Production designer, director and award-winning music and culture writer Sharine Taylor and writer, artist, educator, and PhD Candidate Ryan Persadie tackle the fundamental question of who carnival is actually for—and whether focusing on its economic impact ultimately decentres the people who most need it: Caribbean folks.
Read MoreJerry Flores, associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Toronto, and journalist and television personality Nam Kiwanuka join us to discuss the reality of being a refugee to Canada, social stigma—and the complicated feelings refugees can have about needing to escape their homelands in the first place.
Read MoreAnar Ali, novelist, screenwriter and the creator and executive producer of the police drama Allegiance, and Rechie Valdez, Member of Parliament and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth of Canada tackle the complicated question of what ‘home’ actually means
Read MoreSecond-generation racialized Canadians ostensibly face fewer barriers to success than their parents, but according to a recent study, they’re actually doing worse than previous generations. In episode two of Take It to the Group Chat, policy analyst and political firebrand Chloe Brown and Rupa Banerjee, associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and co-author of the study, explain why.
Read MoreAllison Hill, founder of Hill Studio, a salon and wellness space for Black women, and journalist, producer and writer Pacinthe Mattar on the pros and cons of group chats, especially for immigrant women.
Read MoreCBC executive producer Arti Patel on the barriers to entry for young South Asian women trying to get into creative fields, why we belong in these spaces and how she’s helping to bring about change through Didihood, the networking and mentorship collective she co-founded.
Read MoreAllison Hill, founder of Hill Studio, a salon and wellness space for Black women, talks about what drew her to entrepreneurship, what it means to be a Black women navigating this world and what keeps her going, even when it's hard.
Read MoreCaroline Mangosing, founder and creative director of modern Filipiniana fashion brand Vinta Gallery, and filmmaker v.t. nayani chat about ‘immigrant daughter syndrome,’ the obligations and expectations immigrant families place on their daughters—and the ones we put on ourselves.
Read MoreMusician and actor Mark Clennon chats about leaving Jamaica as a teenager, the ways ‘immigrant stories’ often don’t reflect the nuances of his own experiences, and what it means to go back home and be unapologetically himself.
Read MoreJournalist Hannah Sung chats with Friday Things about BTS' appeal, but also how fandom has given her avenues to learn more about Korean culture, connected her to new friends and amplified the lessons she'd already been learning about feminism, power and aging.
Read MoreAuthor and public speaker Bee Quammie, journalist Pacinthe Mattar and Friday Things assistant editor Ruth Young join Friday Things founder Stacy Lee Kong for a candid chat about their varied immigrant experiences, from growing up second-gen and wishing ‘immigrant’ was a label that applied, to identifying as a third-culture kid who doesn’t seem herself as an immigrant at all, to being an immigrant who isn’t perceived as one.
Read MoreAuthor Téa Mutonji chats with Friday Things about the type of characters who are allowed to be messy, her writing process and why she still finds so much inspiration in Scarborough’s Galloway neighbourhood.
Read MoreToronto Star food reporter Karon Liu chats with Friday Things about the food story he never wants to read again (hint: it involves smelly lunches), the state of Canada’s food writing scene and the benefits and responsibilities that come with being one of the few full-time, unionized food journalists in Canada.
Read MoreSelf-taught visual artist Melissa Falconer chats with Friday Things about the very specific brand of hustle culture experienced by immigrants, where she finds inspiration and why her goal is to never let ‘Future Melissa’ down.
Read MoreFashion designer, tailor and craftsperson Warren Steven Scott chats with Friday Things about building a career in the Canadian fashion industry as an Indigenous person, why happiness is a big part of his aesthetic and the power of your family finally getting what you do for a living.
Read MoreMadelyn Chung, the founder of The RepresentASIAN Project, chats with Friday Things about why we still need to push for representation, the importance of holding ourselves accountable and why we should be paying attention to the hot guys and girls of Physical 100.
Read MoreIn the first episode of Making Our Own Way, director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall chats with Friday Things about how being an immigrant impacts her approach to filmmaking, the particular challenges of finding funding as a young Black woman and what it means to tell ‘Canadian stories.’
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