An haifi Trinidad mai ba da labari ta Kanada don karɓar Kyautar CTO ta Rayuwa ta Rayuwa

Adana tarihin yankin yana da mahimmanci ga al'ummomi masu zuwa don fahimtar al'adunsu. Da Kungiyar Kayan Kasuwa ta Caribbean (CTO) ta sami cikakkiyar mai ba da labari a cikin haifaffiyar ƙasar Kanada Rita Cox wacce ta faɗi tarihin Caribbeanasar Caribbean, kuma za ta karrama ta da lambar yabo ta Rayuwa a yayin bikin cin abincin rana na Media Day a Toronto a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta.

Dan aikin laburare ta hanyar sana'a, Cox sanannen ɗan labaru ne kuma mai sha'awar jagora a cikin al'umma. Ta shiga laburaren jama'a na Toronto a matsayin mai kula da karatun yara a shekarar 1960 kuma a 1972 ta zama shugabar reshen Parkdale inda ta fara shirye-shiryen karatu da karatu da sauran dabaru wadanda ke bunkasa al'adu da dama a duk fadin Toronto. A lokacin da take aiki, Cox ta jagoranci majami'ar mai suna "Black Heritage and West Indian Resource Collection," wanda aka sauya mata suna a 1998 zuwa "Tarihin Baƙin andan Biya da Caribbean." Ba da daɗewa ba ya zama ɗayan mafi tarin tarin tarin abubuwa irinsa a Kanada kuma a yau, yana ci gaba da kasancewa abin alfahari ga al'umma.

Sylma Brown, darektar CTO-USA ta ce "Theungiyar Yawon Bude Ido ta Caribbean ta yaba wa sha'awar Rita Cox don inganta al'adun Caribbean ta hanyar tarin da ta kirkira don laburaren jama'a na Toronto da kuma abubuwan tarihinta da ke ba da tarihinmu ga tsara mai zuwa." "Jajircewarta na kiyaye al'adun Caribbean da sadaukar da kai wajan ganin yankin ya kasance a gaba cikin al'umar Kanada a shekaru da dama shine dalilin da yasa muke girmama ta da lambar yabo ta rayuwa."

Cox ya kafa "Cumbayah," wani biki na al'adun gargajiya da ba da labari. A matsayinta na shahararriyar mai bayar da labarai wacce ta nishadantar da masu sauraro a duk duniya, kuma ta tabbatar da gadon laburaren jama'a na Toronto ta hanyar horar da sabbin tsara labarai, wadanda yawancinsu ma'aikatan laburare ne a halin yanzu. Bayan ta yi ritaya daga laburaren jama'a na Toronto a 1995, an nada Cox a matsayin alkalin kotun 'yan kasa da gwamnatin Kanada.

Cox ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa, gami da Serviceungiyar Ba da Lamuni na Libraryungiyar Karatuttukan Kanada da Kyautar Baƙin Blackan Black (1986). A cikin 1997, an nada Dokta Cox a matsayin Memba na Kungiyar Kwadago ta Kanada saboda fitaccen aikin ta na bayar da labarai da kuma karance-karance. Dukansu Jami'ar Wilfrid Laurier da ta York sun ba ta digirin digirgir na girmamawa.