
Who were the first Africans at the Olympics? The disturbing story of two 1904 marathon runners
They were Jan Mashiani and Len Taunyane (Tau), who appeared along with a white South African runner—B.W. Harris—in the Olympics marathon.

They were Jan Mashiani and Len Taunyane (Tau), who appeared along with a white South African runner—B.W. Harris—in the Olympics marathon.

A Dalhousie University scholar looks back at Hage’s second novel, Cockroach, on the centenary of the death of Franz Kafka.

Sleep is the debut film from Korean director Jason Yu, a former assistant to the Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, 2019).

Comedian Jorelle Almeda wrote a screenplay about William Howard Taft, the first U.S civil governor of the Philippines.

Since the mid-2000s Miike has mostly produced chanbara—sword-fighting films—finding a home for his violent imagery in Japan’s feudal past.

Tlotlo Tsamaase’s debut novel, Womb City, interweaves the mythological and digital expanse of the culture of Botswana.

This has been a grim year for journalism, with large-scale layoffs at many media companies in Canada and the United States.

Hopefuls on the show demonstrate a variety of ways to represent Jewish identity and observe Jewish religious life.

Youssou N’Dour, one of the most popular singers in Senegal, is also considered to be the pioneer of mbalax music.

The public reaction to the tragic fire that consumed St. Anne’s Anglican Church on Gladstone Street is remarkable on many levels.










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.