by BYTE Guest | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog
Last fall, we were able to help two young people attend the Bridging Gender Divides conference through our BYTE Leadership Fund. After taking some time to reflect, one participant sat down with us to share some of their insights. Q. In your opinion, what are gender...
by Zoé Bordeleau-Cass | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Featured
“I’m sorry for the noise – I find I talk more openly when I’m working on an art piece†Tamika Knutson says from her studio in her hometown of Dawson City. She was finishing a commissioned jewellery piece before leaving the next day to spend a week in...
by Hana Val | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Ethnicity and how the world perceives you don’t always go together. When you’re not white, but you look white, it’s easy to feel like an ‘other’. This year for the theme of our Leaders in Training conference we chose ‘identity’. For some, like...
by Emily Turner-Davis | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog
I was 22 and sitting in a tuk-tuk in Cambodia on my way back to the hotel after spending the day at The Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The day had been heavy, filled with heart-wrenching images and stories of suffering. I was emotional but I was...
by Shelby Maunder | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog, Featured
Josiah Jakesta, at 17 years old, has the wisdom, patience and soul of someone much older. Hailing from the Tahltan and Kaska nations, Josiah has spent most of his life dividing time between Watson Lake, Whitehorse and Dease Lake. He spends his summers on his family...
by Tayo Adamek | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog
The African diaspora refers to the many communities of people of African descent dispersed throughout the world as a result of historic movements. The majority of African dispersal resulted from the Arab and Atlantic slave trades – the largest forced...
