For Tanya Tawhida Evanson: Art is life
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For Tanya Tawhida Evanson: Art is life

Performer and oral storyteller Tanya Tawhida Evanson lights up when she speaks about her art. After all, she has dedicated the last 20 years to honing her craft and...

AFRICA AND FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
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AFRICA AND FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

This year Africa will be represented by Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Morocco at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 from November 20 to December 18. This will be...

DIAN MARIE BRIDGE brings her livelong passion for theatre to BTW
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DIAN MARIE BRIDGE brings her livelong passion for theatre to BTW

As one of Canada’s oldest Black theatre companies, the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) recognized, has been championing the works of Blacks for decades. Its new artistic director Dian Marie...

The Phoenix Project: the call to give
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The Phoenix Project: the call to give

One act of kindness has the potential to change the world, if you ask Sharon Pilgrim, she has seen the truth in this statement, for a long time. She...

Optimista kicks off with The Black Cop
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Optimista kicks off with The Black Cop

Montreal’s Yellow Pad Sessions (YPS), presents OPTIMISTA an ambitious multidisciplinary art project intended to inspire and encourage during uncertain times through a celebration of human spirit. The series takes...

You can call him a pioneer of AFROVEGANISM
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You can call him a pioneer of AFROVEGANISM

The statistics of Black people leading in chronic diseases worried Joe G Thomas. From diabetes to blood pressure and a host of others, these over representation of Black people...

Queen Elizabeth II: A pillar in the face of discontent
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Queen Elizabeth II: A pillar in the face of discontent

Elizabeth II, reigned for 70 years as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada and the Commonwealth. When she died at 96 years old on Thursday, September 8, the long...

Giovanni Ends Her Classroom Chapter
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Giovanni Ends Her Classroom Chapter

As she closes the chapter on her time in the classroom, Nikki Giovanni leaves an enviable 35-year legacy behind her. On September 1, Giovanni officially retired from her position...

MONTREAL VENDORS EXPO on July 30
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MONTREAL VENDORS EXPO on July 30

With the increasing number of job losses and uncertainties in the job market due to the pandemic, many Montrealers have been putting on their entrepreneurial hats and are setting...

DREAMERS FROM AFAR
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DREAMERS FROM AFAR

MANYANG LUAL JOK Born in South Sudan’s Makuach village, turmoil and insecurity sent Manyang Lual Jok to Kakuma Refugee camp in northern Kenya. He took the trip with his...