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Editor’s Note: Reflecting On A Year In The Role
When I started as a staff writer for the Community Edition in June 2018, I had just quit my job at a local tech startup to dive into the unknown […]
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Alysha Brilla’s Musical Path To Healing
Alysha Brilla, a local Indian-Tanzanian Canadian artist, music producer and activist, felt the musical pull to perform at a young age. She’s been enthralled with making music for as long […]
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Back To Print: Editor’s Note
Our last print issue was in March 2020. Since so many of our distribution points were temporarily or permanently closed due to COVID-19 concerns, the Community Edition switched exclusively online […]
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OK2BME’s Virtual Camp Queerantine Gives Youth a Place to Celebrate Identity
In 2005, KW Counselling Services launched its OK2BME program, a set of free, supportive services for LGBTQ2+ identified children, teens and their families in the Waterloo Region. The OK2BME program […]
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O:se Kenhionhata:tie Land Back Camp – A Photo Series
A group of Indigenous peoples have gathered to occupy the traditional land in Victoria Park since June 21 for ceremonial use. Their goals are to have the land recognized as […]
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Let’s Talk About Racism – Petitions to Change Kitchener’s Name
It’s been over 100 years since our city changed its name from Berlin to Kitchener following a referendum in June of 1916 in an effort to distance ourselves from German […]
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Black Owned KW – Creating Visibility for Local Black Entrepreneurs
Faruk Abukar was born and raised in KW and has lived here his whole life. Growing up Black in KW, he didn’t see the kind of visual representation that Black […]
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Exploring Queer Wrath as Pride KW Goes Virtual
June is a time for Pride. As a Pansexual, GenderQueer person, around this time of year, I look forward to celebrating tri-Pride in KW with my fellow LGBTQ2+’ers. But this […]
