Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica—a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins
Staff
December 27, 2025
Like many enslaved Africans, Apongo had two names. Neither of them completely unlocks his back story.
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Possible ancient artifacts are found in a B.C. thrift shop—and archeology scholars are on the case
Staff
December 10, 2025
These objects may date to late antiquity (roughly the third to sixth or seventh century) and/or the medieval period.
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI—is human writing headed for extinction?
Staff
December 5, 2025
It has become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI.
Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
Staff
December 4, 2025
In the last decades of his life, Luthuli was silenced and persecuted.
An art historian looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums
Staff
November 27, 2025
A Canadian academic discovered that many missionaries described Indigenous belongings in the Vatican Museums as “trophies of the pope”.
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity
Staff
November 22, 2025
A nation’s literature used to be tied to language, but this can no longer be the narrow criterion for defining a canon.
Canada Post honours Scott Pilgrim series creator Brian Lee O’Malley and five other graphic novelists with postage stamps
Charlie Smith
November 20, 2025
Graphic novelists Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas are the other honourees.
New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading
Staff
November 14, 2025
For newcomers to a country, success often depends on learning to read fluently in a new language.
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
Staff
November 12, 2025
Mamdani called for fairness in Arabic, Bangla, Urdu-Hindi, and Spanish during his campaign to become mayor of America’s largest city.
Scholar Szu-Wei Chen explains how historical currents transformed pop music in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Charlie Smith
November 8, 2025
Chen will deliver a talk called “Mending Generational Gaps Through Music” at the Jade Music Fest on Saturday (November 8).
Toronto students who live in residence get better grades, study finds
Staff
August 22, 2026
TAIWANfest exhibition reveals how missionaries brought Victorian-era Toronto architectural styles to northern Taiwan
Charlie Smith
August 21, 2026
Sunny Deol packs a punch—and a powerful message—in Batwara 1947
Charlie Smith
August 19, 2026
Finding home through music: Chinyi C on connection, belonging, and Toronto
Charlie Smith
August 18, 2026
What India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal about youth, solidarity, and hope
Staff
August 17, 2026
/ Panel / Symbolism or Tokenism
Staff
August 16, 2026
/ Panel /Confronting Inward and Reverse Racism
Staff
August 16, 2026
Celebrity chef Ted Liao will share secrets of making sustainable Hakka colas at Toronto TAIWANfest
Charlie Smith
August 16, 2026
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.
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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.
