Cultivating Joy
by Tamunoibifiri Fombo This is a love letter to you on your journey - figuring it out is a process and it is only when we live that we learn.…
Nothing Happens Before It’s Time
By: Shenille Lewis Have you ever been told by someone when you're excited, anxious or eager about the future that: "Nothing ever happens before it's time" But wait, how can…
Rediscovering African Literature
By Tamilore Oshodi I think back to a tween me, feeling personally affronted when forced to read African literature. What was I - freshly swept in from the global North…
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The other danger of hopelessness
By David Halim Hope is a dangerous thing. But, it’s also a fickle thing. 2020 has been a fickle, fragile year: constantly in flux, seemingly only getting worse, with bad…
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Conceptualizing Allyship
By Nemee Bedar I want to start off by saying I am not Black. I am an Indian, cis-gendered, heterosexual woman who immigrated to Canada when I was three years…
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Black is, of course, beautiful.
By Oluwaseun Senbore “You're ugly because you're black". These were the words spoken to me in elementary school by a white classmate, after I asked him to scoot his chair…
Dreams to Reality
At issue however, is that most people do not follow through and accomplish their goals. While some may encounter obstacles—physical barriers, lack of financial support, networks or connections— that prevent them from achieving their goals, others become comfortable in their current situation, telling themselves that they will eventually work toward their goals someday.
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