Emma Lee Toyoda

The journey from silence to defiance

Emma Lee Toyoda is no stranger to vulnerability. For proof, look no further than their 2016 debut album sewn me anew, which is as rich…

Haleluya Hailu

Greetings and salutations

“I think more people need more petty teenage drama to focus on while the world is on fire.”   Haleluya Hailu’s very first EP entitled…

Chutney Mag

Culture, art and equality with Osman Bari

In a conversation with Osman Bari, founder and editor of Chutney Magazine, we unpacked the magazine and its diverse contents. Chutney Mag is a Toronto-based…

Tawahum Bige

"To be a poet..."

Tawahum Bige [he/they] is, in their words, “the whole gamut”: poet, performer, land defender, rapper, musician, and writer, as well as an uncle and a…

Bookclub

Camraderie and 80's nostalgia come together

OPENING The scene opens onto a studio. Jack and Cam sit at the mixing table, murmuring enthusiastically. Zach and Avery are on the sofa, and…

New Ending

Exhibition Review @ BAF Gallery

Pre-reading: The Context of a Filipino Home that is not in the Philippines (based entirely off my own experience) You are greeted with warm smells…

DOXA 2021 Review Special

Four Documentaries, Four Reviews!

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy When you watch Kímmapiiyipitssini it is impossible not to constantly be aware of contrast. The idyllic mountains around the Kainai…