Senegal has a rich history of traditional music—how it lives on in modern music
Staff
June 24, 2024
Youssou N’Dour, one of the most popular singers in Senegal, is also considered to be the pioneer of mbalax music.
Author: Staff
The St. Anne’s fire in Toronto highlights the significance of space for cities and communities
Staff
June 17, 2024
The public reaction to the tragic fire that consumed St. Anne’s Anglican Church on Gladstone Street is remarkable on many levels.
Let’s take a moment to remember Bartolomé de las Casas to mark National Indigenous History Month
Staff
June 16, 2024
Bartolomé de las Casas wrote The Devastation of the Indies, a firsthand account of repression of Indigenous peoples by Spanish conquerors.
There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by “becoming” Black
Staff
June 14, 2024
Florida State University academic Alisha Gaines wrote about this in Black for a Day: White Fantasies of Race and Empathy.
Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent
Staff
June 7, 2024
The global superstar’s desire for African citizenship took root during his tour of the continent in the 1970s.
Arts graduate education in Canada should be redesigned around students’ and society’s needs
Staff
May 29, 2024
Many arts graduate students aspire to become professors but Canada produces far more doctorates than available academic jobs.
The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential
Staff
May 26, 2024
Acogny was one of the first African dance makers to openly disrupt the European norm of a white, rail thin, weightless female dancing body.
Anti-Palestinian racism needs to be included in Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy
Staff
May 21, 2024
The keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian culture and heritage, was banned in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in March by the Speaker.
Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud: What does the law say about defamatory lyrics?
Staff
May 15, 2024
Drake and Lamar have each racked up more sales during their high-profile feud, which has captured headlines around the world.
Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for rap
Staff
May 15, 2024
Salehi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime, was arrested after singing about widespread corruption in his country.
Marriage is hard, but it’s even harder when you immigrate together
Staff
October 18, 2025
Nikki Shaffeeullah’s “Purgatory” delivers authentic take on Indo-Caribbean Muslim life in Canada
Charlie Smith
October 16, 2025
In Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, what makes us monstrous is refusing to care
Staff
October 14, 2025
Baljit Sangra gives voice to hidden Canadian history in Have You Heard Judi Singh?
Charlie Smith
October 13, 2025
Encounters with Evil: A review of It Was Just an Accident
Staff
October 12, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Maple Leaves Rustle, Another Season
Cathy Xinman
October 12, 2025
Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again addresses impact of corporate water diversions on Indigenous ways of life
Charlie Smith
October 12, 2025
Brishkay Ahmed breaks through binary representation of Afghan women with honest conversations In the Room
Charlie Smith
October 11, 2025
‘Polite racism’ is the subtle form of racial exclusion—here’s how to move beyond it
Staff
October 9, 2025
Toronto Spark
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.
About Us
- Vision Statement
- Staff Profiles
- Contributors
- Covers
About Us
- Vision Statement
- Staff Profiles
- Contributors
- Covers
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.
