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Celebrating BLACK Entrepreneurship at Stackt Market

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SMALL BIZ GRANT is BACK 🙌🏾⁠

This February, STACKT is celebrating Black Entrepreneurship in honour of Black History Month + launching their first Small Business Grant of 2023. ⁠

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We Welcome the Newest Volunteer to The Standard - Nosa Atoe

Nosa is a junior recruiter and specializes in early talent development and diverse talent partnerships at Salt XC. She implemented and managed Salt XC’s first internship program, which resulted in a 4-month internship with: weekly mentorship sessions that focused on the importance of DEI in the workplace and career development sessions.

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Wildseed Centre's Black Arts Fellowship 2023-2024 is Open for Submissions

Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism is launching the second Black Arts Fellowship, an expansive interdisciplinary program for eight emerging and mid-career Black artists. This paid 12-month fellowship curates intensive residencies, workshops, mentorship, creation time, and presentation opportunities to offer fellows the space for deep, collaborative and playful exploration and creation in community.

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October Member Feature - Meet SHAWNA MORRISON

October 11th was the "International Day of the Girl", and marks the 10th Anniversary of this global awareness day. We caught up with Shawn Morrison - Senior Director, Marketing Operations at MLSE.

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BlackLit Durham Launch & Opening Showcase

BlackLit Durham is a bimonthly literary arts event produced by the Canadian Black Literary Festival, presented in partnership with St. Francis.

BLD is designed to showcase, highlight, amplify, and celebrate Black Canadian literary voices of all genres in their full splendour and diversity.

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Introducing...THE AMPLIFY Podcast

In this weekly podcast series ‘Amplify,’ they talk to Canada's most notable Black entertainment professionals about what it takes to succeed in the industry - from starting out to breaking through.

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FINISHING FUND For BIPOC Filmmakers

The BIPOC TV & Film Finishing Fund supports the post-production, marketing, promotion and distribution activities of BIPOC-led films. The fund is open to shorts and feature films directed and produced by Black, Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, Inuit), and racialized People of Colour.

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August Feature With Our Co-Founder: Shantel Clarke

We decided to pull one of our co-founders, Shantal Charke - founder of RSVDX from the incredible work that she does behind the scenes, to get the "real tea" on motherhood, starting her own agency and working on some of the industry's most notable events! Keep reading to learn about her journey!

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Community Over Everything

“She's Got Next" will be a workshop series hosted by The Give and Grow at HOOPQUEENS Summer League that will bridge the gap between young athletes, female mentors and players, creating mentorship opportunities both on and off the court.

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Welcoming Our Newest Volunteers To The Team!

The Standard is a collection of accomplished women who have dedicated their spare time to help make a difference for Black women. It is such an honour to welcome more talent to the team!

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April Member Profile: Natalee Davis

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Natalee Davis to hear her path to Black Talent Initiative. This multi-talented Black woman blew us away with her journey to being her authentic self at work.

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December Member Profile: Gabrielle Wright

We’re honoured to highlight another brilliant Black woman, Gabrielle Wright. An Associate with Blakes, Gabrielle had an unusual path to becoming a lawyer. She didn’t grow up dreaming of law. Instead, Gabrielle chose to become a registered nurse. As a first-generation post-secondary student, Gabrielle’s Jamaican roots inclined her towards a practical career, but after a few years, she wanted a new challenge.

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