Gardenview School News Today

With his Black History Month tour of Montreal-area schools, DJ Malik Shaheed, a youth advocate with The Youth Star Foundation, says he hopes to inspire kids and break stereotypes. His talks go beyond slavery to the pre-colonial African kingdoms and empires, to highlighting the contributions of Black people, and even delve into the use of the N-word. CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec caught up with him at Gardenview School in Montreal's Saint-Laurent borough.

With Quebec teachers on strike, parents are scrambling to keep their children busy -- and working parents are especially busy trying to balance their responsibilities.