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Michael Kras
19 Aug 2022

Government of Canada offers support for Black entrepreneurs in Hamilton

The Government of Canada is investing over $1.9 million in support for Black entrepreneurs in Hamilton as well as Windsor. Recognizing the unique barriers Black Canadians often face in their path to s...

Michael Kras
16 Feb 2022

Hamilton organization launches box of merch by Black-owned businesses

A Hamilton organization that platforms Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs has created a special local merch box for Black History Month. BLK-Owned Hamilton is launching special BLK History Month...

Michael Kras
24 Jun 2021

Hamilton’s newest theatre festival spotlights the city’s IBPOC artists

If you want to catch new works of homegrown theatre and performance by some of Hamilton’s most exciting artists, a new festival in town might be right up your alley. Hamilton’s own Red Betty Theat...

Michael Kras
19 Jun 2021

The Garden Project returns to get money to Hamilton’s IBPoC artists

An exciting Hamilton arts initiative is back for the second year in a row to help get money into the pockets of the city’s artists who are Indigenous, Black, or People of Colour (IBPoC) and working ...

Michael Kras
23 Apr 2021

Hamilton’s Black, racialized residents in hotspots now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

In an effort to increase vaccine accessibility to residents disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, Hamilton Public Health has widened its vaccine rollout to include Black and racialized individuals ...

Craig Clark
08 Mar 2021

Hamilton’s first BIPOC film festival is launching this year

This year marks the first Hamilton Black Film Festival that looks to showcase cultural, traditional, and modern films of African, Caribbean, Indigenious, East and South Asian, and Middle Eastern filmm...

Michael Kras
09 Sep 2020

Collective Arts creates scholarship to support marginalized brewing students

In a year that has seen increased awareness of – and considerable uprising against – systemic racism in many forms, one of Hamilton’s craft breweries is taking steps to remove persistent...

Michael Kras
07 Jul 2020

Ontario high schools to end ‘streaming’ program for incoming students

A practice that has long been part of the fabric of Ontario’s secondary school system is being abolished as the provincial government re-examines practices and systems within Ontario’s public educ...

Michael Kras
23 Jun 2020

This new project is paying Hamilton’s BIPOC artists to make new art

Are you a Hamilton-based BIPOC artist who wants to get paid to create something this summer? Well, a new local initiative – the first of its kind in the city – is planning to help you do just that...

Robert Cekan
03 Jun 2020

Here is a list of Black owned businesses in Hamilton

A great way to show your support of the Black community here in Hamilton is to conduct commerce with Black owned businesses. Two terrific resources emerged on Instagram during #blackouttuesday in an e...