Black & White with Stephen Dorsey

On this season finale of Season 2 of Black & White, we're honored to share Stephen's conversation with Dr. Mayann Francis, the first Black, female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Dr. Francis has spent a lifetime challenging the racial and gender barriers challenging Canadians today, as a human rights advocate, and published her memoir Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life in 2019.

She and Stephen speak about her upbringing in Whitney Pier, her relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth and her time as Lieutenant Governor, Viola Desmond, and much more.

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Special thanks to our Producer, Composer and Sound Designer Noah Foutz, Audio Engineer Gray Sienna Longfellow, and Executive Producers Gerardo Orlando and David Allen Moss.

On this episode of Black & White, we welcome Ingrid Wilson, a Toronto-based Senior Human Resources Executive and Inclusion Strategist with over 30 years of experience in corporate Human Resources and EDI strategy who was recently recognized as a Top 25 DEI Person of the Year for 2021. She and Stephen speak at length about the challenges of minorities in the workplace, white advantage, systemic racism, and how to make diversity and inclusion less performative and more impactful.

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Special thanks to Producer, Sound Designer, & Editor Noah Foutz; Audio Engineer Gray Sienna Longfellow; Executive Producer David Allen Moss.

On today's episode, Stephen sits down with the Executive Director of the CEE Center for Young Black Professionals Agapi Gessesse. Their conversation about racial inequality covers access to education, social and economic barriers in the workplace, systemic inequality, and the work of Agapi and the CEE Center to address those issues.

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On today's episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with the Executive Director of POV Film Biju Appachan. Their conversation covers representation and inequality, POV Film's mission to empower marginalized filmmakers, and much more.

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On this episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with Kirk Brooks, the CEO and founder of SkillzHockey, an equal-opportunity youth hockey program. Their conversation touches on systemic inequality, racism faced by athletes of color, the film, Kirk's contribution to the recent documentary "Black Ice", which covers racial discrimination in hockey, and more.

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On this episode of Black & White, we welcome Jeff Cooper, founder of the Mixd Project, a collection of photographs and narratives of Black folks of mixed race that seeks to examine ideas of race through the lens of those who fit outside of its traditional constructs. Stephen and Jeff's discussion touches on social programming around race, living in a white world, Jeff's work on the Mixd Project, and more.

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On today's episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with Ross Cadastre, CEO of Innovative Talent Solutions and Board Chair of the Black Business Professionals Association. Their conversation includes Ross's immigration to Canada, his early entrepreneurial story, the generational wealth gap, the work of the BBPA to assist Black entrepreneurs in Canada, and more.

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On this episode of Black & White, we welcome the CEO of Flatiron Wealth Management and Stephen's longtime personal friend and advisor Andrew Sheppard. Their discussion touches on the wealth gap, Andrew's background and history in East Asia, and much more.

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On this episode, we're honored to speak with President of the Métis National Council Cassidy Caron. She and Stephen discuss the Métis people, residential schools, the Pope's visit to Canada, and more.

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Welcome back to Season 2 of Black & White, hosted by Stephen Dorsey. This season, we're bringing you more real, honest conversations about race and civil rights in North America, starting off with Julian Taylor.

A staple of the Canadian music scene for over 20 years, Julian Taylor is an award-winning singer, songwriter, radio host and producer. His 2020 record "The Ridge" earned him 2 Juno Award Nominations, a Canadian Music Award for Solo Artist, and many more accolades to his already impressive resume. A longtime friend of Stephen, Julian was kind enough to speak with us about his experience as a Black and Mohawk mixed-race man, healing and hope in a post-George Floyd world.

Julian Taylor's new album Beyond the Reservoir launches October 14th. Learn more at juliantaylormusic.com.

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