Kenji Tokawa is a mixed-race Nikkei writer, artist and arts-educator based in Toronto, Wendat-Haudenosaunee-Anishinaabeg Territory. He came to Canada from Denmark, Japan and Ireland over one hundred years ago. Having coordinated queer- and trans-positive events and programing for racialized youth (Asian Arts Freedom School, GenderFOC) currently he runs his own workshops in silk-screen printing with a…
Jorge Antonio Vallejos–Black Coffee Poet–is a mixed race, Toronto based, poet, essayist, and journalist. He is the creator of blackcoffeepoet.com. Son to a Peruvian mother (and Arab father) who introduced him to books at two weeks of age with regular trips to the local library, Black Coffee Poet developed a love for books quickly. Losing himself…
Lali Mohamed is an award-winning diversity and equity activist, organizer and consultant. He has worked extensively with youth service organizations in developing their outreach strategies, implementing their strategic plan and helping them become more inclusive and equitable. He is also the founder of Queering Black History Month, an annual photography exhibit and panel discussion that…
Nayani Thiyagarajah is an up and coming filmmaker of important documentaries such as Shadeism – a must watch short film that explores the issue of skin colour and discrimination within the African, Caribbean, and South Asian diasporas. The Ryerson University graduate is also an organizer and participant of T – DOT Renaissance – a Toronto event that…
Danielle Sandhu is the President of the University of Toronto Students’ Union, representing over 45,000 undergraduate students at the University of Toronto. As an organisation, the U.T.S.U. is committed to ensuring that post-secondary education is accessible to all; defending the individual and student rights of its members. Previously, Danielle served as the Union’s Vice-President Equity,…
