fbpx
Skip to content

A new voice for a new age of Canadian marketing

  • Brands
  • Agency
  • Media
  • New creative
  • Who we are…
  • Masthead / Contact
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Subscribe
  • Log In
  • The Mighty Women List
Press Enter / Return to begin your search.

Black History Month

Black History Month

Ira Baptiste: “Nothing changes if nothing changes”

The Evolve Agency Group president’s ultimate weapon is “to thrive, use my voice, and to have a seat at tables where some think we should not be.”

Read more
Black History Month

Delly Dyer wants to showcase Black talent and ‘make things better, not worse’

“There is no single way to be Black,” says Dyer. “However you show up each day is Black enough.”

Read more
Black History Month

Cam Litchmore: Create more than you consume

The freelance marketing and publicity coordinator finds inspiration in those who possess a multidisciplinary mindset.

Read more
Black History Month

Tyra Jones-Hurst: Someone is willing to bet on you

“You will find your home, you just have to be willing to bet on yourself,” says Jones-Hurst, who leads Oliver’s InKroud, a new division committed to creating representative, authentic work.

Read more
Black History Month

Nosa Atoe: An industry recruiter who wants to tackle systemic racism

“I consider myself an IDEA professional,” says Atoe: inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility.

Read more
Black History Month

David Kantanka is helping build the future of Black-owned media

With a passion for innovation, music and pop culture, the RapTV COO is working to ‘put a ding in the universe.’

Read more
Black History Month

Patricia Morris: ‘Now is a good time’

A digital strategist and content creator, Morris is committed to amplifying BIPOC and LGBTQ+ creators across the Canadian landscape.

Read more
Black History Month

Shawn Small: It’s time to make diversity a business imperative

Embrace your unique perspective and always bring your A-game, says the founder of Rise Integrated Sports + Entertainment. “You are not measured by the same ruler as everyone else.”

Read more
Black History Month

Nicole McKinney: Focusing a lens on systemic causes of unconscious bias

“We must all be the change,” says the Waking the unConscious founder and president

Read more
Black History Month

Analisa Allen is surrounding herself with change

Communicate with head and heart, says Allen, because we are “empty when one or the other is absent”

Read more
Black History Month

Adun Abiodun: Talking about inclusivity is good, but it needs to be followed by action

“[T]here’s a lot of conversation around listening, speaking up, allyship, resource sharing—which is all great,” she says. “But what I don’t hear a lot about is accountability and measurement.”

Read more
Black History Month

Zoe Mukendi: ‘Show up as you are.’

After “stumbling” into agency life about three years ago, the account executive at Bleublancrouge has come to feel a strong love for the industry.

Read more
Black History Month

Tyson Kuteyi: “The more we teach, the more we learn.”

A one-time DJ who became one of Canadian advertising’s top audio experts is doing everything in his power “to make the work incredible.”

Read more
Black History Month

Anthony Mayes: break down barriers, so others can follow

“Nothing changes overnight, so the more seeds of change you can plant the better,” says Fuse Create’s director of production.

Read more
Black History Month

Shelly-Ann Scott: A responsibility to help the next generation of BIPOC marketers

When she started 25 years ago, she was typically the only person in the room who looked like her. And while there is more BIPOC presence today, there’s still a long way to go.

Read more
Black History Month

Ryan Singh: A producer and director working to present stories that are not often seen

Singh took a childhood love of cinema and turned it into his own company, Ryan Singh Productions, which has worked with Hollywood heavyweights including Ron Howard and Angelina Jolie.

Read more
Black History Month

Noël Nanton: An award-winning designer in search of unexpected solutions

Thetypotherapy owner is a hands-on creative director who likes experimenting in order to find unexpected solutions.

Read more
Black History Month

Devon Clarke: A passion for creativity, and a prove-them-wrong mindset

A senior art director at The Kitchen, Clarke believes advertising goes beyond the work. “I’ve met so many amazing people along the way and created relationships that have lasted throughout the years.”

Read more
Black History Month

Arlene Amitirigala believes marketing can be ‘a force for good’

She wants to see a “deeper interrogation” of the content served to audiences so as to avoid tropes, stereotypes and misrepresentations.

Read more
Black History Month

Sandra Bonnick, an industry leader who had to break into a ‘secret society’

“Ask the uncomfortable questions to CMOs and CEOs about their choices,” to ensure brands aren’t missing marginalized communities, says Bonnick.

Read more

Posts navigation

Older posts
WordPress.com.