and twenty-four Knights or Ladies chosen in recognition of their work.
Baroness Amos will be conferred with the prestigious Honorary Doctor of Laws and will address the graduation on November 10th at 10 AM at the University’s 3rd graduation ceremony.
The award-winning actress can currently be seen as “Mo’at” in James Cameron’s AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER and in the limited series, FULL CIRCLE on Max. Upcoming projects include RUSTIN for Netflix and ANANSI BOYS for Amazon. Pounder portrayed “Dr. Loretta Wade” on the CBS series, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS for seven seasons and other notable projects including; Smithsonian Channel’s 100 YEARS OF SLAVERY as well as the television shows THE GOOD FIGHT, WAREHOUSE 13, SONS OF ANARCHY, REVENGE, BROTHERS, LAW & ORDER: SVU and HBO’s THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY, which garnered Pounder her fourth Emmy nomination. For seven years, Pounder portrayed “Claudette Wyms” on the critically acclaimed FX series, THE SHIELD, which earned her many accolades including an Emmy nomination, the MIB Prism Award,” two Golden Satellite Awards and the “Genii Excellence in TV Award.” Other honours for Pounder include an Emmy nomination for her role as Dr. Angela Hicks on the NBC series ER and an Emmybnomination for her role in FOX’s The X-FILES.
In addition, she received a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Spoken Word Album” for GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME, THE BEST IS YET TO BE and won an AUDIE, the Audio Publishers Association’s top honour, for WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD. Film credits include HOME AGAIN, RAIN, PRIZZI’S HONOR, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, ROBOCOP 3, SLIVER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT, FACE/OFF, END OF DAYS, MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, ORPHAN, AVATAR, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS and her breakout role in BAGDAD CAFÉ.
Originally from Georgetown, Guyana, in 2016, Pounder received The Cacique’s Crown of Honour, the second highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana. A graduate of Ithaca College, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the school, was their 2010 Commencement Speaker and in 2021, she received Ithaca College Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Pounder serves on the Board of the African Millennium Foundation and was a founding member of Artists for a New South Africa. An advocate of the arts, she is active in the Creative Coalition and recent accolades for Pounder include the Visionary Leadership Award in Performing Arts from the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, the 2015 Carney Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Chase Brexton Health Care in Baltimore, 2015 Honoree at the Grand Performances Gala in Los Angeles, the 2016 SweetArts Performing Arts honoree from the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, the National Urban League’s 2017 Women of Power Award and the 2018 Bob Marley Award from AFUWI (American Foundation for the University of the West Indies).
In addition to her prolific acting career and advocacy, Pounder has been extensively involved with the arts as a patron, collector, gallery owner and museum founder. Pounder’s collection consists of Caribbean and African artists and artists of the African Diaspora. Her collection is heavily concentrated in the area of Contemporary Art but also includes traditional African sculptures. In 1992, Pounder and her husband, the late Boubacar Koné, founded and built the Musée Boribana, the first privately owned contemporary museum in Dakar Senegal, which they gifted to that nation in 2014. She was named in 2022 a Commander of The National Order of the Lion (Ordre national du Lion du Sénégal) the highest order awarded by the government of Senegal. Pounder’s personal collection contains over 500 works of art, many of which she has loaned to Xavier University of Louisiana for a series of exhibitions and some of which were on exhibit at Somerset House in England, Kent State Museum, The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, MI and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago.
Pounder will receive the University of Guyana’s distinguished Honorary Doctorate for Excellence in Arts along with Guyana-based visual artist Bernadette Persaud on Saturday, November 11th at 10 am at the University’s 5th graduation ceremony.
extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly.
Norton called the Venezuelan government, and at times, the state itself, many things: a bully, an aggressor, and a dangerous and sinister enemy.
He believes Guyana is rightfully defending its territory in accordance with international law but said many times throughout his lengthy address that other measures must be taken to bolster Guyana’s defences.
“… we will have to take measures not only to defend our territorial integrity and sovereignty but also our place in the Latin American and Caribbean Region.
“Clearly, there is a need for a more robust and aggressive foreign policy, vis a vis Latin America and the Caribbean,” he said too.
Norton also pointed out that there have been instances where Venezuelan military personnel violated Guyana’s borders and entered upon Guyanese soil. Should the country’s planned December 3 referendum go ahead, he believes that Venezuela may become even more aggressive.
So Norton joined fellow lawmakers in denouncing that referendum and supporting Guyana’s move to resolve the controversy at the ICJ.
Extraordinary sitting of the House.
Prime Minister Phillips recounted the many instances where Venezuela acted aggressively towards Guyana, failing to accept the 1899 Arbitral Award that established the boundaries between the two countries.
For him, Venezuela did much to sour relations with Guyana even though Guyana held steadfast to international law and good neighbourly relations.
Beyond souring relations, the Prime Minister lamented that there have been tangible, adverse effects of that country’s claim to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory and exclusive economic zone offshore.
“… we are witnessing decades of division among our people, resulting in social fragmentation stemming from contradictory narratives.
“This, in turn, has adverse effects on economic development and investments between our neighbouring nations. It is a conflict that incites geopolitical tension that can affect regional stability and international relations,” the Prime Minister said.
He also said, “…the endurance of this controversy has been excessive, and Venezuela’s unrelenting pursuit of unfounded territorial claims, not only affects our nation, but also undermines the cherished principles of justice and sovereignty, sovereignty held by the international community.”
Further, he noted that Venezuela’s claim led to conflicting ideologies in both countries. In Guyana, it is known that the Essequibo region fully belongs to Guyana but in Venezuelans, many believe this area belongs to the Spanish-speaking nation.
It is that ideology that could be leveraged in a planned Venezuelan referendum that was denounced by all Guyanese lawmakers on Monday.
Through the referendum, the Nicolas Maduro government in Venezuela will seek the support of citizens in continuation of its claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region. The questions for that referendum include one that alludes to the annexation of the Essequibo region.
Guyana views the move as an affront to the ongoing juridical process currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The lawmakers gathered for the extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly to denounce Venezuela actions and clearly demonstrate the political unity on the border controversy.
Next week, the ICJ will hear arguments from Guyana through an injunction filed to prevent Venezuela from taking action through its provocative referendum over Guyana’s territory – Essequibo.
The borders of Guyana and Venezuela were determined by an arbitral tribunal on October 3, 1899, and Venezuela inherited 13,000 square kilometres of Guyana’s territory (then under British rule).
The ICJ has already determined that it has the jurisdiction to hear the border controversy case and Guyana believes it will get a favourable ruling.
International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Consequently, he called on fellow lawmakers, Guyanese and the international community to denounce this referendum.
“Anyone familiar with the curial process would know that a party in a litigation has a right to seek appropriate legal remedies, interlocutorily, if the other party in the litigation is taking steps that can defeat, compromise or render negatory, the legal proceedings itself and/or its final outcome.
“Guyana is of the considered view, that the impending referendum slated for the 3rd of December, 2023 is intended to and will compromise the legal proceedings pending at the International Court of Justice, if not subvert the legal process altogether and prejudice its outcome,” Nandlall, who is also the Minister of Legal Affairs, said.
What Guyana is ultimately seeking from the ICJ is affirmation that the 1899 Arbitral Award which established the boundary between itself and Venezuela is valid. Guyana believes that an ICJ ruling will be final and binding, settling the decades-long controversy once and for all.
It is for this reason Guyana rejects the referendum and is asking the ICJ to block it.
Through this referendum, Venezuela’s government will seek the support of citizens in continuation of its claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region. There are fears that at least one question in that referendum seeks the support of Venezuelans for the annexation of two-thirds of Guyana’s territory; and some believe the Spanish-speaking country may use force to do so.
So Guyana has approached the ICJ, seeking an injunction to prevent Venezuela from taking action through its provocative referendum over Guyana’s territory – Essequibo. There will be a hearing on November 14.
The Extraordinary Parliamentary sitting was convened as a means of also denouncing that referendum and reaffirming that the ICJ is the only avenue for a final settlement of the border controversy after other avenues, including decades of bilateral talks, failed.
