Gurpreet Singh: I Am a Cockroach
Staff
May 21, 2026
“I Am a Cockroach” is a protest poem written in response to the Chief Justice of India likening unemployed youths to parasites.
Category: Perspectives
Taiwan Travelogue wins 2026 International Booker—a deftly translated tale of food, love, and history
Staff
May 20, 2026
The novel follows fictional Japanese novelist Aoyama Chizuko and her Taiwanese interpreter, Ō Chizuru as they travel across colonial Taiwan.
Trump plays up historic ties between China and America at state banquet without uttering a word about People’s Republic
Charlie Smith
May 15, 2026
In his historical comments, Trump only cited acts of friendship between American and Chinese people prior to the Chinese Civil War.
David Suzuki: Regenerative practices breathe new life into forests
David Suzuki
May 14, 2026
Suzanne Simard’s new book When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World digs deep, literally!
Cathy Xinman: Oh, Mother
Cathy Xinman
May 9, 2026
In this poem, storms, leaves, and the changing seasons are not merely landscapes of nature, but metaphors for a mother’s life.
Cathy Xinman: Falling Petals
Cathy Xinman
April 16, 2026
“Falling Petals” is a poem about letting go, remembering without being crushed, and finding a reason to face tomorrow.
British Columbia’s quiet rescission of a proclamation recognizing Guru Nanak Jahaz is a case study in the erasure of agency
Staff
April 8, 2026
Representatives of different gurdwaras in Metro Vancouver have endorsed the name Guru Nanak Jahaz for the vessel chartered by Gurdit Singh.
A popular horror novel was pulled over AI concerns—here’s what it means for publishing
Staff
April 6, 2026
Author Mia Ballard denied using AI to write the novel, but said a contractor hired to work on an earlier self-published version used AI tools.
The real truth about stories: Book recommendations from the Indigenous Literatures Lab
Staff
March 31, 2026
Katherena Vermette’s 2025 novel Real Ones offers important reflections on the rippling effects of false claims to Indigenous identity.
David Suzuki: Renewable energy saves lives and money
David Suzuki
March 24, 2026
It may seem difficult—especially after ignoring scientific warnings—but we can shift rapidly from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
ZiXuan & Slow Train frontman writes music with purpose for those reclaiming their Hakka heritage
Charlie Smith
August 27, 2026
Puyuma voices: Ipo Demaladas on music, identity and Taiwan’s Indigenous heritage
Charlie Smith
August 26, 2026
David Suzuki: Indigenous rights mean justice for all
David Suzuki
August 25, 2026
Toronto TAIWANfest explores the hidden history behind the city’s most famous intersection
Charlie Smith
August 24, 2026
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
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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.
