After decades of West Indian immigration to the GTA, patois-peppered English has begun to feel like a distinctively Toronto thing. But the original speakers are undecided whether it's a tribute or a travesty.
Source: The Globe and Mail
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How a heartfelt social media post led to a movement for diverse women in leadership.
Source: Financial Post
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My mourning mind, compromised and searching for coincidence, processes the age Toni Morrison was when she died, eighty-eight, as two infinity signs, straightened and snatched right-side up. If we are Morrison-fearing, as some others are with their icons, well, we were socialized by her novels.
Source: Doreen St. Félix, Newyorker.com
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The film Black Panther took more than $1bn at the box office last year, and some of the world’s biggest recording artists have adopted Afrofuturist stylings, from Rihanna and Beyoncé to Janelle Monáe.
Source: The Guardian
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The spotlight, many say, is long overdue. Black cooks have historically seen their foods and techniques co-opted, getting little credit for their influence on America’s culinary traditions. “There have always been black hands in American food,” said Jerome Grant, the chef at Sweet Home Café in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Source: The New York Times
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On this episode of BusinessCast powered by DMZ, Isaac Olowolafe Jr. of Dream Maker Ventures teams up with DMZ, Shopify, BMO and Canadian Women's Foundation for a first-of-its-kind initiative in Canada.
Source: Soundcloud
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When Frances-Anne Solomon received an email from filmmaker Ava DuVernay letting her know she was being invited to the Oscars academy, she thought someone was pulling her leg.
"I thought it was a hoax," she told Matt Galloway with a laugh on CBC Radio's Metro Morning. "I showed it around my office and everybody thought it was a joke."
Source: CBC.ca
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A 2015 survey of 133 respondents among black businesses in Toronto found networking, marketing, accessing financing and connecting with mentors were some of the major areas where entrepreneurs believed they could be better supported.
Source: CBC.ca
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Women and gender non-conforming artists came together to commemorate how far we've come — and where we can go.
Source: CBC Arts
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If anybody would have told me back in the summer of 2012, when I first arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that I would one day attend a concert in this country featuring Sean Paul, Mariah Carey and DJ Tiësto, I would not have believed it.
Source: meresofarabia.com
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