Posts tagged diversity
THE UNDEFINABLE ZAKI IBRAHIM

Travelling between hip-hop, pop, electronic music and neo-soul – and her homes in Cape Town, Toronto and B.C. – Zaki Ibrahim is hard to label. And that’s kind of the point.

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FAMILY AFFAIR

Everything they do, every step they take, is for each other. That’s the de facto motto at FreedomSchool Toronto, a grassroots community organization that aims to inform, equip and engage local Black children regarding Black pride, Black histories of resistance and community organizing.

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A FORMER BLACK ARTS CENTRE OFFERS LESSONS FOR THE PRESENT

Legends like Isaac Hayes, Bob Marley, BB King and more came to the Harriet Tubman Centre at St. Clair and Oakwood in the ’70s – a thriving hub for Black Torontonians. Its founder, Ken Jeffers, recalls its impact and finds in its undoing a familiar story.

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“DIVERSITY IS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT”

Toronto’s schools are steeped in colonial attitudes, and Black students are paying the price. But educators and advocacy groups are working to change the ways schools work to better serve racialized students.

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