Category: Youth In Action

Blood in Biafra: Re-evaluating politics and ethnocultural conflict in the Nigerian-Biafran War by Kika Otiono, Associate Editor Hi y’all!! I’m so so excited to share my first-ever peer-reviewed publication; I’m…

The Genius of Noname’s Room 25 by Ililli Ahmed     Noname singing along to “Part of Me,” photo by Ililli Ahmed   On January 4th, 2019, I had the…

PTSD: How to finally enjoy the “most wonderful time of the year”. by Maya  Bassude   The Christmas season is here and what many will call the most wonderful time…

September 2018 Album Review: APESH*T: the Power of Images by Hasina Kamanzi On June 16th 2018, The Carters, a duo composed of the power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z, released the…

A Testament to Black Canadian Women: The achievements and legacy of Kathleen Livingstone By: Ililli Ahmed   In my mind, there are only a few things more remarkable, inspiring and…

  Highlighting the achievements of Colonel By Secondary School’s Intersectional Feminism Club Ililli Ahmed With the creation of Colonel By’s Intersectional Feminism Club in 2016, my co-founder and best friend…

A day in the life of the incomparable Tina Sarellas by Ililli Ahmed, Youth Editor I am lucky enough to have had many remarkable mentors in my 17 years, and…

Pan-Africanism, Afro-Futurism and the Dismantling of Eurocentric narratives in Marvel’s Black Panther By: Ililli Ahmed “There is danger in a single story” This quote, spoken by Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi…

2018 University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium promotes youth excellence by Kika Otiono It’s not often that you find over 200+ students in business professional attire at 9am on a Saturday…

by Ililli Ahmed   Although this article focuses on tokenization from a black person’s perspective, the reality is that every minority, at one point or another, will be tokenized. You…