Next Big Thing

Grace McGrenere speaks to actress, Milauna Jemai Jackson for a Cover Story. 

A child’s imagination belongs to a vast landscape of dream like experiences. Sorting through its endless alleyways would take a lifetime. The imagination is responsible for entertainment, creativity, and sometimes protection. Actress, Milauna Jemai Jackson found comfort in her imagination after a series of traumatic events unfolded during her childhood. She used empathy and comedy to lift her spirits, leaning on the support of her mother and a tribe of elders. Jackson’s upbringing seamlessly placed her on a path that directed her towards a career in acting. Jackson takes the lessons she learned as a child and uses them to practice authenticity in the notoriously inauthentic Hollywood, where she can be seen in several shows and movies including: Aquarius, Chicago P.D., How to Get Away with Murder, and American Skin.

Jagmeet Singh, a Member of Canadian Parliament [MP], Canadian lawyer and the leader of the New Democratic Party [Canada]. He speaks in detail about the ongoing water crisis in the Neskantaga First Nation community. 

David Goodhart, political analyst and author of Head, Hand, Heart. Goodhart's book divides people into three categories. Those who work with their Head (cognitive work), their Hands (manual work), or their Hearts (caring work). Head, Hand, Heart, is the follow-up book to his bestselling book The Road to Somewhere. Goodhart looks at two groups of people, the "anywhere" and the "somewhere."

Natalie Stake-Doucet, a researcher, president of the Quebec Nurses Association and a practicing nurse in Canada, discusses about the current health care status in the Quebec province especially the COVID-19 situation relating to long term care homes. 

Warren Creates, a barrister/solicitor practicing immigration law in Canada for 34years, talks to Laura Nelson about the changes in the Department of Refugees Immigration and Citizenship Canada relating to the recent COVID-19 particularly affecting foreign students, permanent residency applications, backlog applications, travel restrictions and more. 

Ihuoma Ofodire is an award-winning actress, writer and producer. She has written for multiple television shows and short films such as “Furtive,” and HBO’s “Snowfall”. Ofodire is currently one of the writers for the hit-show, “Lovecraft Country” on HBO. In this episode, she talks about the show’s impact as well as its relevance.

“Lovecraft Country” is available to stream now on HBO.

For some, the thought of growing up with famous parents seems like a dream come true. For actress and writer, Lily Anne Harrison, growing up with famous parents was nothing but a normal experience. As Harrison and her siblings moved around the United States, following their dad’s work, Harrison learned valuable life lessons that she took with her when she moved to Los Angeles at eighteen. Today, Harrison writes rom coms that represent realistic stories about womanhood. She is also in the film, The Vanished, which was written and directed by her fiancé, Peter Facinelli. As Harrison embarks on the early stages of her advocacy journey, she hopes to encourage others to create more inclusive environments on set, and empower women through her writing.

Laura Nelson speaks to Canadian Journalist, Lee Harding. 

In June 2020, when the Liberal government announced that the WE Charity would be administering the $912-million program; it was hard to imagine the fallout that was to come. The contract has been nullified, former finance minister Bill Morneau resigned, and an ethics investigation is underway. The government and WE ceased the partnership on July 3rd 2020 in response to the controversy, the political fallout continues.

Before setting foot onto the big screen, Jordana Lajoie first got her start in theatre, which led her to create her own theatre company, “Last One Standing”. She then starred in her first play, “The House of Yes” playing the lead role of Jackie O.

After making a leap into the television scene, she starred in the short-film, “Morning After”, which earned her the Flickers’ Ambassador Award in the Rhode Island Film Festival. She has continued to play versatile roles in television shows such as, “The Art More,”, “A Gingerbread Romance” as well as Amazon’s “Zoe”.

Jordana Lajoie is reprising her role in the second season of Amazon Prime series “The Boys”, where she stars alongside Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty and Las Alonso.

“The Boys” is available to stream on Amazon Prime with new episodes weekly.