Culture

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Toronto-based Muslim environmentalist Muaz Nasir has created a website that allows Muslim Canadians to learn from one another and share resources in tackling issues such as climate change.

Also: The Earth showing off its best, a race-based tragedy, and a crowded melodrama.

As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Pier-Olivier Boudreault, conservation director for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Quebec. 

Also: Three music tales — one real, one fanciful, and one sociological.

The provincial government has significantly watered down the legislation, a move advocates say shows the challenge governments face in trying to balance conservation with property rights.

Until COVID-19 hit, South Asian weddings were often elaborate affairs with hundreds, even thousands, of guests.

Also: Two aging action stars together again, a chef’s first movie, and a cryptic sci-fi alert.

Serisha Iyar, 25, launched Leading in Colour in July 2019, an organization aimed at giving racialized youth a voice and, more importantly, the ability and tools needed to mobilize to create real change.

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Originally planned for last summer, but put on hold due to the pandemic, Feast for the Eyes is a North Vancouver gallery’s newest exhibit.

Also: Spotify’s first movie, a Canadian chiller, an addict’s redemption, and an action binge.

Bennet Miemban-Ganata owns Plato Filipino, a restaurant nestled between four other Filipino and Chinese eateries and food stores, all set for demolition if a 32-storey tower goes up near the Joyce Skytrain station in Vancouver.

The contributors to this month’s Myseum of Toronto exhibit Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth provide maps for navigating both a city still struggling to make itself accessible and their own nuanced approaches to identity.

Meet the founder and president of Kara-Kata Afrobeat Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit that connects people through music, art, culture and food.