“I strongly believe you need daily physical movement to help with mental and emotional health.”

The Black Pledge is an open call for positive, lasting change in live arts spaces across Canada.

Happening on Black Mental Health Day (March 1st), this full-day event will include a variety of discussions around anxiety and depression experiences that Black Artists face as they navigate their lives and careers in the arts sector as a whole.

Oh god do we ever wish that this film had been around when we were in high school.

“I think knowing that you’re tuning into something with a happy ending is what we want right now more than ever.”

“Being a Black woman in this Instagram industry of motherhood, where it is predominantly white women, meant that I didn’t fit in.

“I’m still beginning to understand my own identity, in terms of how I’m placed in society.”

“This prize will spotlight authors and ideas that aim to address the core concerns of our society and ideally lead to a more engaged, informed, and enlightened Canada.”

FINDING SALLY will begin to stream on CBC GEM, beginning February 19, 2021. Watch it in advance of the ‘Ethiopia Then and Now’ event on Feb 22nd.

These stories are nothing less than the blueprint for liberation.

No writer could have dreamt up a more bizarre or frightening episode than the life chapter we’re currently living through.

“People overlook the fact that baking is basically a bunch of delicious chemical reactions.”

“We want to share their experience and their stories and show Canada what they do and how they do it.”

Load up on chocolate kisses and cinnamon hearts and feast on a full-on love-in this weekend with stories that celebrate all types of love.