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Chinese writer Zheng Xiaoqiong
Water Becomes Water By Zheng Xiaoqiong Water becomes water's shape in the water, inside the machine we become the image of the machine, the dusk becomes the machine's dusk, in piercing we are pierced by the machine, we must use a defective good...


BOF event was an extremely inspiring event
By Craig Wellington of BOF, Toronto Black Opportunity Fund was extremely pleased to put on this incredibly inspiring event in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University and the Black Scholarship Institute. House Speaker Greg Fergus shared ama...


Canada: 107 receive this year's B.I.G Black Ideas Grant
On May 14th, FFBC rewrote the story of Black self-determination, celebrating solutions, and building a future where every Black voice is heard, and every Black community thrives. The 107 recipients of the B.I.G Black Ideas Grant are a testament to t...


Saving lives and empowering communities in South Sudan's remote areas: Akon's journey from despair to hope
In the dusty outskirts of Nyamlel in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr el Gazal State, a grandmother's desperate plea for her granddaughter's life echoed through the corridors of a stabilization center. Akon Ayom, a 30-month-old girl, lay motionless,...


Emmy award-winning television broadcaster Gwen Tolbart
Emmy award-winning television broadcaster Gwen Tolbart, BA 95, will receive the International Excellence Award on May 28 at the Alumni Recognition Awards. Gwen was the first Black news and weather anchor on Canada's The Weather Network. In 2023, sh...


𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴?
By Shai Reshef, Founder & President at University of the People Due to declining enrollment, more and more American colleges and universities are closing their doors or merging with other institutions. According to a recent report, about one unive...


Things in Japanese supermarkets that just make sense (and should become standard!)
By Niluka Kavanagh, Founder @ ImagineThat | Building The World's First Business School for Digital Nomads Referring to 7/11, FamilyMart and Lawson. If you know, you know! 1. Phone chargers you can rent on demand. 2. Microwaves to warm up food yo...


Honouring Dr. Afua Cooper
To close out Poetry Month, we would like to honour the Principal Investigator of A Black People's History of Canada, Dr. Afua Cooper. She is a Jamaican Canadian historian, educator, and poet who co-founded the Canadian Dub poetry movement and served...


How to improve indoor air quality and breathe easier
Indoor air can be way more polluted than outdoor air. Luckily, air-conditioning systems can help safeguard your health. As we go about our daily lives, we often overlook a critical aspect of our well-being: the quality of the air we breathe. When w...


British writer Malachi McIntosh
Malachi McIntosh was born in Birmingham but raised in the United States. He worked for five years in academia after completing a PhD in English, but stepped down from a post at Cambridge in June 2016 to focus on writing full time. His work has been...

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