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back in the day, as "Let Your Backbone Slide" ruled the charts. Maestro’s impact went far beyond chart success. His work helped legitimize hip-hop as an art form in Canada, opening doors for future generations. His later recognition, including induction...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Music
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tend to build alliances across organizations, choosing community strength over institutional rivalry. These approaches have helped Black women leaders earn deep trust, particularly within communities that have good reason to be skeptical of mainstream...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Business and Innovation
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screening and early detection efforts while directly tackling systemic inequities. As Nicholls-Springer put it, the funding helped "remove barriers to access and improve outcomes" for a community often underserved by mainstream health systems. In...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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International Film Festival (TIFF) since 2006. Through podcasts, long-form features, and multimedia storytelling, he has helped elevate the stories of artists, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, and communities that are too often overlooked. Under his...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Uncategorised
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cast including Nehassaiu deGannes, danjelani ellis, and Daren A. Herbert. The team also honours the late Michael Blake, who helped shape the character he was originally cast to play. “Michael was such a master of craft,” Ambrose says. “He asked deep,...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Theatre
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and again in too many scenes that the bear looks too cartoonish in parts. But worse of all is the film’s continuity, not helped by the editing, which is really bad. Often, the audience sees the bear attacking a human on the ground and then sees it...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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responsibility institutions hold in ensuring that Black families feel fully seen within the healthcare system. Her remarks helped set the tone for a night grounded in honesty and hope. Avery’s story: The emotional centre of the evening Nothing captured...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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Seth Rogen film, GOOD FORTUNE, which was just so-so. LOVE + WINE is also just so-so. The not-too ingenious plot is at least helped by some South African flair, though the film leads to the typical Hollywood ending. The film plays on the familiar...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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Black History Month in Canada, we honour the legacy and contributions of Black Canadians across generations, from those who helped build our country to those shaping its future. This anniversary gives us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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has been visible through initiatives such as The Legacy Lounge and his role as co-founder of The Black Academy, which has helped establish The Legacy Awards as the country’s first nationally broadcast celebration of Black Canadian excellence. Stephan...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Movies
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vocal and lyrical dimension. Together, the lineup reflects the intergenerational nature of the scene this event has helped sustain. Sound system culture, properly amplified While the live band delivers the heartbeat, the selectors ensure the energy...
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- Author: AfroToronto Team
- Category: Music
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Stacy Golding, a community services coordinator with Toronto Community Housing and the program's lead, has helped build a structure that ensures mentorship does not end after a single workshop. Relationships continue. Guidance extends...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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his lifestyle, worried about their marriage, and angry at his constant undermining of her religious faith. Things are not helped by memories that have begun to resurface of a troubled time in their native Ireland. As their midwinter break comes to an...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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his most lasting contributions was his support for placing Toronto’s hydro-electric system in public hands. That decision helped shape the city's approach to essential infrastructure and public accountability. His leadership model centred on access,...
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- Author: AfroToronto Team
- Category: Community
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civil rights icon and two-time U.S. presidential candidate, has died at 84. A close ally of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson helped shape modern American politics through grassroots organizing, coalition building, and historic campaigns that expanded...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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Few artists have shaped late 20th-century R&B as profoundly as Keith Sweat. Emerging from Harlem in the 1980s, he helped define New Jack Swing by blending traditional soul vocals with hip-hop production. His debut album, Make It Last Forever, and hits...
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- Author: AfroToronto Team
- Category: Entertainment
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Tracy Moore’s influence beyond the studio As the longtime host of Cityline on Citytv from 2008 to 2024, Tracy Moore has helped redefine lifestyle broadcasting in Canada. Her on-air presence combines accessibility with depth, creating space for...
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- Author: AfroToronto Team
- Category: Business and Innovation
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strengthen the community and demonstrate the power of celebration to bring people together. The city's ongoing support has helped transform what began as a bold idea into a genuine signature event on the Ontario cultural calendar. A call that reaches...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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unlikely romance between Mei and Maarcello. The cliched romance feels forced, and the chemistry is questionable, not helped by the fact that one is Italian and the other Chinese, unable to communicate easily. The action and vengeance potion of the story...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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justice system. Through individual treatment plans, one-on-one counselling, mentorship, and advocacy, the program has helped more than 200 young people have their charges withdrawn or reduced. That is not an abstract statistic. Those are 200 futures...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
