Claire Francis

In the Canadian academic landscape, scholar, artist, and professor, Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's Black And Free Project explores Black expressive culture through various mediums — and this year, Keleta-Mae’s work is going beyond academia and being brought to life for the public. A series of events, classes, and exhibits are planned which explore the themes inherent in her multi-year research-creation project on blackness and freedom.

In his exhibition Afghanistan, My Love, at North York’s Aga Khan Museum, Shaheer Zazai connects his two homes through art.

Profile of the University of Waterloo's Enterprise Co-op Program, featuring University of Waterloo student, Orianna Min.

A Q&A with the Vaughn-raised filmmaker Luis De Filippis about her first feature film, Something You Said Last Night, and her return to the Toronto International Film Festival.

An article introducing Cheekbone Beauty through the eyes of the company's founder, Jenn Harper.

Maya Ford, founder of FordMomentum! had a chat with me about Juneteenth and diversity in business.

Chekema Prince wants to see more Black women in the technology space

Profile of Chekema (Keyma) Prince (PhD ’14), entrepreneur and innovator

An introduction to Indigenous Workways, an innovative program run by the University of Waterloo's Industrial-Organizational Psychology Department

I came late to the cosmetics game, so it's no surprise that I've had a challenging time finding foundation that matches my skin tone. Other than experimenting with lipstick when I was young, I never made much of an effort to figure it all out. Sometime in my early 20s, a friend — and a fellow Black woman — gave me a makeover. Since then, I’ve been curious. Today, I still have to figure out contouring and highlighting, but I can handle my own makeup basics. And one of my favorite staple produc...

Making HERstory: The Photographers - Profile of Ebti Nabag and Leilah Dhoré, photographers for the Canadian Broadcasting Company-sponsored Black History Month initiative, HERstory in Black. | claire.she.goes

Profile of Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae for the University of Waterloo's online Arts magazine.

Book Review - Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Once upon a time I tried to use Instagram to advertise my services. Here's one of the results.

An interview with scholar and educator Dr. Joseph Smith, on racism within the education system.