Emerging writer Shazia Hafiz Ramji will speak about why the time has come to enlighten readers. | Photo by Ian Walery …

I grew up in a rural community in southern Ontario. I grew up knowing every person that lived on my long country road, and I had gone to school with the same group of kids from kindergarten to grade …

Left to right: Alan Ruiz on bass, Yoandry Trujillo on flute, Balam S. Antonioon guitar and native instuments, Juan Encinales on drums …