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.
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.