Black Lives Matter

Canadian music education charity MusiCounts, an arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences which presents the Juno Awards, has launched a new resource called #BlackMusicMatters: Hip...
February is Black History Month, which has origins dating back to the establishment of Negro History Week in 1926. Harvard University-educated African American historian Carter G. Woodson can...
Thirty Black screen industry creators from British Columbia and Alberta have been selected to each receive $20,000 in production funding, mentorship and training through the TELUS STORYHIVE Black...
Music has long been an agent for social change, inspiring masses and conveying messages of solidarity and hope. The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles has curated an exhibit that examines the role...
The Hockey Diversity Alliance (HDA) and Budweiser Canada have partnered on the #TapeOutHate campaign in support of eradicating racism in hockey on and off the ice. Canadians can join the movement...
Toronto singer/songwriter Rufus John has created The Freedom Marching Project, a musical, multimedia and fundraising initiative inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and civil rights...
Bandcamp will hold its second annual Juneteenth fundraiser (June 19), where it donates all of its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to support its ongoing efforts to promote racial...
The Music Canada organization is seeking participants for a new survey focused on equity, diversity and inclusion in the Canadian music industry. The trade organization that represents major...
To commemorate the 50th anniversary, to the day, of the late Mavin Gay’s landmark album, What’s Going On, Rockabye Baby has released lullaby renditions of all nine songs with proceeds...
San Antonio R&B artist Xavier Omär is sounding the alarm over misogynistic lyrics in hip-hop and R&B music. According to a 2020 Wharton School study, disparaging remarks about women...

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