  | | |  | | | | Writing has always been my therapy. Putting words on a page is how I process emotions, organize thoughts, and bring calm to at times a hectic life.
I was never fully capable of talking about race and feelings of belonging, or estrangement — until I started putting it down on paper.
I wrote a poem called Black and White in elementary school, inspired after seeing the late, great, Maxine Tynes at a poetry reading in Dartmouth, N.S. My mother, a now-retired school teacher, was especially excited about my poem. She shared it with her class, made photocopies and put it up around the school. My thoughts about racism and discrimination were being validated. That's when I realized just how powerful my pen could be. | | | | | Contributor picks: -
Watch: Willie - documentary on CBC Gem exploring the life of Willie O'Ree who became the first Black player to skate in a National Hockey League game. -
Listen: Classic Soul (CBC Music Playlist) - Motown to Muscle Shoals, gospel to girl groups, the best of classic soul. | | | | | | | |  | For nursing student Arielle Noseworthy-David, her two weeks in Zambia last summer as part of a Dalhousie University program that allows African Nova Scotians to study abroad was a life-changing experience. It is one she wishes all African Nova Scotians could have.
Noseworthy-David was one of four students chosen to make the trip in 2022, the first of a planned series. Another group of students went to Colombia as part of an associated program. | | | | | | CBC is highlighting Black people in Atlantic Canada who are giving back, inspiring others and helping to shape our future. | | |  | | | Last fall, members of the public submitted over 350 nominations for 161 Black leaders, teachers, entrepreneurs and artists from across the East Coast.
A panel of Black community members in Atlantic Canada selected 20 people to highlight for CBC Black Changemakers.
You’ll find a snapshot of their lives: what shaped them, what makes them tick, how they hold space, and how they take it up.
The changemakers have a lot to say about life, whether they’re 11 or 76. And the conversation continues.
Stay tuned for more stories about these Black Changemakers in the coming months. | | | | | | | |  | | | Students on Prince Edward Island will soon have more resources to learn about the history of the Black community in the province.
New videos have been produced as part of the Black Women's History Project, covering the history of women in P.E.I. from enslavement to the present day. | | | | | | | |  | | | Charlie Gaffney wanted to drop out of school.
It was the 1980s — a tough time to be in high school as an Indigenous student, he said. He wanted to quit and go to work, but a teacher asked if he was interested in taking a wood-carving class with Ned Bear, a sculptor from the Wolastoqiyik First Nations community. When Gaffney carved his first mask, something just clicked. | | | | | | | |  | | | Figure skater Daisy Li is among those representing P.E.I. at the Canada Games in her home province, making history for the Island's Chinese community.
"I think it's just amazing that I've made it so far in this sport. And I just love this sport, and I'm really excited to be representing P.E.I.," she said. | | | | | | | |  | | | Several pieces of Mi'kmaw regalia that were donated to an Australian museum more than a century ago will be returned to Nova Scotia this month.
Heather Stevens, the manager of the Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre, has been trying to get the regalia home since 2012, when she started working there. | | | | | | | |  | | | Cindi Green, founder of Autism Swim Miramichi, says the community's reception of the program has "blown me out of the water."
"Some parents have told us this is the first activity that the child has been able to participate in," Green said. "So that's what we call impact." | | | | | | | |  | | | | The guzheng has been played for thousands of years in China and across Asia, and players in Newfoundland and Labrador hope it will soon step into the spotlight of the province's music scene. | | | | | | | |  | | | Can you make a spruce root basket? Weave a blanket or a scarf? How about turning out a birch broom with a sharp knife? No? Unfortunately, you're not alone.
The Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador says some of our oldest and most traditional crafts are in danger of being lost forever. | | | | | | | |  | | | No disrespect to her parents — how would they know? — but Anastasia Preston never liked the name they gave her at birth.
Even before she began her gender transition five years ago, she said it never felt right introducing herself with what she refers to as her "dead name." Now, she won't even say it out loud. | | | | | | | |  | | | The countdown is on to Nova Scotia hosting the North American Indigenous Games after nearly three years of delays. From July 15-23, Halifax, Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation will welcome 5,250 athletes from nearly 760 Indigenous communities, as they compete in 16 sports.
Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons, who is Woodland Cree from Lac La Ronge First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, is the chair and federal representative for the 2023 North American Indigenous Games. | | | | | Volunteer opportunities with NAIG: 5,000 Athletes, 756 Nations and You! Join the volunteer team and help welcome over 5,000 Indigenous athletes to Kjipuktuk (Halifax) for 8 days of sport and culture celebrations. | | | | | Listen | | Information Morning contributor L.J. Whittington says looking for love isn't always easy, but it's worth the effort.- Information Morning Moncton | | Listen | | We celebrated Black History Month with Jah'Mila as she curated the entire program with her picks of some of Atlantic Canada's greatest Black artists.- from East Coast Music Hour | | | | Listen | | Gabriel Jeddore isn't quite three months old, but he's already a bit of a social media star. His dad, John Nick Jeddore, is a Mi'kmaw physician from Miawpukek First Nation in Conne River who wants his son to learn to speak their traditional language.- from CBC Newfoundland Morning | | Listen |
Hear the untold history of soldiers in the First World War who fought for their country, but were persecuted for their sexuality. Sarah Worthman is a researcher who is shedding fresh light on the stories of those soldiers. - from Information Morning Mainland N.S.
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