How the Taste and Tradition of Sorrel is Preserving Caribbean Culture
When it comes to seasonal sips, a refreshing hibiscus punch is more often considered a summertime drink than a holiday-themed one. But for the Caribbean diaspora, sorrel is a Christmas must-have—and the annual quest to find the fresh blossoms at Caribbean grocers across the country has become as
For These Busy Executives, Home Is A Meeting Place—& Everyone’s Invited
Talking about the home you share with your life and business partner from separate rooms might sound like a bemusing quirk, but for Arati Sharma and Satish Kanwar, founders of tech investment firm Good Future, it’s just another day at the office. “We never take meetings together,” Sharma says
For These Quilters of Colour, The Art Form Is A Means Of Resistance
At a glance, quilting is an intricate, but ultimately utilitarian craft that largely exists in the domestic sphere. But the truth is, quilters have always embedded stories, and sometimes political meaning, into their creations through various styles of stitching and textile. This is especially true
Who Gets The Last Laugh In Ethnic Comedy?
Danzy Senna’s new novel, Colored Television, a struggling biracial novelist-turned-screenwriter begins working with a hotshot Black TV producer who establishes the stakes of the cultural landscape: “Diversity, diversity, diversity. The default is whiteness. They get this flurry of interest in us
How Black Ski Clubs Are Taking Back the Slopes
It’s 2010 and Nina Miller-Browne, her husband, and their 12- and nine-year-old daughters arrive at Pats Peak in Henniker, N.H., to enjoy quality time swooshing down man-made snow created by one of the largest snow-making systems in the state. They are guests for an annual ski fundraising event
With Her New Book, Catherine Hernandez Delves Into Her Own History
Catherine Hernandez’s latest novel, Behind You, is not your usual ripped-from-the-headlines story, and the first hint is the book’s opening epigraph: “It’s not about him, it’s about us.” The “him” is an unnamed serial killer modelled after the real-life criminal who stalked Sca
How Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Léuli Eshrāghi Is Bringing Indigenous Perspectives to the Forefront
Léuli Eshrāghi didn’t intend to become a curator; with an academic background in film, languages, literature, museum studies and art history, Eshrāghi’s original intention was to work as an artist, and they started that career in 2011. But after seeing what they described as more “superfici
Why Anne of Green Gables Is Huge in Japan
On an early July day in 1911, a young woman named Lucy Maud Montgomery got married in the parlour of a green-trimmed farmhouse on Prince Edward Island. Fast forward over 100 years later, and Montgomery’s status as a lioness of Canadian literature and globally-beloved author has inspired hordes of
Comedian Alia Rasul and Director Sura Mallouh Bring History, Heart and Humour With New Doc
Filipina-Canadian comedian Alia Rasul says she fell into filmmaking “by accident” during the pandemic. She thought the humorous stories her dad Amroussi told her about his unusual number of near-death experiences would take shape as, at the most, a podcast. “What you see is very differen
How Sash Simpson Is Giving Back to the Orphanage Where He Grew Up
Philanthropy runs in Chef Sash Simpson’s family. His mother, Sandra Simpson, adopted him from the Families for Children orphanage in Coimbatore, India, a non-profit she founded around 1974. Known as “Babu” while living on the streets prior to his time there, Sash credits his adoptive mother wi
