Jockey’s Molly Parker and Clifton Collins, Jr. – Ruth and Jackson – are at a stage of reckoning. Jackson’s many injuries over decades of racing horses will soon rob him of his beloved career, while he prepares for the next championship. Ruth looks on, broken-hearted. That’s when an aspiring young jockey shows up with a shocking revelation that will change… View Post
By Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO, Ontario Pay Equity Commission The economic impacts of unpaid care work and the undervaluation of paid care work by women are large and measurable. Last month, we talked about the clustering of women in certain sectors in the workforce and how those sectors tend to be undervalued. In part two of our series on… View Post
CBC/ BET+ ambitious Black-led dramatic series The Porter chronicles the rich history of Black train conductors in Canada, their role in opening the country while enduring horrific working conditions and fighting to unionise. It also spotlights the nurses of the Black Cross, a group created to serve the Black community when the Red Cross would not. What She Said’ Anne… View Post
By Anne Brodie Scarborough from directors Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson and writer Catherine Hernandez is set in a low-income enclave in eastern Toronto. Its diverse population is well represented in three families whose children attend the same breakfast and literacy program run by a nurturing leader Ms. Hina (Aliya Kanani.) She knows each child’s difficulties and gifts. Little Laura is… View Post
The Porter tells the history of Black influence in building Canada at the turn of the last century through the lens of railway porters and health care workers in a time of deep systemic racism. The national Canadian train service hired Black conductors to work long and hard, enduring humiliation, low wages and dangers due to poor working conditions. But… View Post
By Anne Brodie / Dog stars Channing Tatum as Briggs, a soldier at the end of term serving in wars in the Middle East. His final assignment – take his late friend’s traumatized service dog across the country to his owner’s funeral and then turn him over for euthanization. Lulu is on constant high alert and reacts violently to loud… View Post