In collaboration with Black People United and the Leftovers Foundation, Afros In Tha City will present a three-part series on food insecurity, specifically as it pertains to refugee claimants – a highly invisible and unprotected social class.

Set in 1955, Women of the Movement is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley. The limited series follows the mother of Emmet Till as she fights to ensure his name and the truth about his murder is widely known and not soon forgotten.

Calgary’s C-Train was engineered by Oliver Bowen, a descendant of Willis Reese Bowen, and Obadiah Bowen, among the first Black immigrants to the Amber Valley region in Alberta.

For a long time, making racialized sims was hard, especially with Black sims. Darker skin tones were painfully ashy, afro-textured hair was rightly compared to cauliflower, and feature presets did not represent a wide variety of Black features.

One of Calgary’s most popular and beloved Caribbean fusion restaurants, Simply Irie, like most restaurants during the last couple of years, has seen some hardship during the global pandemic. However, this past summer, a series of crimes against the restaurant added a traumatizing level of stress onto the situation.

We curated a list of Black-owned businesses across Alberta (some with Black Friday deals, Yass!), to help you cross some gifts and stocking-stuffers off of your list. Look out for exclusive AITC coupon codes.