John “Army” Howard: Canada’s first Black male Olympian John “Army” Howard was born on October 6, 1888. The details of…
In 2021, Jade Addai graduated University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology, Law…
Rap SheetAyomide Bayowa, Poet laureate of Mississauga, Ontario (2021 to 2024) (i.) My mama’s obsessed with uniforms. She wished I…
Existing far beyond the confines of a musical genre and what was initially a dynamic between a DJ and emcee,…
Music—CelesteSerena Uribe Celeste is an American-British singer of English and Jamaican descent. In 2017, the soulful, jazzy blues and R&B…
Spoiler warning: this review contains plotlines from The Son of the House. This book is not about men, despite what…
“What drives my work the most is representation,” said Alleyne, a Trinidadian artist and UTM alumna whose work is inspired…
Emmanuela Okon, an alumna from the Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (CCIT) program at the University of Toronto Mississauga, decided…
“What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Black’?” asks Dr. Andrew Campbell, a sessional…
“My appointment as a poet laureate remains a surprise, not disbelieving my poetic proficiency but, in comparison to other great…
Blackness cannot be contained nor categorized. As a Black woman and student here at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM),…
It’s difficult to grasp that the Civil Rights Movement occurred only within the last 100 years, and that the painfully…
As a Canadian society, it is critical for us to recognize, remember, and celebrate Black Canadian figures and their accomplishments,…
During the height of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, Ibram X. Kendi’s book How to be Antiracist dominated public…
The Black History Month Committee at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) is organizing a variety of events in honour…
