Tany has been attending RE-create for almost a year. At the open studio space for youth on Hamilton’s James Street North, her Monday and Thursday afternoons are spent painting, drawing and exploring various art mediums. This spring, she and 14 other youth who frequent the studio fixed up and decorated [...]

It was the taste for fashion and the love for journalism that led two local high school youths to start an online magazine. The brainchild of Westdale Secondary School’s grade 11 students, Ava Campbell and Maya Amoah, Iila Magazine (pronounced “eye-la”) is an eclectic blend of local fashion, music, and [...]

Nagwa Abu Seif may have retired, but she isn’t done working yet. Her dream is to see peace between the global East and West, and she does that through writing. After teaching geography and history to youth in Egypt for twenty years, Nagwa Abu Seif came to Canada to be [...]

Cultural pride does not happen automatically. It takes nurturing, knowledge, and a sense of belonging to develop it. Hamilton’s Russian House and Fraternity Hispanic Association are two groups who are both working to engage their communities, specifically young people, to gain knowledge and interest in their cultures. Russian House Russian [...]

  King William Street’s newest restaurant owner Joyce Swaby offers more than just a Caribbean-fused menu at It’s a Food Thing. Through an assorted array of arts, music and events, she aims for her space to be a symbol of diversity and inclusion in downtown Hamilton. What does inclusivity mean [...]