Ali says that her B.C.-based cop series is shining a light on racial and class biases within Canada’s justice system.
Described as an “electronic pop and melodic bass maven” by Forbes, the LA-based JVNA kicked off her North American tour last month.
In 2017, President Tsai Ing-wen announced Freedom of Speech Day on the 28th anniversary of the death of democracy activist Cheng Nan-jung.
Ilana sings in 20 to 22 languages, but she says that’s only possible because her ancestors survived intense persecution.
Lazebnik, a continuing education teacher at George Brown College in Toronto, spent time in the B.C. Archives examining Maynard’s work.
To Kill a Tiger tells the story of a poor family’s quest for justice in rural India in the face of intense community opposition.
Babetido Sadjo plays Marie, a resident of southern France who is haunted by her past in Our Father, the Devil.
Women in Animation Vancouver’s ACE [Animation Career EXCELerator] program aims to address gender inequality.
Playwright, artist, and cultural facilitator Nikki Shaffeeullah maintains that “art should disrupt the status quo.” On her website, she also declares that art should “centre the margins, engage with the ancient, dream of the future, and be for everyone”.
Teh, who is based in Toronto, cowrote three of the five songs on Sammy Jackson’s Juno-winning “With You” EP.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
