Essay

Personal stories of resilience, courage, celebration and survival, and everything in between.

The year I became a person of colour

By Lynn Lau ● Essay ● September 28, 2024

“Some people may become whole without confronting their stories and identities. But I don’t know of any myself.”

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Confronting the realities of environmental racism in Canada

By Denée Rudder ● Essay ● February 7, 2023

When racism and the environment intersect, it’s our communities that suffer.

Illustration of a Black man in a grocery story holding a shopping basket and a phone. A thought bubble hovers nearby with an image of money on fire.

I escaped Canada’s 6.7% inflation, and found relief in South Africa

By Ray Mwareya ● Essay ● April 20, 2022

For Black immigrants like me living in Canada, inflation is an existential threat.

I’m done waiting for racist newsrooms to change. It’s time to build our own.

By Matthew DiMera ● Essay ● April 12, 2022

Black, Indigenous and racialized communities have been dangerously underserved by media in Canada.

A black and white photo of Mary Ann Shadd Cary.

How Canada’s first Black woman newspaper publisher is inspiring my journalism

By Matthew DiMera ● Essay ● March 24, 2022

“We have made but a little progress considering our resolves … We should do more and talk less.”

Names matter. Why can’t you learn mine?

By Meg Jianing Zhang ● Essay ● February 22, 2022

Being seen as an ‘interchangeable Asian’ can wear you down.